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Should I give up trying out for 2 volleyball clubs because I'm too short?
I'm 5'4" and I play Outside Hitter. I have a high reach though.. because I'm able to get kills and block, sometimes better than people a couple inches taller than me. I just moved to Dallas, Texas and I want to try out for 2 really good clubs, Skyline Juniors or Victory but after looking at how tall their Outside Hitters are (5'8"-6'0") I am scared! The other club I was in, in a different state, wasn't as competitive.. but I'm serious about playing volleyball and want to play better and participate in bigger tournaments, but.. I'm scared in advance about trying out.
Will they even bother to pay attention to me because I'm so short in the volleyball world? I love playing but I'm self conscious over my height a lot and constantly wish to grow taller. My parents are both over 5'8" and my sister is 6'0" so I don't get why I'm lacking. Hopefully I grow over the summer. Do you know anything I can do to grow taller? Stretches, certain foods, etc?
Should I just lower my expectations and pick a lesser club, or just give up volleyball cause I won't get anywhere in college unless I had a major growth spurt? I don't want to do that.. but. idk. The only disadvantage w/ my height is that it takes longer for me to reach over the net and reach the floor when I'm coming back down. And I have to exert more energy to get really high up. And if someone is like a lot taller than me and they're double blocking.. its gonna be hard for me to receive that. Or I'm gonna have to train like crazy to be able to.. then hopefully my vertical will increase. I don't know what it is btw
In my other school I played JV for Frosh & Soph year (I'm a Soph now, and just moved to a new school) and they made these twins captains of JV though I didn't think they really deserved it. I had much better hits than they did, since my Frosh year. But they had more consistency, so they'd like get more serves over that were usually easy to receive and my serves, though not really consistent, were usually kills. I had more experience playing volleyball compared to them too. I've been playing since 6th grade and they just started in 9th grade and in 9th grade they sucked. But they did club that year and got better.. and there were just so many other problems going on with that volleyball season it was redic. so anyways, that wasn't fair. Anyways, maybe it also mattered that they were taller than me. Like I'm gonna guess 5'8" to 5'9". They played MB and OH. Ugh but I would have been a better Captain cause I never give up during games and always try to motivate people and am nice to everyone. But blah. I dont want a similar situation here. The best player on the team who has leadership qualities should be the Team Captain right?
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If you've got the jump and reach to be a hitter, then go for it!
I played volleyball for years and I'm only 5'4. I was one of the shortest players on the team and played backrow and labero (sorry don't know how to spell it) haha.
So if you can dive and dig good, try doing back row. Honestly, I love back row. :)
So go for it and see what happens.
Good luck!
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Height really doesn't have much to do with how well you are at volleyball, you can always increase your vertical. Really taller people usually can't jump as high, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. You could also think about changing to another position such as a passer, labero, or a setter, height is not an issue at all in these positions. In fact, setters are almost always shorter than the rest of the team. If I were you I would go out for it, if they are really a good team they will be basing try-outs off of talent not height, and talent is what matters.
I played volleyball for 7 years, I'm 5'9" and I played every position but I was mostly a middle hitter. I was one of the best middle hitters in my district, I even got all-region one year. I even went and practiced with the local college team and blocked their best middle hitter, who was a lot taller than me. The coach wanted me to come play for them, he said I would have been one of the shortest middle hitters ever but I made up for it with talent, speed, and passion for the game. Don't go in thinking you are going to fail, be confident in what you can do and do your best. Thats all that matters :)
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