October 17: "The best laid plans of mice and men." Remember last post when I discussed planning for a shot? Well, I envisioned a shot, I planned for the shot, the play started to unfold to yield the shot, I didn't get "the" shot. I don't often shoot from the end zone at a high… Continue reading Close, but no cigar
October 15: "Close to the action" There's a lot to getting a good sports shot. Of course you need access to the field, but there's a lot more. You have to anticipate where the action will be. Prepare your gear to capture the action. Follow the action all the way to the end - even… Continue reading ‘Don’t stand, don’t stand so, don’t stand so close to me’
October 14: "No. You people drinkin the wrong water.." A lot of people support a football team. There are of course the coaches. There's the trainer, but don't forget the water boy. The Bobby Bouchers of the world. Always there to give the players what they need. H2O. Sweet tasting water. Until next post be… Continue reading ‘You’re a better man than I, Gunga Din!’
October 12: Could've gone either way. Sometimes you give it your all and it's not enough. The keeper for Manteo High School was challenged all match long during the battle against rival school First Flight. He was either diving headlong into the grass or leaping as high as he could to stop the ball. He… Continue reading “Missed it by that much…”
October 9: I'm wit ya tweety, I'm seeing some strange stuff too. Is it live, or is it Memorex? Should I take the blue or the red pill. Man, things are getting weird. Admittedly, I did recently watch the rock documentary "What a long strange trip" about the Grateful Dead. Did the acid culture somehow… Continue reading I tawt I taw a puddy tat!!!
October 7: Sometimes it ain't easy being a keeper. Admittedly, First Flight varsity soccer are a good offensive team. Well-coached and a very attack-driven offense. And the result of their constant attacks is that the keeper of the opposing team is often busy, very busy, OK, I mean very, very, busy. The keeper for Northeastern… Continue reading Taking care of business, or, you can take this job and shove it
October 6: Wiley coyote wished he had springs to let him jump this high. Whew, I need to catch my breath... There's not much O2 this high up. The girls tonight, especially the Lady Bruins from Camden County High School, certainly did a lot of jumping, leaping, soaring, whatever. It was want to went to… Continue reading Playing where the air is rarefied
October 4: Jump ball. For a moment I thought that I was a basketball game watching the tip off or a rebound under the boards. Instead it was a very well defended pass by two Camden Co. defenders as they went high to try and bat the ball away from the intended First Flight receiver.… Continue reading Cross-over sports during the First Flight vs Camden County football game
October 3: That boy done plum run out of his shoe! It's good to be fast when you're a football running back. But so fast that you run out of your shoes???? This running back for the Camden County JV team scampered over 45 yards this way into the end zone for a touchdown. Who… Continue reading “Run Forrest! Run.”
October 2: Help me understand (caution: photographer griping-zone ahead). Yogi Berra had a lot of great sayings. He was either a philosopher or a very confused ball player that got plunked a little too often. One of my favorite Yogism is "the place is so popular that nobody goes there anymore." There's a lot of… Continue reading “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra