Volleyball- Barnstable game

Yesterday we had a game agaist barnstable and our team played so well. Well lost two matchs and won one. I got to play in two of the matches and I was very proud of how I played. This game tough I didn't outside hot a lot but I was doing so well with my passing and serve recive.

This was the first time during the game that I felt like every pass that I made when recviving a ball went exactly where I wanted it to. What I did was basically I just relaxed. When that happens and you clam yourself down when you see the ball coming at you it isen't as scary and you just pass it. before I would be nervous and so I would hit the ball it the wrong way. I decided to calm down because this was my last game and i wanted to relaxe and have fun.

Also during this my positioning was on. I have been practicing so long in my one position that I now know how to switch go to my base and be in defense position with out even thinking about it. When I was knew to the game I would have to think 'go here. now" and that would slow me down. During this game I relized I was going to every poistion immidiatly once I read the other team and how they were going to send it over. This is other reason my passing was going so well. Before there was hesitation in getting to my next position but now I could be there 1005 percent and ready for anything.

Volleyball- So Much News!

So the volleyball team has been making incredible improvements in the last weeks. This week we faced upper cape tech in a match and one 3-1. This means that we lost our first match but were able to comeback and win three in a row to beat them in a best of five match. In the first game I didn't play as well and I sent the ball into the net twice which is a horrible move. This just shows me that this is something that I really need to work on. I am going to talk to my coach about doing net drills because sending the ball to the net is pretty much a fatal move in volleyball for losing a point. I then played in the third game and played much better. My momentum was up and I made good passes that did not land in the net and sent the ball over a couple times. I am very pround to be one Sturgis Storm Volleyball and am pround of my team for playing a great game and winning our first match ever.

In practices I have been playing okay. One thing I have seen improvement in is that I have found my serve. I have stoped serving over hand but am not serveing underhand either. I learned a side derve which just works for me. It gives my serve more power and is more intiminating then a underhand serve. My serve is still not perfect but so much more improved. I would say that during free serve drill I now get the ball over 80% of the time which is such an improvement over the 20% I was serving at the begining of the season. Now that I alsomost have serving down I want to work on saving the ball when it lands in the net.