The best thing that I have ever done for someone is being a good teammate. This sounds like an easy task right? A behavior that is expected? Being a good teammate is actually hard when you do not get to see the court and you might not be liked by some of the other girls on the team. Volleyball is a sport that is very dependent on a good team atmosphere. It requires you to work together on and off of the court. On the court there are six girls communicating and working together to get the ball to the other side. If one does not cooperate then the whole team will suffer and lose points. On the bench there are at least three or more girls sitting and waiting their turn to see the court. If they are not engaged in the game or if they are not …show more content…
Numerous times these girls had their fair share of playing time, just coming off of the court for a rotation and going back in not long after coming on the bench. For me you ask? Throughout my high school volleyball career was mostly spent being told I was going to play and sitting on the bench with my teammates. I am not going to lie, at first when I was told I was not going to get a lot of playing time I strongly considered quitting and trying a different sport. Then when I decided to continue with volleyball I was not very positive about having to sit on the bench through all of the games. To add on teammates would complain about getting yelled at or being moved to a different spot on the court …show more content…
The best thing that I have ever done for someone, or in my case, my team, is be a good teammate. Being a good teammate means endless support on and off the court. I endlessly supported each and everyone of my team members. Whether it was cheering for them after a good play or comforting them after a hard loss to a good or bad team.Or possibly even helping them with something in my personal life. Whenever I got in to play and made a mistake they were right by my side to do the same for me. As one of the three captains this year I also learned a lot about leadership. Sharing a gym with all three teams it was very important to me to be a good role model. If I was having a bad day I had to push that aside and work hard. I had to set a good example for the younger classman. It was also important for me to make sure I was very approachable to everyone on the team and the younger volleyball players. This means that I was easy to talk to and made sure to leave all my problems at the doors of the gym and forget about them as I worked hard at practice or during a game. Being a good teammate means that I always had a positive attitude on the bench. When on the bench it is easy to become disconnected from the game and become negative as you are not getting playing time. I avoided these things by cheering for my teammates and making sure they feel supported as they make decisions on and off the court. One last thing that made
To do this, I will need to attend every practice and practice on my own every day. I can get better at digging and hitting so I can prepare for the tournaments. Also, I need to talk a lot in games. If I communicate a lot, my team will work better together. The most important thing I need to do to win our school volleyball league is to be a team leader. I will go to every practice, talk a lot in games, listen to my teammates, work hard and help fellow teammates if they need any help. We may be a small volleyball team in the top division, but if we work hard, we can place top in our
I got dressed like normal, and got a partner and started bumping the volleyball like yesterday. But what changed today was that we were going to the high school. When we got to the high school the same routine happened. Also today, some people got cut from the team. When they started calling people off I would hear a few names that sounded like Jalyn but were luckily not mine. After the list was over, the coach bursted out,” Everyone that was called please go to the side so the coaches can talk to you, “Then she softly whispered to us,” You guys have made it past the first set of cuts.” We all started cheering but was quickly got hushed down by the coach with her brief, yet informative hand gestures. When we got on the bus, the ones that made it sympathetically apologized to the people that got cut on the bus ride home but when we got back everyone that made it gathered in a circle and
Playing for the Fredonia volleyball team has allowed me to be a part of something that is bigger than myself. Each day, I had the ability to improve as an athlete and leader in order to give back to Fredonia. From the first day of preseason, freshman year, I chose hard work over complacency and fought to represent SUNY at Fredonia the best that I could. Whether it was on or off the court, I knew that I was not only a student from Fredonia, but I was an athlete who shouldn’t bring any negative attention to the school. I hosted many recruits for the team and my coach gave me the majority of them, saying that I was someone who would be a positive role model for the students and parents to meet. Many of these recruits chose Fredonia and have said that I was one of the reasons that they liked this school so much. I dedicated many hours to becoming the strongest that I could be and believe that I will leave a lasting mark on the volleyball program. During my senior season, I was very excited to have broken the total assist record for Fredonia volleyball. The record was broken under my name, however it is a statistic that my teammates helping me earn.
I have been a four year letter-winner in volleyball and basketball. Athletics have been a crucial part of developing my character and work ethic. In sports, you must work together with your team to reach your goals. Trust and communication skills are vital and are tested every day. The failure and setbacks I have faced through sports have helped me to believe in myself and have the self-confidence that it takes to be successful in athletics and in life. As a senior captain of the volleyball and basketball teams, my leadership has improved tremendously as high school has progressed. Being a leader holds me accountable and I aim to be a role model for younger teammates on the court, in the classroom, and in the community.
