2015-07-24

【Aiden in English】

        This is the last day of PSC Basketball Camp. The process of getting to this day was hard and it didn’t come without bumps and bruises. But the week's name by fast, and it was fun, which is the most important thing by far. 

        Like promised we did layup drills in the morning for about 40 minutes, and people were dropping left and right to do pushups. I corrected my scoop shot, and also my shooting position I used to step with the wrong foot or jumped using only one step. These errors gave me 5 pushups everytime. 

        However, the last day brought us the special events, known as Laser Tag. Basically, each player got a vest with four targets on it. The chest had a triangle, and so did the back. Both shoulders had a small rectangular target. The vest came with a gun that fired a red laser that activated the sensors in the targets signifying that they’d been hit. A hit would stun you for five seconds, and points were given to the shooter. There were two teams, Red versus Blue. Although this was what we came here for, most of the campers wanted to play hide and seek. So you came to play a game where I doubted that 50% of the kids would never play again, and you decided to play a game that really you could do any night you wanted. Nevertheless, majority ruled and the sensible few were overrun by little kids. 

        For this game, a strobe light was turned on for effect. We had half a minute to hide, and the tagger wore a red vest that couldn’t be hidden. Once someone was found, they had to go back to the waiting room. So here I was, running away from screaming little kids and the tagger, when an idea hit me. Instead of running away, why not follow the tagger? So I ran around a corner, and popped up behind the red vest. Staying at a safe distance, I tip-toed behind a red glow I could see. Now, here’s a bit of advice of strobe lights. They don’t exactly prove the best light source. In the areas deeper into the arena, it gets very, very dark. Unfortunately, the set up was like a maze, with walls in certain areas. While I was following the tagger, I let him get too far ahead of me. Ah, I didn’t exactly make out which way he got there. Like an idiot, I ran into a wall. Bang! I swear, everyone in the room heard me. The tagger turned around, but I was gone, dashing away as fast as I could. On the way, I was pretty sure that I kicked someone sitting on the floor.

        The week ended with a scrimmage that wasn’t too fun, but it sure was hilarious. Jason missed all his layups again. At times, one team couldn’t even get the ball past its half-court line, and a tiny 6-year-old was voted (unofficially) MVP for getting a foul and a bucket over a 5-foot-11-inch kid, Alan. I got 6 points and a heck ton of assists. Although it wasn’t like the others, this game was a calm wrap-up to the hectic week. 

        Basketball is a sport that I’ll like for a long time. Although I doubt that I’m even going to make the middle school team, this game make me look at basketball differently.

【紅霞譯文】

        今天是費城運動俱樂部籃球夏令營的最後一天，一路走來我們含辛茹苦，身上青一塊紫一塊落下不少傷痛，一周時光稍縱即逝，因為愉悅歡快，才倍感充實。

        按照事先計劃，早上我們大約花了四十分鐘來練習帶球上籃，左右手開弓，不中者被罰做俯臥撐。我糾正了自己鈎球上籃毛病以及手腳錯位投球姿勢，整個過程分別夾做了五次俯臥撐。

        最後一天我們應允參加特別活動——激光追身戰，每人身穿裝備有四個靶點的背心，前胸後背的靶點均呈三角形，雙肩上的靶點呈長方形。胸上佩帶激光槍發射紅色光束，紅色激光可以激活靶點上的傳感器，表示被對方打中，這時你身上發出五秒鐘電擊聲，射手得分。我們一分為二紅藍兩隊，大家竟一致要玩“捉迷藏”遊戲，可我覺得當中半數之多的同伴以後再也不會回到這裡來參加激光追身戰，因此大可不必選擇這麼一個隨便哪天都能得手的遊戲，不管怎樣少數服從多數，小不點們因人多勢眾而主斷決策。

        對於激光追身戰而言，閃光燈被用來增加視覺效果。遊戲開始時，我們給出半分鐘時間掩蔽自己，身穿紅色背心一方不能躲藏。其間只要有人被發現，他們必須前往等候室待命。我從對方發出尖叫的小孩身邊悄悄溜走，這時忽然計上心頭，與其逃跑，何不跟隨射擊者？於是我跑到牆角，竄到紅馬甲背面，與其保持一定距離，踮着腳尖努力尾隨紅光影子。這裡順便說一下閃光燈，其實它們並非是最佳光源，因為越接近娛樂室中心越黑，而整個娛樂室又被設置成迷宮，並且周圍高牆林立。我尾隨進攻一方，只要稍微離他遠一點，哎喲，就弄不清他去的方向，像睜眼瞎似地撞到了牆。砰！我發誓房間裡所有的人都能聽到這一響聲，此刻射手轉身，好在我以迅雷不及掩耳之勢逃離現場，跑動過程中，我肯定踢到恰好坐在地上的倒霉鬼。

        本周籃球營最後以混戰角逐宣告結束，雖然算不上太有趣，但卻熱鬧非凡。傑森再度犯糗，上籃連連失手；有時某些隊員甚至無法將球傳過半場，年僅六歲的蘿蔔頭因不惜犯規身高五英尺十一英寸思源將球投進籃框而被（非官方）評為最佳運動員。我總共得了六分， 還有不少助攻。儘管末場比賽與其它不同，但大家還是心平氣和地送走了樂此不疲的一個星期。

        籃球算是我長久以來喜歡的運動，雖說本人並無可能被選入初中籃球校隊，但經歷了這場比賽之後，我對籃球還是有了新的認識。