Molly has been loving her time playing volleyball this year! Not only did she play on her school's team this past fall, but she got to play club volleyball all throughout Spring.
I suppose I didn't realize that as the girls get older, they go from playing every position and rotating around the whole court to only playing the positions that they excel at. For example, Molly doesn't enjoy being in the front. Because of her size, it's hard for her to spike the ball over the net or to jump up and stop a ball from coming over the net from the opposing team. So she likes to play the back, and she really excels at that! So she was given the very specific roll of libero. The libero serves as a defensive specialist. She wears a different color jersey and doesn't rotate to the front line.
I managed to get one photo of the team in their normal jerseys before Molly was given her special pink libero jersey.
The girls had a great season! They had practice every Tuesday and Sunday, and a tournament every other weekend. I wasn't able to make it to every single one, but I made it to most. The tournaments literally went all day. All day in the bleachers surrounded by screaming kids, coaches, and parents definitely isn't my jam....and in the past I wouldn't have been able to manage because of the risk of a migraine. I stopped attending Anthony's wrestling tournaments when he was doing wrestling years ago because I would get a terrible migraine every single time. It was awful. But my health has greatly improved the past year and so I survived each tournament with no headaches or migraines.
I'm so glad too, because despite the distaste I have for overbearing, screaming sideline parents, I love watching my Molly play. So I just focused on watching her and ignored all the other sideline nonsense, lol.
Molly's incredibly sad the season is over, but she received a yard net for her birthday last year, so she can at least play in the yard whenever she wants!
We look forward to watching her grow in skill and self confidence in the years to come!
With love,
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