SIDELINE SCHOOL
Rituals: shoot the routine
The car ride, warm-ups, the team talk, oranges, the post-game snack. What changes most, year to year, is this.
How to shoot it
- Step 1
The car ride is the season, compressed
Kit on the back seat, a mouthguard in a cupholder, a sleepy face in the back. One frame on the way there, one on the way home. Take it parked, or hand the phone to whoever isn’t driving. You will know which season it was from the car alone.
- Step 2
Warm-ups, the huddle, oranges, snack: the same corners every week
Stand in the same place each Saturday so the years stack: the cones, the coach’s knees in the huddle, the orange slices on a hoodie. You are not covering a game here. You are covering a childhood.
Pro tip
Shoot the routine. It’s what changes most, year to year.
The car rideWarm-upsThe team talkHalftime orangesThe post-game snack