Tryout For The Volleyball Team

by Gaylen
(USA)

So...I am not such an expert at sports. I was never the tomboy type. I was perfectly happy with wearing fluffy dresses, makeup, and having my hair perfect. Well it was my senior year, and I decided that I wanted to at least try one sport before I graduated. I had a feeling that this would be an interesting story to tell my kids one day, and it sure will be. My best friend and I decided that we would go out for the volleyball team. When we first got out there, I was surprised at how tall some of the girls were. I did not have a clue about the rules of the game; I just knew that the main objective was to hit the ball over the net. The coach gave us a few routines to try, and of course I was horrible at most of them. The first time I tried to hit the ball with my arm, I missed the ball completely! I was totally embarrassed. I thought this would be fairly easy. Next we had to try and jump up and spike the ball over the net. Being my graceful self, I jumped up and slapped the ball right back to my best friend's face. Obviously, this was not going the way we anticipated it to go. After barely making it through some other exercises, the coach pulled out the girls who he knew would be on the team. Everyone made it but me. My friend even made it. My face was flushed! After an awkward silence, the coach and everyone else started laughing. Something was going on that everyone knew about except for me. It was all a joke. They gave me a soccer ball to play with, and they made the net higher than it was supposed to be. I was furious! Eventually we all started laughing. Just to show my "anger," I hit the real volleyball hard to the other side of the gym. The next thing I know, I am all on the floor with a major headache. Supposedly my best friend hit the ball back and it whacked me right in the head. My kids will definitely get a kick out of this story. Hopefully by then the bump will be gone!