I Love Volleyball Research Paper

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I believe I believe if you never give up than anything is possible. When I was younger I loved volleyball because my sister played and I wanted to be really great at it and follow in her footsteps. So she did this travel team called Pittsburgh Elite and she would travel so many different places doing the things she loves. At that time I really wanted to play volleyball for the rest of my life I was also really young. So I tried out for the travel team and didn't make it. I wasn't sad but I wasn't happy either, I was also eight at the time and everyone else trying out was a lot more experienced than me and had a lot better chance of making the team. The next year I tried out again and didn't make it again, I really …show more content…
So I was readying try out for my third year I was nerves but I was like if I don't make it I will just try out next year which is the attitude that you always need to have when you are going in to a try out or a game. So I tried out and my mom go an email that said I made the 12 black travel team. I was only ten and I made a 12u team. I meet so many new people and made a lot more friends which I still play with today. So our team was one of the best teams and we ended up winning most of our tournaments. And the next year i made the same 12 black team, but I had new people on my team but I had the same coach which I liked because she knew My strengths and weaknesses and what I needed to work on. On the plus side I was with all of my friends from school and my teammates that I had I still hangout with them today which is awesome that we can stay connected. This year I will be trying out for 13's and I know most of the coaches because they know my sister and they know me and I hope I can make there am his year if I do it would be my third year playing for

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