youth volleyball

Don’t Sign.

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LEGO-style mob meeting around a dinner table with a volleyball and contract

Make It Make Sense College commitment season is an interesting time of the year. A 17-year-old kid sits behind a table with three hats, reaches for Alabama, fakes everybody out, grabs Oregon, Mom starts crying, Dad puts on the matching hat, and within six months the whole thing can be over because apparently the offensive … Read more

Quiet Miles: So-So

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Father and daughter waiting with luggage outside a hotel before AAU Nationals volleyball competition.

Always Up: Quiet Miles By the time AAU Nationals came around, I wasn’t really thinking about medals anymore. I was thinking about how a season that started with a lot of optimism somehow turned into one long exercise in adjusting on the fly. At the time, it felt like a fresh start. A real chance … Read more