Oh Sweet Volleyball

I played volleyball earlier tonight for the first time in almost 6 months. It didn’t go nearly as badly as I thought it would. It would seem you have to go longer than 6 months in order to completely lose all your skills. I actually played fairly well after warming up and getting into it. When I started the evening I shanked 5 or 6 serves in a row (all to the left and not even close to over the net). I figured it was going to be a rough night after that kind of start, but as I got loose and back into it it all started coming back. My setting was even fairly OK. The placement of my sets was fairly eradic, but I was at least able to set. About a year ago, I couldn’t set at all, since I just didn’t do it very often. My timing was just off back then, but it would appear the hiatus was good in that respect too.

Anyways, I had a lot of fun. I went with my friends Becca, Simon, Jackie, and Nate; all guys and girls from my Sunday small group. It was great to play with them, and absolutely wonderful to be back playing volleyball. I kind of gave it up for awhile because of other priorities. I’m actually not playing on a USAV team this year because of other commitments. While that is sad, and I do miss volleyball, I know I’m supposed to be doing other things right now. Of course that doesn’t mean I won’t try to play occasionally (now that I know I miss it), or that I won’t play USAV next year. Of course, I’m sure I’ll be über swore tomorrow, but it was well worth it. :)

Tags: personal, volleyball