Personal Narrative: Southern Extreme Volleyball

¨Your team becomes your family, the ball becomes your best friend, the court becomes your home, and the game becomes your life¨-Unknown. The inventor of volleyball is William G. Morgan in 1895. William took the characteristics of tennis, basketball, and handball. William enjoyed the game tennis more than the rest, but tennis needed a racket. William did not like all the equipment but did like the idea of a net. So, William invented volleyball which was a less rough version of basketball. This took place in Holyoke, Massachusetts at the Springfield College of YMCA. I started doing a volleyball spring league in fifth grade till seventh grade. I really enjoyed the sport and building a relationship with my team. After that, I started doing a more competitively advanced volleyball league called Southern Extreme Volleyball Club. I have been doing Southern Extreme since eighth grade to the present. Southern Extreme takes place during the winter months. Southern Extreme improved my hitting, passing, and serving skills. My skills had improved because my hits were much harder and did not just fly wherever, they stayed inbounds. By the end of the season, almost all the time place my hits were I or my coach wanted the hits. My passing was more head on with the setter and my I was
Be the leader on your team! If your team is down and in a funk, be the person to change the attitude and mood, be a leader. Keep a positive mindset and cheer everyone up! I think being aggressive is a big part of volleyball. In volleyball, if no one is calling the ball or not trying for it, be aggressive and take it. You should practice like you are in a game. In a game are you gonna be lazy and not try? No, you are not. So, you should practice like that and not be lazy. Give practice everything you have and show the coaches what you are capable of and what you can handle. Practice makes you better every day even if you do not know