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MadMadamMalfoy · 03-31-2019, 07:12 PM

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Tina listened carefully to the instructions for the activity. Finally, they were going to get into the air and actually try some of these techniques. Well, it was about time! The normally stoic Ravenclaw was having a hard time keeping still while listening. Okay, two quidditch tactics in twenty minutes… she could do this! She mounted her old Comet and kicked off excitedly. Now which maneuver should she do first? She decided to start with the Bludger Backbeat. It had the most potential to be useful to her as a beater, and she didn’t need another person’s help to do it.

Tina glanced behind her to sort of gauge the angle of her swing. While gripping her broom handle with her left hand, she pretended to hold a beater’s bat in her right. She took a backhanded swing, sending an imaginary bludger behind her, and she couldn’t help but feel a little silly as she did so. Did it work? She had no idea. It was a lot harder to gauge the accuracy of her swing without any actual equipment. After a couple more times practicing the backbeat on imaginary bludgers, she decided that was probably as good as her swings were going to get without the use of any real equipment. Which move should she try next?

She’d always wanted to try the Starfish and Stick, though she had no idea when she’d ever use it on the field. She usually played beater, not keeper! Still,she decided to go for it. When else would she get an opportunity to practice? Tina chuckled to herself as she remembered the drawing of this move in action from Quidditch Through the Ages. She didn’t know why but she always found that stick-figure quidditch player with its limbs stretched out pretty funny - and that drawing paired with the instructions “Starfish without stick should never be attempted” was even funnier! Like anybody would be dumb enough to try that! Now what would be the safest way to go about this? Probably start with a sloth grip roll, then unhook one arm and leg. Tightly gripping her broom with both hands and both legs, she rolled upside down. When she was confident in her balance, she released her left leg and hooked her right foot around the broom handle.So far, so good...now she just had to let go with her left hand and spread her limbs out more. Steady, steady… and she did it!

Tina had just completed her Starfish and Stick when the lesson moved on. She listened intently,just as she always did when a professor gave directions, but she was confused. Uhh...let’s see if she was understanding this correctly. So one person was supposed to complete a quidditch move, then tag somebody else and that person complete a move and on down the line until somebody reached the opposite goal posts? Was that it? The Head Boy’s taunt suddenly jerked her out of her thoughts, and now she was even more confused! What was he doing? She thought they were supposed to tag somebody else once they finished their maneuver, but she didn’t see that he’d tagged anybody. Maybe she just missed it?

Not much later, Tina heard the professor say the head Boy was doing exactly what they were supposed to. Okay, then… if that was what they were supposed to do, she’d go along. She sped after the Hufflepuff, keeping her body as close to her broom handle as possible to reduce her wind resistance. He may have had a head start, but she was quickly closing distance. Come on, faster! Faster! She thought, urging her broom on. She was not settling for second place today! As she went, she descended sharply into a tight spiral dive, rose, then did another spiral dive, just for good measure. Her dark eyes scanned the pitch for some other person to tag upon completing her dives. As she did so, she considered the next question.

What kind of quidditch maneuver would she invent? Would it require more than one person? That part was a no-brainer! Tina was used to flying solo (both figuratively and literally),so why would she create a move that needed multiple people? Now she just needed to figure out what exactly her move would entail. Something to do with beating… she had it! What if there was a way to apply her divide-and-conquer approach to life to the game of quidditch? Maybe hit a bludger at a gap between two or more players flying near each other… that could theoretically make it more difficult to tell which player the bludger was aimed at and cause the group to scatter. Now she just needed a name. How about… the Dantes Divide? Ooh, she liked that! But would Professor Adara like it? She didn’t want her idea to get shot down in front of the whole class! It took her a couple minutes to pluck up the courage to raise her hand.When called on, she said in an uncharacteristically small voice, “My maneuver would be called the Dantes Divide. It’s a single-player move for Beaters.The object is to hit the bludger at a space between two or more players, which is meant to make it harder to tell which player was the target and cause all players in the vicinity to scatter.” She hoped that answer was good enough!

