If you are looking for a new sport to play, try volleyball. I promise it'll be fun. Even though you'll probably suck when you first start, it's very easy to pick up and improve. You can play it at any time of the year, whether it's on the beach sand, or indoors. Get a bunch of your friends to start playing with you, and if they give you a lame-ass excuse like "I don't have the money" or they whine and say "I don't have the time," spike this at them (haha he said 'spike' and this is an article about volleyball): volleyball is virtually free, and all you need is 30 minutes to an hour of it at a time. There are plenty of parks with volleyball courts and if you're in college, join an intramural team or head down to the gym and play. Also, you can buy a volleyball for around $20 so everyone playing could chip in a few bucks each and ta-da! you have volleyball.
Here are my top five reasons for why you should start playing volleyball:
1. It can be competitive and intense, or low-key and casual.
However you are looking to play, it's possible. Find the right group to play with and you'll have an amazing time. If you want to be like my summer team and specifically like my friend Brendan, and you want to write the other team's name in the sand and stomp it out before the game to get hyped up, go for it! If you want to scream and clap after every big point, you do you. Just go have fun!
2. You get to spike the ball into people's faces.
Trust me, if you have some anger deep down inside of you learn how to spike the ball well, you'll feel like the Incredible Hulk minus ya' know, being green and stuff.
3. Volleyball is good exercise.
I'll admit it, I've gotten tired playing volleyball before. If you are playing in a competitive game and are constantly jumping, running, and diving (especially on sand), you're going to feel it. But it feels great because sports!
4. Volleyball is a great social event.
I've made some great friends playing volleyball and I've learned a lot about them while playing (I won't name names). Especially if you are playing casually, volleyball is a great thing to do at a big social gathering because anyone can play.
5. You get to SPIKE the ball into people's faces
Oh, I said this already? WELL, THEN IT MUST BE GREAT (sorry that was aggressive).
