IZUMI Izumi watches as the boy runs proving to be a good runner but lacking spirit which can be worked on an improved, besides a team of all speed runners isn't necessarily good so she decides to wait for the other drills before passing judgment. Hearing the Snake call her Flower Izumi sighs [B]You an Taki both were adequate but Rikyu needs some work, this is first practice after all[/B] then she turns to Michiko [B]Two minutes to stretch please Michiko-chan[/B] says Izumi as she twists left to right a few times She looks down the court and smiles her thoughts turning to the fire of competition Izumi filled with life and energy has always enjoyed trying to close on her brother's speed.. She begins stretching out by sliding to the floor in a full split and bending her body side to side in what looks to be a painful display of flexibility. Next she bring her legs back together her powerful thighs pushing her up off the floor without the use of her hands. Izumi's stretching looks less like a basketball player an more a cross between gymnast and a wrestlers as she shows to be as flexible as a contortionist. She finishes by taking several deep breaths and holding them as she allows her lungs to absorb oxygen and her spirit to calm. When her turn comes Izumi is on the line waiting the signal an as she waits she fixes the retreating form of her brother just ahead of her. He has always been faster than she and she loves chasing him hoping to one day pass him, he is her inspiration. When Izumi hears "GO!" She's off like a greyhound from the slips. Her sprinting style is very different than her brothers as she moves forward on light steps that's spanned distance appear as if she's a ballerina dancing across stage. In the first two seconds her choice of foot wear which look more like the ultra light shoes of a sprinter become apparent. Her heels never strike the floor even when she turns back. She unlike the boys before pivoting before she reaches the cone her crouching body sliding back on her toe tip so that her heel barely taps the cone as she uses her entire form like a coiled spring which stores then releases the energy of her turn in a near perfect line straight up her body. Any of the boys attempting this trick would be thrown off balance because it takes full advantage of her hips which are able to shift her center of balance as only a girl can. Her long legs seem to move without any wasted effort as she propels herself to the foul line and repeats her pivot and toe slide her foot never touching the offending stripe. Her strides are even and as measured as a machines lending her the appearance of an olympic sprinter running for the gold. Her far pivot is a mirror of her first and second demonstrating why she's the first girl to ever win all three MVPs in the girls junior. She completes her run 1.5 seconds slower than her brother's time but faster than any would suspect her able to. Smiling she's breathing deeply but more controlled an less winded [B]"That was great but I prefer doing them while dribbling, it makes them more interesting. No offense Michiko-chan but before you try this drill I think you an I should work on your endurance and breath control or it may injure or discourage you. You've got a great body but anyone can see you've never really pushed it"[/B] says Izumi stepping close to Michiko. --------------------------------------------------- TAKI Taki chuckles as he watches his sis run because as fast as he is he knows there are boys faster than he but his sister Izumi runs with the legendary speed an grace of Atlanta. Izumi could as easily been a girl's track legend as a basketball player but chose his sport so that they'd share a common joy. When she finishes Taki watches as she walks to Michiko with that relaxed smile of hers Taki winces as he hears his sis say that Michiko is out of shape an needs work. Sometimes she forgets other girls body self images are very important to them. God she needs to stop hanging out with guys as friends because she's become as clumsy as they are when talking to girls he thinks as he groans quietly