Speaker 1: All right, good hustle girls. If we keep playing like that,
we're gonna smash the upcoming championship and then it's on
to regionals. Don't worry about packing up the gear, ladies.
I'll take care of it. You just go hit the
showers and cool off. You deserve it after working so hard.
H oh, hey there, what are you still doing here? Well? Yeah,
I saw you wander in about halfway through to spectate
from the bleachers. I'm glad you came to watch. I
do appreciate the support. Of course. We're really passionate about
this game and representing our school, so it means a
lot when people cheer us on and swing by to
watch us practice. Sure, I know it doesn't seem like
a lab, but you never know. The smallest gesture can
go along way. So anyway, did you need something? Have
you come to ask me something? Maybe? Oh? Well, okay,
why are you here? Then? Oh my gosh, you are
so funny. All right, hardy are a funny joke and
I'll run along. Huh oh oh, I'm so sorry you're
you're serious. Oh gosh, I'm sorry I laughed at you.
I just I really thought you were joking. Yeah, I mean,
I just never took you for the sporty type. I
guess you really want to learn how to play basketball? No, no, no,
I think it's awesome that you want to learn. I
just I don't know. I didn't expect you to ask
me to teach you or anything like. There's a male team,
so you could totally try out for that. Are you
sure you don't want to ask one of the guys
to teach you. They're really welcoming to newcomers. Oh okay,
I mean, if you really want me to teach you,
I suppose I could at least show you the basics,
but you got to help me pack up all this
equipment afterwards. Deal. I don't hand out lessons for free.
Sounds good, shake on it. It's a done deal. All right,
comes stand over here, let's start with some basic drills. Well,
you know the basics of how basketball works, right, Well,
that is a very simple way to put it. But yeah,
basically throw the ball in the basket. But that's not
as simple as it sounds. And true basketball was all
about teamwork and discipline and you've got to follow the rules.
But before we get to all that, let's just start small.
All right, I'm gonna pass you the ball and you're
gonna catch it. Yeah. Well, look, you want to learn
to play basketball, right, you've got to get the basics
down path first, especially if you want to play competitively.
You can't cut corners with this stuff. Not at our school,
now thinks ast Hey, good job, there's some hope for
you yet. Now pass it back. Cool. Now after each pass,
we take one step back. Okay. This will help you
practice your throat to toss it at different distances. It'll
help you understand how much strength you need and how
much to use depending on how far away your teammate is.
It's pretty simple, I know, but it's important. So can
I ask you something? It's all coming. You decided you
wanted to learn how to play. Hey, no judgment either way.
It's just a little out of the blue, that's all.
I didn't expect that you'd be interested in this kind
of thing. I mean, I've never seen you do anything
even remotely athletic. Don't take it the wrong way. I
don't think gatekeeping has any place in sports. If you
want to give it a try and play, more power
to you. I guess I've just well never seen you
be interested. Well, that's cool. Then. I think it's awesome
to try something new, especially when it's something out of
your comfort zone. It can take a lot of courage
to take a first step like that. Okay, one more question,
and again no judgment, but why me, like, why ask
me to help you learn? Was it just because you
happened to watch the practice and I was here, or
was it something else? I don't know. I don't want
to read into anything, but usually guys feel more comfortable
learning around other guys, and vice versa for girls, I
guess it just feels a little less nerve racking. Maybe
that's just me. You find me easy to talk to. Well,
that's sweet of you to say I'm glad that I
put you at ease. I guess sorry, I know that
I'm kind of blunt. I just don't often get guys
coming in here to ask for basketball lessons. You kind
of took me off guard. I'm not gonna lie that,
and I thought that you were coming to ask me
something else. Oh, no, it doesn't matter, don't worry about it. Yeah,
just drop it. Okay, it really doesn't matter. Let's just
move on to a different drill. How about we try
some dribbling. No, not from our Mouthsi ding dong, I
mean dribbling the ball. God, you're such a dork. Look
like this. See you can't take more than two steps
without bouncing the ball, so when you move, you have
to keep it bouncing. That's called dribbling. Understand. Hey, I
told you we got to cover all the basics you
came here to learn, right, Uh huh oh is that right?
All right, tough guy, dribble the ball to the other
end of the court. Let's see what you're made of.