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MadMadamMalfoy Newbie Mod Alley Proprietor Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hazbin Hotel Posts: 11,119 Hogwarts RPG Name: Norman A. Carton Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Sydney M. L. Masters Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Maddox B. Buchanan Gryffindor Fourth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Caledon Roth The Leaky Cauldron	catches up on all the things Feel free to say she tagged you! Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll Text Cut: Question 1 Up, down, left, right...Tina continued her stretching. She was in the middle of stretching her legs when she heard the first question. Oh, so they were doing quidditch today? This was going to be fun! She thought for a minute, making a mental list of all the possible answers she could give. Her personal favorite quidditch technique was the Bludger Backbeat - she’d gotten pretty good at that one in her three years playing quidditch at Beauxbatons (and her one as a reserve here at Hogwarts, she supposed), and best of all, it was a move she could do on her own! But that Slytherin girl (Beth) mentioned it before Tina had the chance. Well, so much for that answer! The next thing that popped into her mind was a maneuver she’d seen in action many times but never actually tried. Tina’s hand shot up, and she said after being called on, “The Blitzen Ballet, Professor. It’s a chasers’ move popularized by the French National team. The chasers pass the quaffle to each other, then one jumps onto another’s broom to confuse the keeper while the third chaser scores.” She didn’t realize until after she’d spoken that she’d given a lot more information than the professor asked for; she blushed slightly, staring at the ground. Sorry, Professor! She got a bit overly enthusiastic with that one. Text Cut: Mini Activity Tina listened carefully to the instructions for the activity. Finally, they were going to get into the air and actually try some of these techniques. Well, it was about time! The normally stoic Ravenclaw was having a hard time keeping still while listening. Okay, two quidditch tactics in twenty minutes… she could do this! She mounted her old Comet and kicked off excitedly. Now which maneuver should she do first? She decided to start with the Bludger Backbeat. It had the most potential to be useful to her as a beater, and she didn’t need another person’s help to do it. Tina glanced behind her to sort of gauge the angle of her swing. While gripping her broom handle with her left hand, she pretended to hold a beater’s bat in her right. She took a backhanded swing, sending an imaginary bludger behind her, and she couldn’t help but feel a little silly as she did so. Did it work? She had no idea. It was a lot harder to gauge the accuracy of her swing without any actual equipment. After a couple more times practicing the backbeat on imaginary bludgers, she decided that was probably as good as her swings were going to get without the use of any real equipment. Which move should she try next? She’d always wanted to try the Starfish and Stick, though she had no idea when she’d ever use it on the field. She usually played beater, not keeper! Still,she decided to go for it. When else would she get an opportunity to practice? Tina chuckled to herself as she remembered the drawing of this move in action from Quidditch Through the Ages. She didn’t know why but she always found that stick-figure quidditch player with its limbs stretched out pretty funny - and that drawing paired with the instructions “Starfish without stick should never be attempted” was even funnier! Like anybody would be dumb enough to try that! Now what would be the safest way to go about this? Probably start with a sloth grip roll, then unhook one arm and leg. Tightly gripping her broom with both hands and both legs, she rolled upside down. When she was confident in her balance, she released her left leg and hooked her right foot around the broom handle.So far, so good...now she just had to let go with her left hand and spread her limbs out more. Steady, steady… and she did it! Tina had just completed her Starfish and Stick when the lesson moved on. She listened intently,just as she always did when a professor gave directions, but she was confused. Uhh...let’s see if she was understanding this correctly. So one person was supposed to complete a quidditch move, then tag somebody else and that person complete a move and on down the line until somebody reached the opposite goal posts? Was that it? The Head Boy’s taunt suddenly jerked her out of her thoughts, and now she was even more confused! What was he doing? She thought they were supposed to tag somebody else once they finished their maneuver, but she didn’t see that he’d tagged anybody. Maybe she just missed it? Not much later, Tina heard the professor say the head Boy was doing exactly what they were supposed to. Okay, then… if that was what they were supposed to do, she’d go along. She sped after the Hufflepuff, keeping her body as close to her broom handle as possible to reduce her wind resistance. He may have had a head start, but she was quickly closing distance. Come on, faster! Faster! She thought, urging her broom on. She was not settling for second place today! As she went, she descended sharply into a tight spiral dive, rose, then did another spiral dive, just for good measure. Her dark eyes scanned the pitch for some other person to tag upon completing her dives. As she did so, she considered the next question. What kind of quidditch maneuver would she invent? Would it require more than one person? That part was a no-brainer! Tina was used to flying solo (both figuratively and literally),so why would she create a move that needed multiple people? Now she just needed to figure out what exactly her move would entail. Something to do with beating… she had it! What if there was a way to apply her divide-and-conquer approach to life to the game of quidditch? Maybe hit a bludger at a gap between two or more players flying near each other… that could theoretically make it more difficult to tell which player the bludger was aimed at and cause the group to scatter. Now she just needed a name. How about… the Dantes Divide? Ooh, she liked that! But would Professor Adara like it? She didn’t want her idea to get shot down in front of the whole class! It took her a couple minutes to pluck up the courage to raise her hand.When called on, she said in an uncharacteristically small voice, “My maneuver would be called the Dantes Divide. It’s a single-player move for Beaters.The object is to hit the bludger at a space between two or more players, which is meant to make it harder to tell which player was the target and cause all players in the vicinity to scatter.” She hoped that answer was good enough! __________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...