The sport of volleyball is so complex, I could go on forever. However, for now, I’m just going to tell you about my own personal experience with volleyball. My volleyball career started way back in elementary school. In 4th grade, there was a volleyball summer camp that all my friends were so excited about it. I had no idea what volleyball was, but I wanted to go just because all my friends were going. The camp was a 5 days of vigorous work outs(for a 4th grader) and lots of bumps and bruises. Of course, none of us had any idea what we were doing, but we all loved it. The next year, they had the same camp and a few of us had improved a little bit since the last summer. In 6th grade, we started our official volleyball team. As the years went by, I started to grow taller and taller, eventually reaching 5’6 as a 7th grader. Needless to say, I didn’t have to jump very high to block the ball. To all my friends I was a giant, but I loved it because I could do all kinds of things that they couldn’t do. Our skills improved and finally we made it to high school. We had so many freshman that we had our own freshman team. We were so good that we defeated our rivalry by a land slide. Everyone was so excited for us to get into junior varsity and varsity. As the year progressed, we got even better. My summers didn’t consist of going to the beach, getting a tan, and all the other activities that summer brings. My summer was in a gym, working and working to improve those volleyball skills. We had many wins over my high school career, and although as team members we fought, we became a great family of friends.
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