Thursday, October 12

my position on the varsity volleyball team

Because of the busy sched recently, my site was on hiatus. But since I have time to make posts today, then why not? Ok. My post for today is my position in the varsity volleyball team.

I really don't know where I am at the moment. There are things that I wanted to do but I cannot because of my limited abilities. I really wanted to improve my setting skills; thats probably the reason why I joined the team. I really want to be a setter. Never have I thought about being the libero. Being the libero is both good and bad. Good in a sense that there are only 7 other players to face for the Best Libero award. But the other way around, I can only focus on one part of volleyball... digs. That's the only thing that I can do. I cannot set for the team even though I am so eager to do so and I cannot even serve which is my forte during my Grade School days. I feel so limited. I'm going nowhere. And I really hate it.

Now, I heard, that I won't be the libero for UAAP. Thank God? Well, partly yes and no. Yes because I don't have to suffer just receiving serves and spikes. No because I won't get that much minutes anymore. Because I was mostly practiced on my digging skills, I lost my setting and spiking skills. I really hate that. I can't spike a ball hard enough and how I liked it before. Now, its all a mess. Almost all my spikes are top spin ones that are easily received. I try to fix some things up like add some power but still, no effect. I LOST MY SPIKING ABILITIES! And its all because of letting me practice on my digging. That's the part I hate the most.

Not showing what I can really do = less minutes on the court = not improving at all

That has been my theory so far. And as the days continue, the more I feel that I should quit the team. I really can't take it. I feel so useless.

Concerning my grades... My grades affected me a lot so far in me joining the team. FYI, I haven't passed a single long test that was returned this term. So far so good in making it to the honor roll... not! Well, except for the Religion, Science and Filipino long tests, I haven't passed a single one. I know the long tests are easy.. believe me. When I saw the the errors, I said, "Sus, bakit ako nagkamali dito?" I feel that I already lost my chances in making it. The exams are a month away and I still haven't gotten the chance to recite for Religion, haven't passed most of the quizzes in AP, haven't got a good group in Filipino. I really hope that everything will go as I planned and be able to get at least a 3rd honor for my application in the college. But, volleyball has been affecting me very much. When I arrive from training, I go straight to bed and not study. I feel so sad about that.

My position in the team. After some reflection about how I act towards the team members, I feel that I have been too mayabang with my team mates. So what if you have some playing experience? You don't have to make fun of people who play for the first time. I just feel like everybody in the team is being "plastic" when I approach them. That's the reason why I was down last Tuesday. I feel that I have been too strong to my team mates. My side of the story.. I feel that I am too hard, I admit it. And its because that I expect much for the team. Not to be too mayabang or something, but, I never felt so hopeless about the team since now. Before, we were used to having straight victories against other schools. And when we were in the finals, we were not that nervous because we knew that we could really take this. But, this team is a lot different. I don't know if its the coach or something, but I feel that the thing that the team lacks is the BASICS. For me, I expect my team mates to know the basics already, that's why they made it through the team, right? But, that isin't the case. There are still improvements that had to be done because of not knowing the basics. Puro plays nga, pero walang saysay din dahil puro errors because of not knowing the basics. Some basic stuff like the service. We're high school already. We must at least know how to serve. Hindi na bale kung may paekek pa kung mag-eeror din naman yung serve. Another thing is the plays. Last time, we had no plays during the season. We didn't have to do plays like the kwatro or dos plays anymore. Open shots are alright basta't in, why not? But coach went straight to making plays like A,B,C,etc. The secret to the team's success before was not because of Banjo. It was because we knew the basics. And that's why I have been soo mad about some team mates who don't know the basics. Even though your excuse is that you are new to volleyball...

There are NO excuses in volleyball. You joined the team because you know that you can represent the team as one of the better players in the school. But what happens is that, there are trainings but some don't attend. How can you improve if you don't attend practices? Some even don't improve even though they do the same mistakes. You know you made a mistake, then make some adjustments. But what some, even myself, do nothing to improve. That's why I have been acting that way towards the simplest things..

BUT WHAT DO I KNOW?! I DIDN'T EVEN PASS THE FIRST SCREENING. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN OPINIONS. THIS IS MINE. DO YOU AGREE OR NOT? MAYBE NOT FULLY BUT AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT.

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