Brent Serves up his Most Embarassing Moment

We were ranked number one and undefeated. We were playing a home game. We played in a huge gym, and it was packed to the rafters with fans. We were warming up. I was peppering (for those who don't know volleyball, it's warming up by passing, setting and hitting at each other). We warmed up the way we played.

The hits could be clocked at literally 80-90 mph. My partner was Kevin (he and Larry play fun parts in many of my stories). Anyway, I felt really good. We were pounding the ball at each other. At this point in the warm up, Kevin mis-hit the ball. My eyes read "deep, high hit" so my hands came up to dig the ball near my face.

Meanwhile, Kevin's hand over-cut the ball and it dropped fast and hard about 3 feet in front of me and one-hopped off of the floor...right between my legs. It was a crushing hit. My vision went red. I swear I felt my testicles hit my brain-pan and bounce off of my eyes. Both legs and my right arm went numb.

The next thing I remember is looking up and seeing Kevin and the trainer and the coach standing over me as I lay on the floor curled up in the fetal position. I look up at them with tears coming out of my eyes. I had no idea if I had been unconcious, but I'm pretty sure I blacked out because it had to take a while for the trainer and coach to get across the gym.

As I look up at these three people who obviously have no idea what to do, two things happen simultaneously. Kevin said "Are you alright...I'm SOOO sorry!".

At the same time the coach looks at the trainer. The trainer looks at the coach.

Now, I'm taking sports medicine too, so I know what's coming and I can see how uncomfortable the trainer is. He's a student trainee, and every bit as uncomfortable as I would be. Despite my pain I start to smile inside.

The trainer looks down at me. He then looks at the coach again. The coach gives him a look that screams "DO SOMETHING!!".

The trainer looks down at me again and says, "uhhhhh...do you need me to, y'know, LOOK. Does it need to be pulled out or something?".

I looked up at him as Kevin started to laugh and the coach started to smile, trying his best not to laugh. It was at this moment that I realized that our voices were carrying and that this conversation was echoing throughout the gym...and there were 9000 people listening to us.

I quickly looked up at the trainer and said "If you touch me, YOU DIE!".

I had one of my best matches that day.