Apparently it is a thing to have your last night of Volleyball be parents night and the parents have to play against the kids. The coach said it was one of the highlights of her season because her mom was so bad, but tried hard anyway. Some other friends also had funny stories about their parents playing.
Bug's night was first.
I was trying to remember the last time I played...I think it was 20 years ago for like 5 minutes with some friends. :P I made a few silly errors but I don't think I embarrassed her too badly. Haha. My friend let her husband play and she took pictures of us. Apparently I'm about to kick the ball here?! Haha!
I was really impressed with how well Bug did! One of my Volleyball playing friends had told me she thought Bug was a natural and it appears so because she only had three practices (missed the first three for Covid), but was doing really well!
I was impressed with her overhand serve! I can only do underhand.
Our friend J and Daddy also played too, and I realized that men are much better at volleyball! They just have some hard-wired natural reflexes that help them hit the ball no matter where it is coming from or landing.
At one point the ball was coming in hot and one of the other dad's managed to keep it from hitting the ground but it just kind of bobbled over to me. J's back was to me and since the ball was only three feet off the ground I'm sure he thought it was out of play, but somehow I managed to pop it back up. Since his back was to me I thought it was going to drop, but with just the slightest turn of his head he somehow realized it was still going, reached behind himself and flipped it back into the air and over the net! All in about 1.2 seconds!
We also had some other really funny moments. One girl hit the ball and it swished into the opposite basketball net!
And I think it was Bug that hit the ball so high it glided up and landed on top of one of the hanging lights! It rolled around for a few seconds and we thought it was going to get stuck up there, but it finally dropped off.
It was a really fun night!
Thankfully Noni was able to watch the other girls that night, and the next night when it was Peanut's turn.
Bug came with us and she, Daddy, and I all played so this was the only picture I got. Peanut is right in the middle of the picture and Bug is serving on the other side. It wasn't as competitive playing with the younger kids, but we had fun watching Peanut's improvement in volleyball as well. As soon as she gets a little height on her I think she could be a really good player!
Volleyball was more about the social aspect for her. Her friend's mom was the assistant coach so she would pick them up and drive them home from every practice and the girls had way more fun riding in the car than playing volleyball. :) Miss S also stopped and got them ice cream on the way home multiple times so she is now the favorite mom, haha! We are thankful for these sweet friends and the chance to try a new sport!
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