Sprained my ankle during tryouts!?

Question

I am going to be a freshman this year, and tryouts for volleyball started on Thursday. The head coach saw me over the summer at volleyball camps and clinics, and asked me to tryout with the returning girls even though I'm a freshman. So on Friday towards the end of that day of tryouts, I went up to hit, and came down, and rolled out hard, on my ankle. I got up and limped over to the coaches and started crying (unintentionally). They gave me some ice, but I soon went home about a half hour later, and didn't ice it right away. I iced it as the night went on though. I woke up this morning, and it was still just as swollen, I put a stretchy ankle support on it, and another, more supportive, over that.

The problem is that I have doubles on Monday, and Tuesday, and they don't pick teams until after the first session on Tuesday. I don't know what to do. I doubt that my ankle will be better, I can barely walk on it now. I don't even know if its sprained or not. But should I try and participate during doubles, even if im limping? Do you think two days of tryouts was enough for the coaches to see where they would put me? or do you think my chances are blown since I won't be able to bring my hardest to doubles?

Any advice is great, i'm a mess right now.

Thanks

Answer 1

Well you should think, is going for those 2 days playing is worth hurting your ankle even more. For my opinion I would do it if i love the sport. I LOVE basketball so i dont care if i hurt my ankle or not i just go and try out. so basicly im saying you have two choices.

1. Keep playing make the team, but you probably cant play for it for a while.

2. Dont go, have your ankle fixed. but wait til next year.

So your chances right now is 50-50. But, if it's swollen very badly just dont go. You wouldnt want it to get worse.

Answer 2

aw, that's terrible!!

my suggestion is to just show up to doubles anyway...that will show them that you're atleast putting forth the effort! don't strain your ankle TOO bad during tryouts but just go out there and try your best...if you have to sit out part of the drills or anything atleast they know you've tried! i'm sure they'll be understanding enough to see you've got an injury and take that into consideration.

keep icing it!

hope it gets better soon, and good luck!

Answer 3

Don't play it. If you do, you'll mess your ankle up worse.

You said that the coach already saw you play, and asked you to tryout with the more advanced group. If she saw the potential, she's not going to think that it will just go away.

Take the next few days to rest. The coach will still consider you, but you might not make as high a team as you expected.

If you do play, you might be out for the year, or out for life, if you really really injure it.

Answer 4

Keep icing it and maybe go to a physical therapist. When you are playing the ankle wrap that you have will not support it enough. Try playing after you have seen a professional. You could have even broke you foot so tell the coach that you will see a doctor and then go from there. If it is just a sprain you will want to support it all the time and maybe even get crutches so you don't have to walk on it until volleyball. Try the sites i gave you for ankle supports that you can play with during volleyball. Hope this gets better! I also put a link about sprained ankles.

Answer 5

The same kind of thing happened to me for soccer tryouts

do you have crutches of any kind?

use them if you do

and go to tryouts anyways

tell them the situation and ask them what you can do

even if you can only be manager ask them if you can

then that will show them that your dedicated and will do anything to be part of the team

see what they say about you possibly making the team first and if they say your chances are blown ask to be the manager