Special needs player

[Adam]

Originally Posted by refnrev

I get the good stuff every now and then that just makes up for the junk. 4th Q of boys JV game Friday night. Easy game. Nothing unusual to call. Lopsided score. With about 2 1/2 minutes V subs in a kid with a big grin on his face. He's a special needs player. Coach yells, "Work it in to _____. (the sub)." ______ gets the ball pivots and swished a 3. All net! Big grin becomes a HUGE grin! Fans are whooping it up! H goes down court and scores. V bring the ball back down and coach repeats, "Work it in to ______." They never can get him the ball again, but when the final horn blows the kid walks over to the bench looking like he just won an olympic medal. Good stuff, guys. Really good stuff.

I love this stuff. Had a JVG team this year (twice) that had such a player. Team was pretty decent and well disciplined for JV, but every time this girl got in and got the ball, coach would tell her to shoot. She never did score, but even taking the shot seemed to bring her joy.