One Thing I love

Authors Note: In this piece I explain how much volleyball means to me. Its changed my life and is one of the most fun sports you will ever play, even if it doesn’t look like it.           

Slap! Thirty feet away from your face is a volleyball that will come flying at you going fifty miles an hour. You feel the butterflies in your stomach, any second, you will ether get a perfect pass up to your setter, or you will shank the ball and it will go flying through the air. The worst feeling in the world is when you shank a pass. Your whole team is counting on you, and you blow it. This is what my volleyball career feels like, and that is why I love the game. 

 First off, you might think, how can someone like volleyball? It’s just an intense game of “Don’t let the balloon touch the floor”, a game we all used to play as kids. Volleyball is not like this at all. But rather a very competitive sport. People watch a bunch of four year olds play volleyball and make an analogy that it is easy. They carry this with them, thinking volleyball is an easy and tedious sport. It’s not easy! Its very complex and enjoyable. You try passing a ball that’s coming fifty miles per hour at your face into a two by two feet box. You try running all around the court having to get the second ball. You try getting a controlled hit that shuts the other team down. This is why I love volleyball. The things like winning a long rally, or getting a perfect hit is the best feeling in the world. 

Another reason how volleyball has changed my life is the fact that I have the most fun position. Well at least that’s what I think. I’m the Libero. A Libero is someone who passes all the nasty hits, or serves. You also might think to yourself. Who wants to pass? That’s so boring. I strongly think otherwise. During a rally, you fly through the air to get a pass up. Once you get this pass, you feel you’re the king of the world. It’s so corny, but true. These are the reasons why volleyball is my second life.   

Lastly, I have always liked volleyball, but his year is when it really hit me. I play for the Midwest penguins with freshman from Arrowhead, Waukesha North, Brookfield central, and Pewaukee. This is my favorite team I have ever played on, with the best teammates and best coaches. When I played last year on both my volleyball and even basketball team, I never looked forward to going to practice. But this season was different. I looked forward to going to practice, even when they messed up all of my Friday night plans. Yup, that’s right, volleyball practice from 6 till 8.But it was worth it. I looked forward to seeing my friends. I looked forward to seeing my coaches. More importantly, I looked forward to playing volleyball. My team and I are closer than peanut butter is to jelly. They make my volleyball experience even better.

In conclusion. Volleyball is a huge part of my life. It has many people thinking it is a easy, dreary sport. I strongly disagree. I love getting a perfect pass for my team. I love waking up at five o’clock in the morning on a Saturday to play volleyball in Minnesota. You can see the love and excitement on everyone’s faces when you win a huge rally. Its an amazing feeling. The best feeling in the whole world is when you step on the court, and play that one thing you always think about, volleyball.