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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Answering the tough questions including: I want my kid to be on the best team. How can I help them do that? I’ve never been a part of club volleyball and don’t know what to expect. The car ride home after tryouts...
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What is your mental game? If I asked this question in a classroom, I believe I would get some good answers, one hopefully from you. Some athletes, especially young athletes, choose to ignore their mental game. And that might work for a while, but if you want to be the best volleyball player you can, there will be many ups and many downs throughout your career, and the best players are the ones that refuse to give up, mentally or physically...
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