No More Volleyball

Normally, hearing that phrase would make me sad and almost begin crying, but not anymore. I've decided once and for all that I'm done with volleyball and that I won't play for the school anymore. For the past three years, I've had the priviledge of playing with and developing relationships with a lot of girls that I would never have met or gotten to know if I hadn't played. But now it's over, and I'm kind of happy about it.

I started volleyball as a beginner my freshman year and then played junior varsity my sophomore year. It was a blast and I loved the girls that were on my team, or well, most of the time. Sometimes I would come home crying from practice because they'd been mean to me, but others, especially after tournaments, they were my adopted sisters and we loved each other to death. But this past year, something happened that influence my decision. My parents had been wanting to go to Hawaii for a long time, and they wanted to make sure that we were all old enough to remember the trip, but still young enough to go as a family. Well, the time where all seven of us could come for the lowest price was right before season started, when we were doing two practices a game. I talked to my coaches about it and they realized it was out of my control, but I wasn't going to skip Hawaii for a sport. They said that for a little bit I would play on the JV squad, but then they would move me up after a few games. One problem: they never did. I spent the entire year as the only junior on the JV team. And this year, you've seen my summer schedule, I would be stuck on the JV team forever because I wouldn't make it to one day of conditioning. So, I've decided to let the other senior on the team, have her senior year all to herself. She's devoted her entire life to volleyball and she deserves the chance to celebrate alone. So basically, volleyball's over with and I'm not too sad about it!