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I want to prove something to my new coach in volleyball.
Im a senior and high school and I've always been good at volleyball, just never the best. Last year when I was a junior I was only on the JV time while A couple juniors were in varsity. This year Im dead set to be in varsity cause thats just a rule for a senior. The new coach is taking the varsity team to a university camp then the jv to a community college camp. And she is making me and a few others go to the jv camp. She said it had nothing to do with abilities but I looked at the varsity camp and its all the people who were on varsity last year..even the freshmen. I feel like this is unfair and that me, and another senior, deserve to go over under class men because we have to play with people who will meet our potential. I find it unfair because she is a new coach and already judging players from last year when she never saw anything. She is going to talk to monday but Im not exactly know what to say. Im the type of person who says things in my head but it can never come out of my mouth in front of people. Can I get some help please?
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hey i play volleyball too!
I think you need to be open and honest with your coach. I've been playing volleyball for about 12 years (starting college volleyball this fall) and in my past seasons, i really haven't had a good relationship with my coaches. I was always scared and shy of them. I hated to ask them questions and learn to get better. One time a coach asked me "do you want to play this position?" and I was so shy and nervous I said "no" but later I regretted it and wished I would have said "yes". Now i'm starting to play volleyball in college and I met my new coach a few months ago. I'm known as a shy girl and yes i was shy around my new coach when i first met her, but I learned that if you're always shy and hesitant to talk to your coach.. you will never learn anything from them and you won't have a good relationship with them.
When you're young, you think a coach is just a coach. But when you grow up, you realize that your coach is also a mentor. A friend to help you out. Someone who is close to you and is always there for you. This is especially true if you have a coach for more than 1 season (for example- high school and college season). Its really important to build a strong relationship with your coach. I'm working on it right now and there have been times when I needed to talk to someone older and my coach was there for me. It wasn't volleyball related, but I knew I could trust my coach and I knew she would be listening.
So i think right now you're at that stage when you need to burst out of your little bubble and start building a trustworthy relationship with your coach. If you start now, it will become so much easier for you when you get older like me :).
Now, for me.. I didn't just dive right in and start getting clingy to my coach haha. It took time and patience. I started off with baby steps. I had a problem (I was not getting any playing time) and I was too shy to talk to my coach about it. So I sent him an email. Then eventually I got the courage to talk to him about it in person. So try starting off small.. send an email to your coach about your problem. Don't hold anything off. Say everything on your mind and have no regrets. Then when its time, you can talk to your coach about it in person. It just comes with time and maturity. You'll be fine :)
Inbox me if you have more questions. And good luck in volleyball :)
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