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02/29/2004 Entry: "Roller-Soccer on Monday Night - February 23, 2004"

Our Roller-Soccer
On Monday Night � February 23, 2004

I�m not wanting to write much about APRR�s Roller-Soccer in this entry. (I�d rather someone else write about it. � Carl, is this you?) But for you, and for this entry, I�ll let the action-packed photos shown below tell the awesome Roller-Soccer story of unlimited exhilaration, back-to-back extreme excitement, and lots of smiles and pain combined. Sure, a number of APRR skate their way over to the Georgia Tech campus to observe the continuous movements of others in an almost dance like fashion. But to actually get out on the concrete Roller-Soccer court and participate in this uncoordinated waltz or perhaps coordinated free-for-all� that�s a totally different story.

You see, in Roller-Soccer, you basically have two sides. One side generally wears white or some other light colored shirt or sweatshirt; and the other side wears an upper garment that�s dark. There are perhaps many different ways of playing Roller-Soccer, one way being just like that of traditional soccer. However, APRR has been enjoying a different version. Through its version, for one of the teams to score a point, each player of that team must touch (or contact) the soccer ball prior to the other team gaining control of it. (No use of hands though!)

Strategically, you�ll want your team to be in close proximity of the ball when on offence. This permits the entirety of your team to conveniently and quickly touch the ball (and score a point). And when on defense, it�s also a good idea to be close to the constantly moving ball. This allows any given member of your team to more easily interfere with the accumulation of your opponent�s touches (and prevents them from scoring a point). Better yet, when on defense and in the same situation, you�ll get a gold star if you intercept the ball for your team.. However, you�ll also want your team to fill the playing court�s open spaces. This may help your team to better regain control of a �loose ball,� if not to move the ball further away from your opponents.

The game usually winds down and wraps-up after an all-out couple hours of hard, but fun-loving play; and, upon the time when multiple players end up falling to the concrete floor, mulling around on it, and exclaiming that they can no longer get up. �I think that just about does it for me,� Mims R exclaimed after a super long moment of silence and after Carl had head-butted into the side of his rib cage. �I�ll be feeling this for quite some time.�

It was an even longer moment of silence before Carl said anything. He too was sprawled out on the cold floor. �I didn�t realize your ribs were so hard.�

Cindy, Paul, Greg, Carl, and the offensive & defensive light pole.

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Roller Soccer spectators Lisa, Tom, Rickson, and Ben

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Carl, Greg, Cindy, and Beth

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Spectator Ben and his overly social friends.
(Mark, Nancy, Mims, and Thomas)

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An APRR gathering for an impromptu group photo.
(left to right)
(first row) ???(I�m thinking his name is Doug), Donald,
Amber, Paul, Cindy, Carl, and Mims
(next row) Chuck, Stephanie, Lisa, Nancy, and Ben
(top row) Greg, Rickson, Mark, Beth, Tom, and Thomas

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Same as above, except I�m now somewhere in there too.

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Mims

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Greg and Mims

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Paul

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Cindy, Mims, and Greg

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Carl, Paul, and Greg
Mims in background.

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Carl and Mims

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Cindy and Mims
With Greg charging in.

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Cindy and Mims
With Greg falling down.

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Paul, Mims, and Cindy

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Paul and Carl � Cindy and Mims

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Carl, Paul, Mims, and Cindy

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Mims perfecting a backward moving hockey stop.

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Mims and Carl

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Mims, Cindy, Greg, and Carl

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Carl, Cindy, Mims, and the runaway ball.

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Greg had just fallen down and cried, �Help, I can�t get up!�

I then encouraged him to get up so he could see this picture
on the camera�s large LCD screen. �With my hair, it almost
looks like blood�s coming out of my helmet,� he observed.

�Yea, you should make it look red,� quipped Mims.

�And what if I make it look green?,� I responded.

�You�re right. We always thought there was something
strange about Greg,� settled Mims.

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Mims

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Cindy and her husband, Paul

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�Did YOU SEE THAT !!!,� was exactly what Mims said as I snapped this
photo of him and Carl.
�Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha ...THAT !!! was my FIRST EVER sliding tackle!�

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Greg and Paul

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There�s absolutely NOTHING staged about this photo�
It�s pretty typical.
(Greg and Cindy, and what�s left of Carl)