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Coach Hart erupted a blaring noise through his whistle, signaling for Nicobre and the rest of her teammates to halt practicing their volleyball skills and crowd around him in a semi-circle. The girls lightly jogged to meet him and waited to receive further instructions.
"Good job today girls," Coach Hart tipped his hat in gratitude. "Congrats on that win last Friday, but I hope you don't think that means I will go easier on you guys."
Nicobre turned her head away from his view so she was able to roll her eyes. Although she was grateful of Coach Hart's dedicated efforts to push the girls to do better, she was also exhausted. Her entire body was aching, and she dreaded the idea of having to do it all over again tomorrow.
"Check in time, ladies." He peered down at his clipboard, using his finger to guide him through the notes he wrote on his paper. After every practice, Coach Hart would give constructive criticism to each girl, one by one."First off, Selena please try to steer away from any more distractions during game play. Next time you break your nose because you weren't paying attention, I will have no choice but to sit you out for the rest of the season."
Nicobre glanced over to see Selena's eyes widen before she covered her wrapped nose with her hand. Instead of responding back verbally, the teenage girl only nodded her head. Nicobre thought her punishment was a little extreme, but she had to admit that Selena was a constant daydreamer. The lack of focus wasn't at all beneficial to the team's performance.
"Kylie Denim," he made sure to use her last name since there were two other girls on the team who were also named Kylie. "I've already discussed with Ms. Kerrington to let you out of fourth period early tomorrow so I can help you work on straightening out that elbow when bumping."
Coach Hart gave pointers and tips to a few other girls before calling out Nicobre's name. "Have you been designating your P.E. workouts to your upper body strength like I told you to?"
"Whenever I'm able to be in P.E., I always work solely on those muscles, sir." Nicobre confirmed.
"What do you mean whenever you're able to be in P.E?" His eyebrows furrowed. "Athletic P.E. is supposed to be on your schedule for this entire semester."
"It is, sir," she gulped. "But lately I've been using a lot of that time to go to Mrs. Ocmand's class to finish my art project that's due this weekend."
Hearing the other girls gasp dramatically, Nicobre's eyes moved quickly from side to side. She didn't think that she would get in trouble, but now she was beginning to believe the opposite.
Coach Hart raised his eyebrows, "Oh, so you just said forget training, huh?"
"No, sir," Nicobre shook her head, denying his claims. "It's just that painting takes me a while and I wanted to devote as much time to my piece as I could."
"And this team doesn't deserve that same attention?" He questioned her.
"That's not what I said—" Nicobre tried to explain herself.
