4 Weird Training Methods

Chapter 4 Weird Training Methods Coach Hyatt pulled up in her Mini Cooper with her weird son, Wyatt Hyatt. She blew her whistle. "Line up!" she barked. "I hope you ragamuffins are ready to work today." "Are we gonna run more laps?" Michael asked. "No!" "Are we gonna do jumping jacks?" asked Ryan. "No!" "Are we gonna do push-ups?" asked Neil the nude kid. "No!" "Sit-ups?" I asked. "Touch our toes?" "No!" "Then what are we gonna do?" Michael

asked. "You're going to pick up my car," said Coach Hyatt. "WHAT?!" "You heard me! Pick up my car!" "I can't pick up a car," I said. "You can't pick up a car by yourself," said Coach Hyatt. "But I bet that all of you can pick up my car together."

She told half of the team to grab the front bumper of the Mini Cooper and the other half of the team to grab the back bumper. Wyatt just picked his nose. "Okay," Coach Hyatt said, "when I blow my whistle, pick up the car." She blew her whistle, and we pulled up with all our might. And you'll never believe in a million hundred years what happened. We picked up the Mini Cooper! "WOW," we all said, which is "MOM" upside down. "Look at that!" Coach Hyatt barked. "You ragamuffins picked up a car! That's teamwork! My motto is, 'If you can pick up a car, you'll go far.'" It seemed to me that you could go a lot farther if you got in the car and drove it somewhere. But still, it was cool to pick up a car, even if it was a Mini Cooper.

Coach Hyatt had us pair off and pass the football back and forth. She said she wanted to see who could throw the ball and catch it. Ryan got teamed up with Neil. I got teamed up with Michael. Wyatt just picked his nose. I'm a good quarterback. Michael and I were passing and catching pretty good when one of my throws got past him. The ball rolled all the way over near the cheerleaders. Andrea picked it up. "Hey, throw it back!" Michael yelled. "What's the magic word?" Andrea asked. "Please?" said Michael. Andrea picked up the football. And

you'll never believe in a million hundred years what happened next. She threw it way over all our heads! I mean, it must have gone fifty yards in the air. And it was a perfect spiral, too. "WOW!" we all said, which is "MOM" upside down.