and the helo squats down and out the window you can see the airdale lifting his arms like a touchdown and the rotors speed up and the helo shudders long and deep , and then it lifts up and into the air , and the airdale is staggering against the rotorwash , and he is lifting his arms up and up and up you take ten long steps and see the guy you are going to hit and now you can just for a second see his eyes tight and hard , and you crash with a bam into him and hear the air rush out and you use your arms and your speed to shed his ass and he falls to your left and you push through looking for the man with the ball happening faster than you can think about it he jams up to your right and you take three steps and close your eyes and slam into him and you feel his body soft and his arms hard and he falls and you fall , and you hit the dirt and the grass and the sweet smell of sweat and plastic and dirt , and you lie there for a long second feeling the shock in your shoulders and your legs and your helmet tight around your head in your little space and the game is on and you are on the game .