I have always dreamed of being a great middle hitter on the Seneca Valley High School volleyball team. When I was a young boy‚ I would sit in the stands at the Cranberry Township municipal center and watch my mom and dad play volleyball. Team Smeltzer would win the championship almost every year and I would imagine one day I too would be wearing the championship t-shirt. I have been blessed with a tall body and long arms but I lack athleticism. In middle school‚ I always shared playing time with
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Many families in the North Texas Region live day by day not knowing when their next meal will be and are unable to provide a Christmas that every family deserves. This year the club I play for‚ Tejas Volleyball Club‚ is making it possible for all families to experience the joys of a holiday so important. Tejas notices the stress on families that struggle with money this time of year. We realize Christmas should be carefree holiday that all families need to enjoy together with a Christmas dinner and
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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
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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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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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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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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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History of Volleyball: Who invented volleyball? William G. Morgan (1870-1942) born in State of New York‚ USA. He was a director of physical education at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). Why was volleyball invented? Mr Morgan was looking for a game that was less violent and intense than basketball (a popular and new sport at that time) that would be suitable for the older people Where was volleyball invented? Holyoke (State of Massachusetts‚ USA) How was volleyball invented
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