Prompt 2

The normally humorous Olubori would wince at this question. It brought back memories of his second summer at the Cassius Darrow Hockey Camp. Darrow (and his support staff) asked the cockiest of the bunch—yet again, Baku and LEG—to step up for a hand-eye coordination drill. That drill became their hell for the next 2 weeks, and tennis balls haunt their dreams to this day. Coaches would alternate having multiple people throw tennis balls at the participant which they’d have to catch (not unlike the goalie drill). The worse part was something they called “tips”—coaches would shoot tennis balls toward the player at increasingly insane angles, and the participant would have to tip the balls in midair toward the net. Eventually coaches switched to heavier balls to closer simulate a puck. It sounds easier than it actually is, and to this day Baku has flashbacks of the whole camp watching him do that god awful drill.

“This is what I did, but I wouldn’t recommend you do it.” -M’Baku Olubori, February 14, 2024.