Boys Volleyball

Hi there! It's Spring now! Which means Spring sports! Yaaaaaaaay! Well, some high schoolers do track, or softball, or baseball, or tennis. But not meeeeee. No no. I manage Boys Volleyball! Woooooo!

Well, there have been some things that I have noticed while I am sitting at the practices.

#1- Guys are just like little kids. They are always running and jumping for no apparent reason. And, they switch topics every 5 seconds. They'll be talking about one thing then jump into a completely different topic. It's strange.

#2- Boys show off for girls more than girls show off for guys. There are 4 managers of the boys team. All four managers are girls. None of us are romantically involved with any of the players. We're just friends with them. Nonetheless, they want to show us how strong they are, how hard they can hit the ball, how good they are at volleyball. They start doing random push-ups and pull-ups just because. And they look over at us every so often to see if we're watching them.

#3- They like to aim for us. Us managers are like targets for them. When they are doing a drill and have to spike it, they aim for us. Some more than others. A lot of the seniors like to aim for us. My theory is because I flinch a lot. I should be used to it because of girls volleyball, but they hit it harder and faster. Not only that, but I'm a flinchy person to begin with.

#4- Boys are very competitive. Well, these boys anyways. All we have had is practice so far, but even then, they all want to win. If they're doing a 6v6 drill, each side wants to win. And if I'm tossing the ball to the side who gets the point, I better get it right because they will catch it and tell me that I threw it to the wrong team. Or they will be like WOAH WOAH WOAH THE BALL IS COMING OVER HERE. It's strange. I've learned not to take it personally.

All in all, boys are a strange kind. For the most part, these guys are wicked nice. You do have some assholes in the group, but that's to be expected. Especially in my town, which I believe is douchebag central. But these guys are really nice. The underclassmen especially. They're like little puppies. They're timid until you start to play with them. Juniors, like myself, I'm all friends with so they were fine to fit in with. It's the seniors that I still have to figure out. Some of them are wicked sweeties, but others, I can't tell if they are being nice or being sarcastic just yet. Well, I have a whole season to figure it out. Wish me luck!