We’re getting close to the end of the club volleyball season and I can’t believe how fast it has gone by.  It seems like just the other day I was so nervous about try-outs and if I was EVEN going to make a team.

Now, we’ve played 4-5 tournaments and been practicing a lot of hours each week.  I’ve had so much fun getting to know the girls on my team, learning how to get better at volleyball and developing my volleyball skills.

My coach, Geoff, is awesome.  He’s a lot of fun, but he’s also a really good coach.  He takes video of us and shows us what we’re doing right and wrong.  He does classroom time with us to explain why we are doing what we are doing.  He encourages each of us to get better at specific skills and he is really very patient when we aren’t doing what we’re supposed to be doing.  My mom says “He is a saint.”

In the last 4 1/2 months of playing club volleyball I feel like I’ve really gotten a lot better.  My overhand serve has been awesome lately and I’m even starting to learn how to do a jump serve.  It’s been a little frustrating because I just finally started doing great with my overhand and now when I try to do the jump serve some of my serves don’t go over.  But when I think back to a few months ago compared to where I am now, I know that I’m getting better and I’m proud of myself.

This week at practice coach had the 18 Platinum team come over and play with us.  It was crazy at first.  My team and I were like, “What?”  But it turned out to be a lot of fun.  They played with us and helped us to learn how to boost our energy, encourage and cheer for each other and play some awesome volleyball.  It was cool.