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MIKE BROOKS: WHAT'S THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE PLAYING A HEARING
TEAM?
JAIME FIELD: YEAH IT IS
CHALLENGING PLAYING A HEARING TEAM
BECAUSE A HEARING TEAM CAN YELL AND THEY
HAVE EASIER COMMUNICATION. WITH A DEAF
TEAM WE ALMOST HAVE TO READ EACH OTHER'S
MINDS, WE HAVE TO KNOW OUR PLAYS. WE CAN
SIGN BUT YOUR HANDS ARE BUSY SO WE HAVE
TO TELL BY MOVEMENT WHAT'S COMING UP
NEXT.
LAVAN HOOD: WHEN WE PLAY
AGAINST OTHER DEAF SCHOOLS, IT'S HARDER
BECAUSE DEAF SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE THEIR
OWN COMMUNICATION.
MIKE BROOKS: WHEN YOU
WANT THE BALL, HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR
TEAMMATES YOU WANT IT?
TY
McRAE:
MOSTLY
I
COMMUNICATE
WITH
MY
HEAD,
I
GIVE
THEM
A
COME
ON
MOVEMENT.
ALSO
WITH
EYE
CONTACT,
MAKING
EYE
CONTACT
WITH
SOMEBODY
CAN
ALSO
COMMUNICATE.
NICHOLAS
FOSTER:
IF
THE
COACH
IS
TALKING
TO
ME,
THEN
THE
COACH
WILL
SAY
READY
READY
AND
I'LL
KNOW
IT'S
MY
TURN
NEXT.
COACH
REGGIE
BESS:
LAST
YEAR
WE
ONLY
HAD
8
PLAYERS,
NOW
YOU
CAN
SEE
HOW
WE'VE
GROWN,
WE'VE
GOT
15
GUYS.
NEXT
YEAR
WE'LL
HAVE
TO
HAVE
ACTUAL
TRYOUTS
FOR
THIS
FALL.
MIKE
BROOKS:
SO I
HEAR
THE
GIRLS
TEAM
IS
BETTER
THAN
THE
BOYS.
YES?
YES.
NO?
NO...
WHY?
WE
DON'T
CARE!
DENTRICE
ARNOLD:
EXCUSE
ME...
YOU
THINK
THE
GIRLS
GO
OUT
THERE
AND
IT'S
EASY?
NO!
WHY'D
THE
BOYS
LOSE
SO
MANY
GAMES?
COME
ON
NOW,
WE
WE'RE
THE
ONES
WINNING!
MIKE
BROOKS:
OHHHH...
OHHHH!!
COACH
KRISTI
MERRIWEATHER:
YOU
KNOW,
IT
TOOK
TIME
FOR
THERE
TO
BE
ENOUGH
IMPROVEMENT
OR
TO
GET
TO
THAT
LEVEL
WHERE
THEY
COULD
PLAY,
BUT
THIS
YEAR
THE
GIRLS...
THEY
BLEW
THE
HOUSE
DOWN.
MIKE
BROOKS:
IS
THERE
ANYTHING
THEY
WANT
TO
TELL
EVERYBODY
ABOUT
BEING
DEAF
AND
PLAYING
BASKETBALL?
DENTRICE
ARNOLD:
WE'RE
PROVING
THEM
WRONG.
BECAUSE
THEY
THINK
JUST
BECAUSE
WE'RE
DEAF
WE
CAN'T
DO
IT.
BRITNEY
BROWN:
WE'RE
REALLY
SMART,
WE
KNOW
HOW
TO
FOOL
HEARING
PEOPLE
JUST
AS
MUCH
AS
THEY
THINK
THEY
CAN
FOOL
US! |