College Essay About Volleyball

While sitting and looking at my mother’s high school yearbooks with her, I realize a volleyball team is not pictured in the book. When I ask my mom why, she replies they did not have a volleyball team. The news of this came to as a surprise to me because I have always noticed volleyball as a popular and growing sport. Evidently, volleyball has not always been as popular as it is today. I attend Dyer County High School just like my mother did, but when she attended the sport to play was basketball. Dyer County did not start offering volleyball until the early 2000’s; and, even then, the sport had not spread to most schools in West TN. My boss, Lindsay, once told me she played volleyball at Dyer County, but the sport was nothing like it is today. She …show more content…
There are over 48 districts in Tennessee for volleyball, each district has 5-9 teams competing for a chance to advance to postseason tournaments. We are currently in District 14 AAA, where we have six teams. We play each district team twice along with twelve other teams in our area. Overall, the season ends with around thirty games in a matter of only nine weeks. It is a very quick season filled with lots of action, facing lots of teams. At the collegiate level, many scholarships are awarded among players for girls and boys. Colleges recruit easily through camps and scouting at club tournaments. Club is the term for travel volleyball. It allows players to meet players from other schools and play together to compete in tournaments nationwide. The most popular tournament for college recruitment is called “Big South” which is in Atlanta, Georgia. The tournament in total has attracted over 50,000 people in the past few years and even attracts foreign teams.It is a time so see all the people come together with a common factor that pulls them to one