My volleyball team is the Saint Susanna Spartans. There are eight people on this team‚ myself included‚ and we are on the A team. The other girls on the team are: Adison‚ Audra‚ Emma‚ Grace‚ Isabel‚ Lydia‚ and Madison. Everyone on the team is kind and smart. They are wonderful people. We have two setters‚ Madison‚ and myself. We also have middle hitters and outside hitters. Emma and Grace are middle hitters. Lydia and Adison are outside hitters. Isabel and Audra are general passers. We all have our
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Volleyball Study Guide History YMCA Director William G. Morgan developed the game of volleyball in 1895 in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts. It was devised as a recreational activity for businessmen who wanted a game that had less physical contact than basketball. Morgan originally called the game “mintonette”. Dr. George Fisher is known as the “father of volleyball” for his organization of the United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) which was established in 1928. Volleyball was introduced to the
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When the ball hit the court‚ that’s when I knew. Our season was over. I looked at my coach’s face and he had a look‚ not of dissapointment‚ but of pride. Volleyball had completely changed my life in showing me the type of person I am‚ a leader. Volleyball began as a backup sport for me. I didn’t make the soccer team my freshmen year so I tried out for the next best option. My first year I was placed on junior varsity as a hitter. I didn’t get a lot of playtime‚ but on the bench I could see the
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My middle school volleyball coach has been the most influential person in my life. In 6th grade I had never picked up a volleyball until the day of tryouts. Miraculously I made the team. Coach Brittany helped to build up my confidence and helped to greatly build up my skills. I made the team again in seventh grade. This year turned out to be a bit harder. I was suppose to play middle front‚ which I loved dearly‚ but I didn’t understand the transitions off the net‚ so she got mad at me in front of
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though it was only six o’clock in the morning‚ my mood instantly brightened when I looked at my phone calendar and instinctively remembered that today was my final first volleyball game of the season. Quickly‚ I stumbled out of bed to go brush my teeth and begin getting ready for what would end up being my last day of playing volleyball. After choosing my favorite pair of black spandex paired with my hot pink Volley for the Cure shirt from nearly four years ago‚ I trekked upstairs to not only eat breakfast
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One of the most significant‚ influential days in my life thus far occurred when I was in eighth grade. I had made the varsity cut for volleyball. This might sound shallow to most people; I got into a team‚ great‚ but what is the big deal? For me‚ it was‚ however‚ because this one thing that happened‚ that day‚ changed my life forever. Getting into a varsity team in eighth grade shaped the rest of my high school years. Being part of a team in which your age is a drastic outlier makes you particular
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my four bags for the day and head out the door. Dreading every second of this painful early morning process‚ I still enter the gym with a smile on my face and gear up to hit the court with my team. Throughout the past nine years I have played volleyball. From YMCA to now high school‚ meanwhile‚ I have never gone a month away from the court. Over the years‚ I have always found myself as an outstanding player on the second team. Starting my first club season‚ I made the second team. However‚ I strutted
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Volleyball History In 1895‚ William G Morgan‚ a physical education director at the Holyoke‚ Massachusettes YMCA‚ created a game called Mintonette‚ as a low contact indoor sport. After observing the first game‚ Alfred Halstead‚ renamed the game Volleyball due to the volleying nature of the game. Numerous other variations of Volleyball have developed such as Beach Volleyball‚ Footvolley‚ Hooverball‚ and Newcomb. Both Men’s and Women’s Leagues are popular‚ and there are many clubs and tournaments throughout
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A time I experienced failure was during last year’s school volleyball season‚ when I was a junior. I had worked hard throughout the season and towards the end of the season it all went downhill. It started with my coach talking to me about swinging down to JV‚ this had happened a little over half way through the season. He said it was a good opportunity to play more‚ I saw it more as an insult since I had been full on varsity up until then. I had worked my butt off to earn my spot and in my heart
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New things can be alarming at times‚ and when I tried out for two new volleyball teams‚ I was terrified‚ and nervous. But I loved the feeling of the volleyball in my hands‚ the roughness of the ball‚ the smack of the ball hitting the floor. So I knew that the only way to get better at volleyball‚ was to try out for other teams such as Heat and Inferno. I get to meet new people‚ and there is way better competition so that will make me a superior player. So to be able to stand up for myself‚ I had
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