Club volleyball — full of friends, foes, road trips, injuries, and non-stop playing. You missed out on parties, dates, and so many days of school, but it was so worth it. Club volleyball was your first love; it was your life. Here are 27 things that all club volleyball players can relate to.
1. Waking up at 4:45 am to drive to a tournament over an hour away.
2. Missing the same classes every Friday in order to account for travel time.
3. Getting a new t-shirt every tournament to save the memories.
4. Wearing the same, sweaty headband for months because it was "good luck."
5. Writing essays on the floor of the convention center.
6. Getting to travel to super cool places like Denver and Las Vegas.
7. Needing to wake up early to ref the 8 am game on a Sunday.
8. Finally nailing both your jump topspin serve AND your jump float serve.
9. Listening to some awful renditions of The National Anthem.
10. Sending pictures of your new jerseys to all of your friends from your school team.
11. KT tape and ankle braces were your real best friends on the team.
12. Your weird rituals that you always had to do before serving.
13. Getting super excited when a college recruiter was watching your game.
14. Lowkey judging other girls based on their knee-high socks.
15. Having absolutely no break in between high school season and club season.
16. Your parents wearing their "Volleyball Mom" and "Volleyball Dad" shirts to every tournament.
17. Flipping out over new shoes every season (and the smell of them).
18. Getting two hours of sleep on a school night because you didn't get home until 11 pm from practice.
19. Not seeing the light of day at all during the tournament.
20. Your parents packing a cooler full of food because the convention centers charge $20 for a hamburger.
21. Knowing all of the referees by name and how to deal with each of them.
22. Your coach prohibiting you from drinking soda and eating fried food.
23. Jamming your fingers one, two, or eighty-seven times.
24. Running millions of suicides after a really bad tournament.
25. Basically wearing a snowsuit to the tournament because the convention center is freezing cold.
26. Having at least three different "cliques" on the team
27. Your last game ever (unless you were planning to play for college).
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