When you play volleyball without your kneepads, do you play worse?

Question

the day before when i had practice i played very well. but the next day i forgot my kneepads and i felt a little weird without my kneepads. i just want to know is it just me or do other people feel the same way?

Answer 1

Your going to play the same....My Coach saya you should practice without kneepads because they make you lazy....He says they make you want to dive for the ball instead moving

Answer 2

yea i feel the same way...it just feels like ur naked or sumthing.....and most of the time when u dnt ware kneepads, u er i tend to dive 4 the ball less because im afraid ill hurt myself even if i tell myself i wnt.

Answer 3

The way you say it you seem like you have it in your head that you play better with kneepads. I find kneepads akward and only wear them for important traning sessions or for games. it shouldn't change your performance

Answer 4

lotsa ppl feel weird without kneepads, and its dangerous too =/

Answer 5

well u really need ur kneeepads 2 play the sport. if not than u cant really play well cause u wont b able 2 play at all

Answer 6

i play worse without my knee pads and my team suffers because im the only one that will dive,    i feel wierd when i dont have them too so you're not alone

Answer 7

I don't know if anything's been proven, but obviously you're a lot more hesitant to dive for balls, so in most cases you will play worse. Unless, of course, you're not afraid of some wicked floorburn.

Answer 8

I don't believe there is any proven evidence, but I know that I personally play worse. This is because the knee pads provide you with the feeling of safety and security, so you are willing to dive, do a pancake, sprawl, and be extremely aggressive. Volleyball is all about aggression, so when you do not have your knee pads and you are constantly worrying about your physical well being, your game will suffer.

I feel the same way without my knee pads. I feel so weird without them!

Answer 9

I've played volleyball for 5 years on my middle school and now high school team, and I really hate to not have kneepads. It hurts a lot if you try to slide and dive for the ball...especially on my school's hard gym floor....and without kneepads, you don't go anywhere, your skin against the floor compared to the fabric of the kneepads against the floor slide.

So, it is not just you...I absolutely HATE and feel really weird without my kneepads.

Answer 10

I tend to play worse. yes it feels weird and i'm afraid to fall because it will hurt my knees or give me floor burns. My knees hurt pretty bad when I fall.

Answer 11

well... if ur scared of diving on the ground without ur kneepads... that's probly y... well i hate wearing kneepads and i dive really well without and with...it doesn't hurt that bad till ur put hot water on ur sore.

Answer 12

When I play volleyball I can't play without kneepads because I am on my knees diving for the ball over 50% of the time but one of my best friends have played in a tunrement w/o kneepads and she played justas good as usual although she did get her knees skined up from sliding. If you do not play as well w/o knee pads it's probably just because you have yourself siked out because you don't have the choice of diving unless of course you want to skin your knees.

Answer 13

Actually I'm the opposite... I feel really weird having kneepads at all... LOL.

Answer 14

Until you have all your techniques down you will want to wear them, and there are some very small kneepads out there if you feel they get in the way (I would highly recommend the Mizuno VS-1 as I have wore them for over 4 years and they are incredible.)  Young players will, without question, feel weird when anything changes.  Kneepads are no exception to this.  Wear them and maybe get some VS-1's if you want smaller ones.  Good luck.

Answer 15

Its probably you feeling really hesitant to dive for the ball so your not playing the best you can, cause you dont have them with you.

just remeber when your done wearing them put them back in your bag so you dont forget them agian!