I practically was born with a ball in my hands, and whether it was bumping the ball around the house or knocking over things that just happened to be in my path, I was always with my precious volleyball. My family is also rooted into into the sport. After my mom’s high school team at Central won the state championship, she went on to play at Southeast Missouri. She has been an inspiration to me, and at 10 years old I began to play club volleyball thanks to her. Being one of the youngest on my team, I never got much playing time, but that year of watching and learning helped me settle into a team the year
My sophomore year of high school I played on the Junior Varsity volleyball team. We began preparing for the season by doing two-a-days the first week of August. We worked out hard the first two weeks then had our first scrimmage that next Friday. We won the scrimmage, but it was a pretty messy game. It was like we were all doing our best individually, but we were not working together as a team. The court was silent during each play and each time somebody messed up the rest of the team got mad at them.
Both teams are fighting for the win, only one point away, my adrenaline starts to run. I have adapted to live for the rush that comes with playing a sport. Volleyball has definitely been an outlet for me when it comes to school, family, and simply anything else. I have been on my high school volleyball team since freshman year. Although I loved playing, each year I struggled finding a balance between school and practice. I never let the struggle bring me down. I stayed committed to school and stayed on top on my assignments. I will admit there were times that i thought I couldn't do it anymore but i knew that to continue playing i needed to keep my grades up.
The qualities I have developed on the tennis team have helped me become a better team member and individual. I now find myself volunteering more in my community to provide an example of never giving up and with the realization that someone is always there to help when you need help. Every day I am reminded that I could have given up. But I didn’t and that is what made me a stronger person to go forth and fulfill my dreams and
Someone who worked harder and played faster than me. However, I always loved to inspire my team, to lead them in the right directions. Before games, I would always start a little pep talk, not just me giving speeches but everyone participated. One person would start out saying a goal they had for someone else that game, an example would be picking up a ground ball. Then that person would continue with a goal for someone else, all until everyone had a goal in mind for the game. At the end of the game, whoever completed their goal would get a little gift, most of the time it would be something like candy, but there were a few times girls got sentimental gifts. One girl made bracelets for everyone on the team, something to always wear. These goals were not meant to just get prizes but to inspire the girls to work for
I earned a spot on varsity. Being on varsity gave me my first taste of truly competitive tennis. Usually during practices, we would be separated from the other girls not on varsity, and our coach would run special drills with us. Tennis is an energy demanding sport. Matches usually started around 8, although sometimes I had to wake up at 4 because of a long drive, and depending on how many teams were at the tournament, could end late in the evening, one day we didn’t finish until around 9pm. By this time in my tennis career, I knew all the rules of tennis inside and out. I would frequently help the players on the team newer to the sport with scoring, knowing where to stand to serve, and what grips to hold their rackets in. It was fun to teach them because they never would have guessed that there could be so many different ways to grip the racket, or angles to hit the
Volleyball represents my most meaningful commitment not just because I have invested so much into it, but also because it it’s a passion of mine and has been a part of my life since elementary school. The impact my coaches and teammates have had on my life has helped make me the confident and determined individual I am today. Volleyball also takes up a lot of time and there are many sacrifices that come with the sport and playing on a team. To keep up my skills, I have had to give up a lot of my free time and parts of my summer. Balancing school with practices was also a challenge, but participating in one of my passions made it worthwhile. I have persevered through difficult times and learned new lessons along the way, so there is nothing that could make this sport less meaningful to me. (148)
Throughout high school, I was a varsity member of my school’s tennis team. Unlike most school sports, our tennis team consisted of both boys and girls on the same team. A small school to begin with, the lack of funding for tennis led to an even smaller turnout in the boys tennis team, thus they allowed girls to also join. In addition, the program was still very new and unestablished. The end result was an untrained boys tennis team that was actually just an untrained girls tennis team with about three boys tagging along. Unfortunately, all of the surrounding tennis programs consisted of lifetime tennis players, and yes, they were 100% male. This combination meant that my second doubles partner, Kayla, and I were usually greeted by our opponents with the mentality that the match would be easy, since we were just girls.
I love volleyball even though it has not always been easy. I have had a lot of problems during my volleyball journey that have helped me grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. I started playing volleyball in fifth grade on the middle school team and am now playing on JV. I did not get a lot of playing time when I first started, but I practiced and learned the basics of the game. I developed a love for the game with a great group of girls that I looked up to, during my first season. I have not always had the best team and coach, though.
As I walked onto the volleyball court, I noticed people were screaming and cheering all around me. They were all around me, and yet they all sounded strangely distant. I was nervous. I was worried that we might lose, but worst of all, I was worried that I might end up letting my teammates down. Negative thoughts continued filled my head and I drew closer and closer to my position. Once again, I found myself asking whether or not I truly belonged on this team. Now, this certainly was not the first time I questioned my place on the team, but little did I know that it would be the last.
It seems strange that a simple sport can do so much to a person, but it is not just a simple sport. To an outsider it is just volleyball, but to a player it is love, commitment, and family. It is a way to connect with people who become people in your life that are unforgettable. I have spent the past five years playing this sport with many different girls and I watched them as they grew up and went on to college and other things in life, and now I am that girl. I am now a senior in high school playing volleyball for the last year and I could not imagine what my life would be like if I had never tried this