Coach Vickers

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 I LOVE coaching volleyball so far! I'm so sad the season is only 2 months long. I hosted tryouts last week and I had 30 girls come out, when I could only take 15 for the team. I was so happy to have so many girls interested, but sad I would have to be the one to cut half of them. Last Wednesday I chose 14 girls and now officially have my team. We've had one practice so far and I think I am really going to like spending time with my girls this season. They are all so excited to be there and are excited to learn from me. And I'm no volleyball expert, but I am to them haha. 

What's not so good about starting to coach is that I always want to prioritize planning for volleyball over planning for teaching. Which is baddddd. Last week I literally was making my lessons the morning of because I decided I first needed to design my volleyball merch and post the game and practice schedule in the SportsYou app. So once I start making sure I don't slack off my lessons, I think this will be a really great thing for me.

I've always loved volleyball but sometimes it was really difficult for me to fully enjoy it. I would get super anxious and in my head about playing, constantly didn't feel good enough compared to my teammates, and basically just clouding my head with more negative thoughts than positive. Which is so depressing because I love the sport but didn't play for so long. Starting to coach these girls has really gotten me excited about the sport again. I love seeing them get over their fears of running into the net, seeing their serve go over that they thought never would, and seeing them groan when I mention conditioning. They are so new and fresh to the sport that it's refreshing to see them going through the motions with so much less clouded thoughts than I had towards the end. 

And if I can get these girls to win their games, I can't imagine how good I'll feel then. I already love them so much and am so grateful that I decided to coach. Clayton said that he wished he could see me coach to see what kind of coach I would be. So I will tell you all a little more of what it looks like for me. 

- I bought myself a whistle so I wouldn't lose my voice but still lost it by the end of conditioning

- I had a parent ask if they could do the books for the games and I don't know if she can but I said yes

- I make the girls run if there is a dropped ball

- A girl dropped out of her plank after 12 seconds and I was appalled

- I tripped on my computer and fell into the bleachers

- A girl wore big dangly earrings to tryouts and I didn't even notice

- I ran suicides with the girls to see if I was faster than them

- I had them do a team building exercise and told them it was good to touch each other because they were teammates

- I stare at them and do nothing while they struggle to set up the net

- I have an Amaya and Amieya that I will never call the correct name

Also here is one of the shirts that I designed! So fun that I get to pick even though I was not creative at all with it haha. 

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