Throw away my dream of being a volleyball player?

[lightthecandle]

Ok, so I love volleyball. I mean absolutely head over heals in love with it. Its my favorite sport in the world. But there’s one problem…it’s been years since I’ve played it competitively. I played it from 5-8th grade in a team, and I was pretty great. I mean I was an awesome player overall with an AMAZING spike.(though I didn’t serve overhand). In highschool I was too depressed and didn’t play volleyball at all. Now I found out that there’s a volleyball team in my school (a club) which is open to any and all girls. I know they’re not looking for the best players. If I do want to be a great player, I have to dedicate a few hours everyday in the summer. The thing is I’m not the great player I was in 8th grade. DO YOU GUYS THINK I SHOULD TREAD ONTO PLAYING, WHICH IS MY DREAM????




if so, do you have any tips on how I should go about doing this? For example, what should i start eating, excercising??

[Vanilla]

You should definitely try out for the team. What have you got to lose? You don't want to regret it later on in life. It's your dream, so live it! And, if you don't make this team, find another team to join. It's something you love to do, so do what you love...

Good luck!

[richie]

Simply Go fot it. No one was the best when they started it. It was their hard work and determination that made them the best.

[ChaosKiwi]

Go for it!!!

You might start off a bit rusty but if you use to play you'll probably pick it up quite fast.

Good luck!

[Angela]

Lightthecandle, I like you even more now!!! Volleyball,, ahhhh,, , volleyball.... isn't it the most wonderful thing?

I was the best in my 8th grade class, too! Mostly because I was the tallest girl, I think. After high school, I played a little through my 20's (of course I switched to beach v-ball!) but then drifted away from it.

In my early 40's I moved back to the beach at Southern California and thought I'd like to play again, but worried that I was too old, that no one would want to play with me, oh, oh, oh, the old chicken opera. So I invented the possibility for myself of Partnership, and I strode myself down a beach class and threw myself in to lessons. I wasn't the oldest person out there, but no one seemed to even pay attention to that, anyway (except for me.) I developed a whole network of people who became really passionate about playing -- like, for 8 hours every Saturday and Sunday. As I lay in bed, my body would feel the passion of playing as if it were sexual desire. Once I spiked my boyfriend's head in my sleep. Sorry, baby. Some of the best friends I've ever made are the folks with whom I share this passion -- mostly they are people in their 20's. What I lack in youthful agility, I make up for in the hard-won machiavellian cunning that comes with experience!

I've had to cut down because 16 hours a weekend turned my feet into chopped liver, but the passion has not abated. It's an incredible way to build comraderie and a healthy body and just unabated joy.

DO NOT HESITATE to join this team!!!! Go, baby, go!! You will be so grateful to yourself, and you'll feel a sense of your own courage, power, and joy.

and take good care of your feet!

[gberardi]

Originally Posted by lightthecandle

Ok, so I love volleyball. I mean absolutely head over heals in love with it. Its my favorite sport in the world.

DO YOU GUYS THINK I SHOULD TREAD ONTO PLAYING, WHICH IS MY DREAM????

Well, if you aren't really all that interested in it...B-)

My question is: were you expecting anyone to tell you not to do it? What were they supposed to warn you against?

[Angela]

Sometimes a little encouragement is just the ticket.

[JohnBennet]

There's no discussion. I can tell from what you wrote that you're passionate about it so by all means GO FOR IT!!

[Tuumble]

How would you feel in 5, 10, 15 years if you didn't take this chance?

The worst thing is knowing that you had it in you but you were too...scared? to try.

Don't try and be an Olympian on the first night - feel your way back again and revel in the momentum that grows.

Just IMAGINE where this leap of faith will take you and how you would FEEL if you gave up.

[Erki]

Serv away.

[ZoFlies]

Originally Posted by lightthecandle

Ok, so I love volleyball. I mean absolutely head over heals in love with it. Its my favorite sport in the world. But there’s one problem…it’s been years since I’ve played it competitively. I played it from 5-8th grade in a team, and I was pretty great. I mean I was an awesome player overall with an AMAZING spike.(though I didn’t serve overhand). In highschool I was too depressed and didn’t play volleyball at all. Now I found out that there’s a volleyball team in my school (a club) which is open to any and all girls. I know they’re not looking for the best players. If I do want to be a great player, I have to dedicate a few hours everyday in the summer. The thing is I’m not the great player I was in 8th grade. DO YOU GUYS THINK I SHOULD TREAD ONTO PLAYING, WHICH IS MY DREAM????




if so, do you have any tips on how I should go about doing this? For example, what should i start eating, excercising??

IF you love it.. do it! If you want to get back quicker I would recommend adding in some conditioning aside from you volley ball practices. Pilates would help strengthen your whole body's connectivity and performance.

[Addict]

DO YOU GUYS THINK I SHOULD TREAD ONTO PLAYING, WHICH IS MY DREAM????

Of course. You know exactly what your dream is and how to pursue it. So many people would kill to have that. Never left self doubt get in the way of your dreams.