Why do some volleyball players tie ribbon around their shoes?

Question

I was at a tourney this weekend and i saw a whole team with what looked like ribbon or rubber bands around their feet. I didn't know why they did that so I was just wondering. =]

Answer 1

no specific reason..........mostly for the cutenest

Answer 2

Useually the ribbons represent the teams they have beaten. High school teams usually get ribbons that are the colors of the schools they won against.

Answer 3

It was probably a way of showing team spirit, like a way for a team to give a small symbol of being unified.

I have also seen some teams to do this as something they can look at mid game if things are not going well to cheer up the team moral and get back into the game.

My university team did something like that this year, we went on a trip to a tournament and things were not going well. We had a team talk and felt that there were times we were uptight on the court and we needed to laugh and have some fun or relax. So we were walking around in a mall and walked into a addidas outlet, and we all bought pink head bands (don't knock it or call it g*y, we got a lot of props from other teams for having the guts to do it lol). We decided pink because when we were feeling up tight in a game all we had to do is look at the rest of the team and we would just laugh at each other. It worked for us.

So it could be a team thing. A way for a team to separate themselves from other teams.

Answer 4

I put blue duct tape (teams main color) on top of my schoes, running from the tongue to the toe. It keeps the laces down, because ive pulled my laces untied during an approach multiple times.

Answer 5

some teams tie it just for spirit! just like how some teanms put ribbon in their hair. its just a little different.

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Answer 6

Some people have superstitions that they do...like me i wear black socks only for my games with a white under shirt..and if i don't then i feel like my whole game is messed up!! Hope i Helped

Answer 7

It might be something to hold down the shoelaces--to keep the tied ends from flopping around.  I know they sell things that go around your shoes for that purpose.

Answer 8

a lot of times it is to keep laces down, because they get in the way A LOT.

trust me on that one.

i just tuck my laces into my shoe, usually.

or i guess spirit may be the reason?

idk.