another day on the court
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Kokubunji, 2023.11.05
The Boy's team had another game today, and again they won. They are now in the top forty for all high school teams in Tokyo. It's amazing, really. The other team had the bare minimum of players in order to play the game. What they lacked in numbers they made up in cheap shots and violence. At one point the Boy left the court following a painful but quickly-forgotten blow to the head.
Mari had suggested I might make an effort to photograph each of the players, and I wound up with more than 2,000 frames. It's on a micro-four-thirds body, it's not really intended for indoor sports photography. We'll see how we go.