My First Time Playing Volleyball

             Volleyball is an amazing sport to play for me. I never knew how or what is volleyball. When I started 7th grade my friend dragged me to volleyball try-outs. She’s been playing since she was in third grade. I’ve played basketball for two years when I saw volleyball I immediately caught it and turned to the basketball hoop. My friend was looking at me weirdly and started teaching me the basics. Within 30 minutes I was dramatically better. The try-outs were divided into two days. Day one was the endurance test. IT WAS TERRIBLE. We ran, did jump ropes, did wall jumps, and suicides, all at the same time to see if we can do more things after we were tired. The second day was all about skills. We were judged and given points on what we could do like bumping, serving, and setting. At that time I have never touched a volleyball, so I was really bad. The next day the list was posted. My friend and I got accepted to the team. At first I was surprised to see my name up on the list because my playing was very bad compared to the other girls who didn't get accepted, but then I said to myself I will learn and become better. The next day was practice. We were told our position and teams. There was the A Team and the B Team, A team being better and B team being ok. So, of course, I was placed on the B Team. In games, the A team starts. A couple of games later, I got moved up to the A team and nicknamed the "Net Player".



Me about to serve a ball.



Me waiting for a person to serve
(My dad took all the pictures)