Authors note: A lot of times I hear people say that volleyball is such an easy and boring sport. In this essay, I explain how it’s not as easy and it is one of the most fun sports out there.
Thwack! You hear the sound of a hand slapping against a volleyball that is 25 feet away from your face. In less than a second, that ball will come flying towards you at 60 miles per hour. You’re in the championship game at a tournament. The score is 23-24 and you are losing by one point. This second can determine the game. Will you be able to pass that ball up to your setter? Or will the ball strike the floor and will you lose for your team? The game of volleyball is a little harder than you might think. People think that volleyball is just an intense game of “don’t let the balloon touch the floor”, a game that we used to play as kids, but I am going to prove that this fun game is harder than it seems.
First of all, everyone thinks the game of volleyball is so easy. Can you pass a ball to a foot wide target when is coming down at you at 60 miles per hour? Can you hold the responsibility to always get to a ball that is 40 feet away from you to set it to your breathtaking hitters? Can you jump above a 7 and a half foot tall net and hit a ball 60 miles per hour and keep it in control? No offense, but guys are normally the ones that think this sport is so easy. They are the normally the ones that try to act tough and hit the ball fast, but out of bounds every time they try to hit it over the net. Also, don’t “talk the talk” before you “walk the walk”.
Secondly, people watch one volleyball game in 5th grade of their school volleyball team. All they see is passing, missed serve, passing, and miss serve. It seems boring to play and watch. It seems so easy to people. They carry this with them and continue to think that this game is so easy and boring. I hope that these people see a high school game soon. They will realize that it is much more intense and advanced than that.
In addition, volleyball might not involve a lot of running, but it does involve a lot more leg muscle than you think. You constantly have to be on your toes, bending your legs so it looks like you’re sitting on an invisible chair, you do this in defense, or passing. If you are a blocker, you also need to do something that some people call “coiling”, coiling is where you bend your legs so you are ready to jump up and block the ball. These are enormous reasons why volleyball is more intense than not letting a balloon touch the ground.
In conclusion, the game of volleyball is a lot more extreme than most people think. They need to watch a game that is more advanced than elementary school to start talking about how trouble-free it is. This is why volleyball is actually a very magnificent, enjoyable game that is intense and also has a lot of difficulties in it.
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