VOLLEYBALL: My 1st time on the 7th grade girls team?

Question

Yes. Help. I suck. And my thighs are SUPER SORE from the 1st practice. We do basic things like lunges and laps to warm up. We do drills ad team-ups. It's sorta fun because all my friends do it with me. But it's also very embarrasing. They're all better. So ya what should I buy? What do you reccomend? Which brand of kneepads, etc.. Anyone have tips? P.S I'm 5"1 90 lbs. average yea...

Answer 1

First of all, you don't suck at Volleyball.  You are basically doing some exercises to increase both your lower and upper body strength.  However, go to http://www.spikenashbar.com to see the best quality of kneepads for Volleyball. Good Luck in Volleyball.

GO GET 'EM, TIGER!

Answer 2

asics knee pads are the best, if you plan on playing volleyball for a while, like playing club or next year on a school team, you might want to get some good volleyball shoes. mizunos are the best in my opinion, but asics are good too. you also might want to buy a pair of spandex shorts. my favorite brand is under armour. spandex is a lot better than shorts to wear at games or practice because you can move around a lot easier, and it sticks to you so that no one can see ur undies or anything. lol. umm... volleyball socks are always good to have. just knee high socks basically. you can get them online, or use soccer or softball socks. those will work too. oh, anf if ur sore a lot, which was me alllll the time, id recommend gettin some icy  hot or bengay and just massage it into your sore muscle. it helps a lot! hope this helps!

Answer 3

you should get asics knee pads there the best. I just made the 8the grade team and im the only one who wasnt on the team last year. So I no how you feel. You are always going to be sore. theres no geting around that. I have practice at 6 in the morning abd then again in the afternoon. So ive gotten used to being sore. But every night before i go to sleep i stretch and then again when i wake up. Then im ready for practice. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

ive bn doing vooleyball for a while

what i have is asics kneepads there great

dont swing ur arms to hit the ball just bend ur knees with ur arms it position and hit the ball

when serving overhand hit it with the palms of ur hands and not with ur fingers dont think of it as smaking the ball because then ull use ur fingers and that just slows it down

for setting hit it with the very tips of ur fingers

good luck u'll love it

Answer 5

I was on my 7th grade volleyball team, and am now on my 8th grade team. And yea, my lega are sore too. I have my own kneepads which are asics. Outside of school you can ask your friends to practice with you. It'll make it more fun, and you'll get better at the same time

Answer 6

Im in eight grade, so i was in seventh grade last year (no duh).  Everybody at that age is just working on getting better: there is no superstars, because its the first year of trying out for a team.  8th grade is when you should be worried, because everybody has improved over the year and is trying like double time harder, so just work on improving your skills, and because you're just as short as me, work on ur vertical so you don't HAVE to play libero.  Hope that helped!