You all know that the culmination of my Personal Odyssey was to try out for my high school volleyball team. Well the tryouts were the week before school started and at the end of that week we found out the tentative team. I was going to go to the first night of volleyball tryouts and then if I didn't think I would make the team, I was going to try out for water polo instead, because I also really like water polo and it is the same season as volleyball. I talked to the Varsity coach after the first tryout to see if he thought I had a chance of making the team and he said he thought I was good enough to make the JV team, so I finished the week of 2 workouts a day of volleyball tryouts. At the end of the week I found out that I survived the first cut! On the Wednesday the next week (the first week of school) the team was finalized and I found out I was officially on the JV team! It was very exciting to be on the volleyball team and have reached my goal. It's really fun to be on the team, and all my teammates are really nice, but nearly every single one of them has played club volleyball. I have had probably the least experience on the team. It's really fun, but it takes up a lot of time! Practice is every day after school from 4pm-6pm and we have games every Tuesday and Thursday and sometimes tournaments on the weekends. Mostly all I have time to do is go to practice and then do my homework!
It's very exciting to be on the time and I'm really improving a lot. I am learning more about the specific positions, the rotation, and where people are supposed to be on the court at certain times. I am playing middle, which is in the middle front. It involves a lot of blocking and hitting.
I thought you all would like to know that I reached my goal and am continuing on with my volleyball odyssey.
Here's a picture of our team during a game:
I'm number 15!
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