VolleyBall Tryouts!? Please Help!?

Question

Sixty girls tried out for our school volleyball team. I want to make it really bad. Although I have never played before I have so much drive,determination,and the sport comes so naturally to me. We had try outs Tuesday-Thursday. The coach spent a lot of time with other girls and when he came around to my area, he only payed attention to me. But I always clam up and don't do as good as I usually can when hes not around. Although he always sees me diving for the ball and hitting it. He says he wants someone like that.

We had this thing where three girls are on the court and there is a line behind each of them. The coach is behind the court and throws the ball. He throws it to the first girl, she runs gets the ball and goes back in line and the person in the front of her line fills her spot on the court. Then he throws it to the second and then third. He always does that order 1,2,3. Well I was in the first line. He threw it to the first girl and she hit it, I filled her spot. He was suppose to throw it to the second girl but instead he threw it to me. He did that twice and both times I was so caught off guard I caught it. Why did he do that? And did I s***w my chances up by catching it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

- it's great that you have determination!! and i mean, GREAT

- some more tips are to hustle and jog/run everywhere!! when you get water, when you go shag the balls...everywhere!

-also, when you are playing, even if you think you can't get to a ball ...try!! sprawl, do a pancake, anything!

- great attitude is, well, great! show that you are always willing to give 100%

all i can say is work hard!! you either have the volleyball skills to make the team... or i guess you don't. but what you can control is how much you practice to learn and get better, and your attitude.

now for the situation with the 3 person drill you did. first of all, i have to say.... never catch a ball... ever! so he threw it to you instead of the other girl... you were surprised like you said... but you do always need to be in "ready position" for that ball. just because you know it is supposed to go to the other girl doesn't give you an excuse to stand there. here's why i think he did that:

1. he thought you weren't paying attention or weren't ready, so he decided to throw it to you to see if he was right that you weren't paying attention.

OR

2. he just messed up, and then decided to throw it to you again because he made a mistake and he wanted to give you a second chance.

okay, now that i am done telling you what you did wrong... (sorry!!) here's what you should do. you can't go back in time... so from now on you need to be paying attention and ready. always. once again, great attitude. and if that should happen again... (where you catch a ball) shake it off and ask the coach if you could try that again. he'll like that you realize your mistake and want to fix it, by practicing. once again, they like people who are hard workers.. i don't think that screwed up your chances TOO bad. it could, but only if you continue to do that.  if you have a couple more days to prove to the coach that you are so much better than catching a ball... i think you might still have a chance.  BUT since you did make a pretty bad mistake twice... work extra hard!! prove him wrong!! good luck!