The offenders carry the ball to the other teams and all I can do is wait. One of the violators on the other team steals the ball from one of my teammates and she heads in my direction. I prepare to attack her fully to steal the ball. As I go to get the ball from her, she elbows me right in the mouth, and all I can do is fall to the ground and hold my mouth. The pain takes me by surprise and all I can do is fall to my knees. I hear the whistle and see one of the referees throw a flag. As I stood up I see my coach out of the corner of my eye running towards me making sure I was okay. As I approached the bench, all I hear is a ringing in my ears and I can taste the mixture of sweat and...