Question Posted Wednesday November 28 2007, 6:36 pm
my volleyball coach has been telling me that I need to step out of my bubble and be louder. she says that she needs to be able to hear me 1 court down. If it helps, i'm a quiet person and not like the loud and excited girls. I am sort of shy but I have some friends. My question is how can I be louder?? I was thinking that when i'm home alone I could practice being as loud as possible, but I don't want to lose my voice after that. Any ideas?
15/f
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Sports? lilmzhotstuff answered Thursday November 29 2007, 1:11 am: i know what its like to be in your shoes! lol. i myself am a very queit person. ive been that way for as long as i can remeber. but then in the 6th grade i became a cheerleader (a sport that requires you to be extra loud!) and that got me out of my shell! (or in your case bubble!) ever since i became a cheeleader ive only gotten louder and louder each year! the whole practicing is a good idea but you cant tell if your loud unless you have someone with you to tell you that your loud. so wat if you practiced at school with all your friends? have one of your friedns walk far away with one friend, have you stay in place with another friend and then yell after your friend from where you stand. and if you dont want to loose your voice, then use your diaphragm!!!!
hope this helps a little bit!
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LoStNcOnFuZeD answered Wednesday November 28 2007, 11:34 pm: I wouldn't worry about losing your voice because you're starting to be louder. It's unlikely that it'll happen. I also play volleyball, but I happen to be one of the loud ones :) haha. I met this one guy during our drama production this year at school and he was extremely quiet. What I did to try to get him to speak louder was increase my volume obnoxiously anytime I would talk to him. The rest of the cast followed my example and eventually he started projecting more. I would suggest that during practice one day, your whole team joins you in exaggerating your volume levels. Even when you're speaking to one another, talk unnecessarily loud. It may help you get used to being louder around them.
Also, you can always try playing noise games. Who can call for the ball louder? Or play some two on two and yell jibberish back and forth to try and break the other team's concentration.
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