Oh it's easy. Huh yeah, Well, all you're doing is
walking while bouncing the ball. The real test is what
you're doing while your opponents are trying to take it
from you. Poink. Hey, your opponents won't give you the
heads up either. You gotta focus up. Now, let's see
if you can stop me from scoring. Come on, don't
be shy, get up in my space. Don't let me
walk all over you quick. Come on, don't let me
shoot hu and swish. See it's not as easy as
it looks when you're actually playing. Huh all right, sweetie,
let's be real. You're not beating me in the game
at this stage. But I was just giving you a
little taste of the real deal. No, you're not having
another go. Come on, let's get back to the real drills.
How about you try shooting? Okay, hair catch? Now, stand
right here. Did you see my form when I threw
before Benja Niece? Slightly hold the ball against your chest,
elbows out a bit more. There you go. Now, extend
your legs, hop up and push the ball away from
your chest. Flick your wrist to send the ball. Hey,
that was not bad at all. Focus more on propelling
the ball with your wrists and unless with your arms. Okay,
try again. That's okay. It takes a little bit to
get it right. Don't worry. I promise you'll get there. Hey. Hey, hey, hey, relax,
don't get frustrated. You're learning and it's meant to be
difficult to start off with. You can't expect yourself to
be perfect right off the bat. Look, maybe we should
just take a little breather and collect ourselves. Yeah, come on,
sit over here, I'll grab you some water. Here you go. Now,
I think we need to have some real talk here,
and I don't want you to get upset over it. Okay,
are you sure that you want to try out for basketball. No,
I am not asking because I think you're bad or anything.
Like I said, You're meant to be bad to start
off with. If you were a natural, i'd be out
of a job. Look, all I'm saying is that your
heart doesn't seem to be in it. And maybe I'm
reading this all wrong, but you came in and you
said that you wanted to learn to play, but right
from the bat you found it silly, and you haven't
been super committed to learning. Most people that are eager
to learn usually put a little more excitement into it,
you know. I just think that you're not being fully
honest with me, dude, and I can't really teach you
if you aren't being upfront with me. So just let
me know what's going on. I promise I won't judge. Well,
if you're not really interested in playing the game, then
why did you ask me to teach you? Oh? Oh wait,
so you just wanted to spend time with me? Well
why didn't you just say so? Well, yeah, I guess
that is a bit of a daunting thing to propose
to someone, But really, you could have just asked and
we could have hung out or something. I wouldn't have
like turned you down or anything. Yeah, I mean, I
know we haven't interacted a whole lot, but we got
along and we have some good times in those random
projects we've done. Plus, I'd prefer if we were doing
something that we both enjoyed. You know, Oh my god, stop,
you're cute. That's really so adorable. You wanted to learn something,
but I'm interested in You really came here just to
have something in common with me. That's genuinely insane behavior.
But I'm totally blushing. It's sweet, crazy but sweet. Yeah.
I mean not everyone would do something they don't enjoy
just to spend time with someone they like. I mean,
I'm not insinuating that you like me, not in that way.
I mean, it's just I don't know, it's cute, like
in a good way. Oh so you do like me,
as in like you really like me. You know, all
of this would have been so much easier if you
had just said so that way. I wouldn't have had
to completely wreck you at basketball. No no, no no no.
To be fair, I didn't have the courage to just
straight up tell you how I felt either. Yeah, Honestly,
when I saw you watching us, practice from the bleachers.
I don't know. I just liked knowing that you were there.
And then afterwards he walked up to me and I
was like, Okay, he's for sure going to ask me out.
I have given him eye contact like every single day
of this week. I've gone out of my way to
make it obvious that I have a crush. But then
you just asked me to be your basketball coach. Ugh.
I know, I know that it would have been really
out of the blue, but I just thought, I don't know,
and I guess since I was taken off guard by it,
I acted a little defensive or hesitant. I think I
was just embarrassed because I felt stupid because I wanted
you to just make a move. So wait, let me
just get this straight. Are you actually into me, not
just because you want to hang out with the popular
jock girl? Really? Do you promise? Okay, So then I
guess I wasn't being that stupid after all. Oh my gosh,
this is such a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.
