The Miracle Season Page #4

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Scotty, they're all yours.

Okay, line up!

Setting is about precision.

Doesn't matter how good

your hitters are

unless the setter

can get them the ball

exactly where they need it.

Nice.

So, losing every game

of the season.

Is that good or bad

for an assistant coach's career?

All right, Mack. You're up.

Nice job. Brie, you're up.

(BALL THUDDING)

She's not even looking.

Doesn't have to.

She can hear it.

The less sound you make,

the better your hands are.

Nice job, Brie.

Come on, Kelley, step in.

BRIE (WHISPERS):

You got this.

(MUTED THUDDING)

You're gonna touch the ball

every play.

Control who gets it. When.

Where. How.

You gotta feel out your hitters.

Who's hot?

Who's cold?

Tell them, talk to them.

Lead. Offense.

Defense.

Everything on that court

runs through you.

You all right?

- Compared to what?

- These are all the plays

the setter has to know.

I know our plays, you guys.

You know the plays that you ran

and from the receiving side.

Now you need to know which plays

need to be set higher,

- or faster or with softer hands.

- Study up.

Good luck.

See, focus is the hardest

part for me.

I go to class,

but it's like all I hear

is that Charlie Brown

teacher going...

- "Wah, wah, wah, wah."

- (LAUGHS)

You know, if it helps,

I am actually a pretty good

Charlie Brown teacher translator.

What you just said, just so you

know, was The Gettysburg Address.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Uh...

I just...

I never thought that my senior

year would be like this, you know?

Yeah.

You know, I only met her once.

But she seemed like

a great person.

Line was the best.

The best.

I really wanna win

this first game back for her.

Win or lose,

you're making her proud.

I know it.

REPORTER:
The women of

Troy volleyball team

head to Cedar Rapids today

for their first game

since losing their star player,

Caroline Found.

We at WKCR

and everyone in Iowa City

wish them the

best of luck.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

(PANTING)

(BLOWS WHISTLE)

Captains.

Seniors, you're our captains.

Let's go.

Ladies, heads or tails?

Heads.

It's tails.

Would you like side,

serve or receive?

Serve.

BREZ:
It's all right, ladies.

Here we go.

Bring it in, everybody.

Everybody, bring it in.

I want you to focus

on playing volleyball.

Nothing else, just volleyball.

- You got it?

- Got it.

Okay, Lizzy B.

Okay.

West on...

Nine.

For Line.

ALL:
One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight, nine.

- West!

- Here we go! You got it, ladies.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

No, it's okay. Get up.

You got this, Kelley,

this is what you do.

Good D. Good D.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Watch the ball!

Watch the ball!

Watch your hitters, ladies.

Watch your hitters.

Yeah, watch the middle.

Watch the middle!

And, Montgomery

with a solid side out,

to put the Rams up by two.

Yes!

- (CHEERING)

- (WHISTLE BLOWS)

COMMENTATOR:
Oh, my, looks

like some miscommunication.

The girls need

to get this together.

This game is slipping away

from them.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

COMMENTATOR:
Fliehler seems to

be having a tough time today

finding her teammates for

solid sets.

She's falling apart out there.

We don't have anybody else.

Get your feet there, Kelley.

Get your feet there.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(BUZZER)

COMMENTATOR:
And that's the

game, ladies and gentlemen.

A win for Montgomery

in three straight sets.

And a heartbreaker for

the women of Troy,

who just couldn't get much going today

without their star, Caroline Found.

(ENGINE STARTS)

SHELLY:
It's just frustrating.

We're being set up to fail.

- Literally.

- Give her a break, okay?

It's not like she wants

to be awful.

Yeah, but we're the ones

who look bad.

She sets it like four feet

beyond the antennae.

It's like, if we can't save it,

it looks like it's our fault.

And not to be mean, but why is

Kelley one of our co-captains?

If not for Line, I don't think

she'd even be a starter.

Yeah, probably not.

So, what, you wanna tell her

she's not good enough

to stand up there

with the rest of us?

SHELLY:

Just sucks, that's all.

It's not how to honor Line,

I know that.

- Ernie?

- Brez.

Hello.

- Wonderful to see you.

- Hello, hello!

That looks good.

Bought it at Target.

- May I?

- Thanks.

You want more champagne?

Don't ask. I'll just take it.

The hardest part for me,

is getting used to the quiet.

Liner was a sworn enemy

of pauses in conversation.

You're not kidding.

She was fearless, wasn't she?

In everything she did.

She just dove right in,

head first.

Took it on.

Without thinking.

Homecoming game's coming

up soon, Ernie.

I think it would mean a lot to

the girls if you were there.

If you can handle it.

Not to say there's

anything wrong

- if you can't...

- It's okay. I know what you mean.

Okay.

It's good to see you, Ernie.

How's the team looking?

The truth?

Please?

It ain't last year.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

How many games you got left?

Fifteen.

How many wins do you have

to have to qualify for State?

Fifteen.

What do you think my

daughter would say to us

if she were sitting

at this table?

"Only 15?"

Hmm.

- Down.

- SCOTT:
Nice!

Pretty intense

practice schedule, huh?

Okay. Good talk.

Bring it in!

You are defending

state champions.

Every team out there

is hungry to eat you alive.

Do you think when we travel to

Cedar Falls

that they're gonna

take it easy on you

'cause they see how

upset you are?

ALL:

No, Coach.

Mack, serve to zone one

and practice is over.

If you miss, we run ladders.

(GIRLS GROANING)

SCOTT:

Let's go.

BREZ:

Jump serve.

- Really?

- You lead our team in ace serves.

You should be able

to do this blindfolded.

SCOTT:

Okay, line up.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(GIRLS PANTING)

Don't be last.

Brie.

Zone one, or two ladders.

Server needs to be able

to put the ball on the court

exactly where the coach

tells them to.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

- (WHISTLE BLOWS)

- (ALL GROANING)

Lizzy B, serve the ball

to zone one or five ladders.

BREZ:

You think this is pressure?

How are you gonna

win our next game

if you can't

even handle practice?

(GIRLS PANTING)

Serve the ball to zone one,

and we're done.

If you miss,

15 ladders for everyone.

(ALL GROANING)

Understood?

GIRL:
Come on, Kelley,

you got this.

(SIGHS)

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

High and to the outside.

Good. Number 31?

Low set, middle blocker.

(CHUCKLING) Perfect.

Now,

- let's test those reflexes.

- Oh, come on.

You're so weird.

This is an important part

of your training.

Come...

Okay, gotta get back to work.

- Volleyball?

- Mm-hmm.

All right.

- Ready?

- Mmm-hmm.

The trick is to keep it close to

the embers and not the flames.

That way it doesn't catch fire.

I have to tell you something.

I didn't want it.

And if you want me

to step down, I will.

But, Brez made me setter.

And you're doing

a fine job of it.

When I didn't see you

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