Embarrassing Sports Mistakes #2: Don’t get your ribs snapped

Today, I was playing a soccer game. I was playing defense at the time. The enemy player was on the side of the field and I was in the middle guarding another player. I rushed up to meet them but got stopped short. The ball came flying at me! It hit my stomach with a swoosh! (No idea why a swoosh noise) In the same game, our goalkeeper was rushing out to meet an opposing player and got hit right in the stomach and chest area. She started crying and almost had to go out of the game! (Don’t worry she was okay) I don’t know about you but I don’t want to hear any more swoosh noises from getting hit in the stomach! You know how we soccer players have shin guards to protect us? Well, what if soccer players had another piece of gear? Like a stretchy fabric that stretched around the stomach. Maybe that would stop players from coming out from being hit in the stomach by the ball! What do you think?

-Jordan W