In my younger years, I would
have never thought that my passion for volleyball would have grown this much.
Of course I was only a child then and have yet to discover my confidence and
true potential. I was timid, quiet, and shy, but boy was I eager and motivated
to learn.
As I sit here writing this
post, I look back over the years of playing volleyball and I ask myself, "
How did I come to love this sport so much?" I am no expert in volleyball,
but there is just something about it that brings out the passion and burning
desire within me to want to do well and to keep on learning. I recently came
across a quote that stuck with me and it resonated with a part of my past that
I will never forget.
They say that most girls
learn to embrace their differences and become more self confident in their
20's. I am yet another addition to that statement. Because of my humble and shy nature, it was
often difficult for me to express my feelings to others as a teenager. I mainly
kept my emotions bottled up and that was the end of that. What I have learned
is that volleyball is not just a physical sport, it is a emotional and mental
sport as well. You get the best of both worlds. It laid out a foundation of
consistency for me to grow and learn how to communicate with others, work side
by side with others, and how to push myself and pick myself up when I was down.
You prepare yourself
physically, emotionally, and mentally off the court. But every time when your
foot steps onto that court, you bring your A game. Every second and action
counts. You only get ONE serve, ONE pass, ONE set, and ONE hit before the point
is given. Each player on the court needs to be 100% reliable-- so you have to
make everything count! I learned this the hard way, but what is success without
failure???? It's worth NOTHING. You learn the true value of things when you
fail again and again and again. Then finally when you achieve success, the
feeling is overwhelmingly rewarding. Volleyball is a process of failing and
then finding ways to achieve optimal success. It is very addicting! I now know
why I love the sport so much and it's for that very reason. It teaches me, it
challenges me, it assures me, and it gives me hope
