Volleyball Training and Matches
Shaking hands after the match
What did the activity involve?
Volleyball training was held during Thursday and Wednesday lunchtimes in the gym. A couple times during the term we also had the opportunity to travel to different schools in the area in order to compete.
What were my main aims?
When I signed up for this activity I was mainly hoping to develop my volleyball skills and to work on my serve in particular. I was also hoping to get to get to know each and every one of my teammates a little better and to make new friends. As I haven’t played much volleyball before I was also aiming to step outside of my physical comfort zone.
What did I do?
Practices were more intense than I’d originally expected. They required a lot of focus and effort which definitely paid off in the long run as I am proud to say that my serving, although not perfect, is definitely much better than it was prior to commencing this activity. Everyone on the team got along really well and I even managed to make a couple new friends like I’d hoped. The strong friendships we created made it easy for us to communicate on the court which definitely helped when it came to competing against other local schools. The other teams in the area had clearly had much more practice than we had because when we competed for the first time we lost all our matches. By the end of the term though every one of us had improved and so when we competed again, although we didn’t win the whole tournament, we managed to win a couple of our matches which made us proud.
Were there any problems along the way?
Occasionally a team member would be unable to show up for practice which complicated things a little but we quickly filled them in on what they’d missed and trained with them outside of practice time instead. Another minor problem we came across was the fact that the teams we were competing against had had far more training than us. This turned out to only be a minor setback though because if anything this disadvantage only made us more eager to learn and improve our skills. The most important thing we did that helped us overcome all our difficulties was to keep team spirit high. We did this through always having a team shout before and after any match. We also complimented people on any good hits or passes and encouraged them when perhaps a serve didn’t go as planned.
What have I learnt?
Overall this experience made me realize how much I truly enjoy participating in team sports and how much I can achieve when I really put my mind to something. In the future I will definitely be participating in more of our school’s sports fixtures.
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