I dub this article the post tryout autopsy. The hard part is over you think -- you made it through tryouts with the drills and the physical tests, all while acting as if it was just another day at the office. You take off the sweaty knee pads, walk out of tryouts and wait… wait… wait to see what team you made. Maybe you check every day even though results are not supposed to be for another five days, but just in case you check. And then finally the link is up...
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Saying I learned a lot about my self during that time would be an understatement. There was clearly much more independence because you are living away from your family, in my case approximately 1,400 miles away. And managing a college schedule with volleyball was different than anything I had experienced in high school. I made it through my first season but almost immediately I began to reevaluate whether I was where I wanted to be
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If you just glanced over the title, I want to repeat it for you to make sure you didn’t miss the most important word. 3 Types of Failures That Can Make You a Better Volleyball Player, can. Three little letters which clarify that nothing is automatic. You cannot show up to the gym and spontaneously improve. You cannot think up a dream and inevitably achieve it. You cannot fail and automatically learn
3 Types of Failures That Can Create Better Volleyball Players
Inescapable Failures: competing higher than your skill level...
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