I was dreading the fact that I would be randomly
thinking of this on a random night trying to sleep
for the rest of my life. Oh yeah, right, you
like me, and I like you too. Sorry, I just
got a little bit too in my own head there. Yeah,
of course I like you. What's not to like. You're
kind and funny and you're so dorky. God it is
so cute. Oh yeah, I've had a crush on you
for a while, ever since freshman year here. I know,
we had to take biolab together, and I could not
stop looking at you, like every day. Oh shut up, seriously,
I never noticed you looking at me, for what it's worth,
this entire time, this whole time that we've been here
at university. We could have been together if one of
us had just actually said something. God, we are dumb.
We are dumb, Yes we I am not being stupid
all by myself. And you didn't confess your feelings either, mister,
so huh. Just because I'm the confident jock girl doesn't
mean that I should have to be the one to initiate, because,
first of all, that's not fair, and second of all,
I may be confident when it comes to leading a
team or giving a speech or something, but when it
comes to two people, especially guys, it scares me a lot. Yes,
for real, no one is one hundred percent confident all
the time. It's just not realistic, and for whatever reason,
you always made me extra nervous, not like in a
bad way, But I don't know. You're so smart and
compared to you, I just feel stupid. So anyway, I
know that we've basically confirmed it. But are are we like,
like gonna go out like together? Yes? I want to
go out with you, dude, I just got mushy. I
don't just get mushy like this for anybody. If you
didn't take me out on a date after that, I
would never forgive you. Are you kidding? We don't have
to have an insane amount of stuff in common to date.
Just because you're not into basketball doesn't mean that you
can't support me and be happy that I like it.
And besides, I'll have you know that I have other
interests besides basketball. Mm I also like tasty treats and
and and dinosaurs, specifically of the Jurassic Park variety. That's right,
I'm a dork just like you, but for dinosaurs. Really,
you know that? Why do you think I thought tooth
and nail to have our team be called the Yankees
and our mascot to be the cutest little anklesaurus. See,
we're more alike than you thought. We're just a couple
of dorks, you and me. So uh yeah, let's give
it a shot. And sounds good. This might be a
lame first date, but if you'd like the championship is
next weekend, I would really, really really really like it
if you were there to watch me play. Yes, really,
I would feel so much braver with you there cheering
me on. Really, you would do that for me. You
are such a sweetheart. And then we can totally go
on a date afterwards, we can celebrate. I'll bring you
along with the team, and then maybe we could have
like some time alone. Of course, I'm confident we're gonna win.
Me and my team are the best around, and I'm
gonna have you rooting for me in the crowd, my
good luck charm. But but if, by some colossal level
of misfortune we somehow lose, then I guess our date
will be you cuddling me on the couch and rubbing
my back while I saw like a pathetic baby and
eat ice cream. Hey, listen, as long as I'm with you,
I think that we're gonna have a good time regardless. Ooh,
and after we win, we're onto regionals, which you can
come watch as well. And then when we win that
it's nationals. Uh huh, it's held in another state. We
get flights and accommodations covered. Mm hmmm. So maybe you
can come with me then too. We could have a
nice little weekend away together. Huh huh. Yeah, God, you
are so freaking cute. Oh no, no, don't worry about
the cost. I'll just say that you're the team assistant
or something and then you'll get a free ticket. Or
you could just join the cheerleading team. I bet you
look real cute in one of those cheer outfits. I'm
joking mostly. All right, All right, let's go and clean
up the gym and then maybe we can hang out somewhere. Hey,
we had a deal, mister. I teach you how to play,
and you help me clean up. You shook on it.
You are not weaseling your way out of this one. Hmm. Okay,
I guess I didn't fully teach you everything. So then
how about I throw in a kiss after we're done
to sweeten the deal. Huh? Oh you want your payment
up front? Oh yeah, you drive a hard bargain, But okay,
I'll do it just because you're so darn cute. But
I'm only kissing you on the cheek. Okay, you don't
get a full on kiss till you've taken me to
dinner first. Mmm, I'll shush you. Gosh, you're so adorable. Okay,
let's clean up before someone shouts at us. Hey, catch,
why don't you try to make one more hoop? Just
one last hurrah for your short but fruitful basketball career.
Oh my god, you made it. I guess that my
little kiss inspired you. Huh. I suppose you could say
you scored twice today. Oh my god, you did not
just say that you scored a touchdown. Oh that's it.
I'm throwing you through the hoop. Nope, come here, I'm
throwing you through. You are toast m