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    Gallaway - Expository rough draft #1 “To be a better volleyball player than you have ever been you have to do something you have never done before.” - Felicity Luckey. Volleyball is a sport that is played by millions all over the world, It is my favorite sport because of my team, the skills, and everyone's attitude. On my volleyball team everyone is super close with each other. When someone messes up there is someone there to help finish the play or pick them back up. We have to be super close

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    Women’s Volleyball team has won the Division One Championship. They are currently tied with Stanford Volleyball for the most National Championship titles as of this year. Penn State has strived hard in order to claim their title of the most wins, but there are three things that have helped them along the way: looking at how far they’ve come, the team’s coaching, and previous alumni that have pushed current players to keep a positive reputation. To begin with, Penn State Volleyball is most

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    been playing volleyball for as long as I can remember. From playing in club volleyball tournaments in the spring to bumping the volleyball around in my living room, I spend most of time playing or practicing for a sport. Most people believe that the only reason kids play sports is because they have athletic skill. I believe that playing a sport is more than just becoming the best player physically, but becoming the best player that your team needs you to be. In middle school volleyball, it was pretty

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    Emma Herkelman Mr. Bergmann Senior English 28 August 2015 Penn State Women’s Volleyball Six out of the last eight College Volleyball Championships have been won by Penn State volleyball. In those years they have lost a total of twenty-two games. In 2013-2014 there were just five losses (D1 Women’s Volleyball). Not only are they reigning champions, but they are a historically consistent team. Having Micha Hancock, an ESPY nominee for the Best Female Collegiate Athlete two years running, as their setter

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    only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." Without the opportunity of taking a risk, I would have never learned the skills imperative to succeed. One significant risk I took during my high school career, was joining my school’s volleyball program. In my freshman year, I was taken as a backup position on the varsity level team not expecting to receive much playing time. However, in the first match of the season, one of the starting players went up to block, landed, and fell to the

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    Working with Others is a Win Where does a win derive from? In volleyball, teamwork is crucial to win. Yes, skills and coaches play a vast role in obtaining a win, but the game is set up with multiple players. Volleyball players must know that the game is developed to play with others, and that one cannot be victorious with an individual player. In the game of volleyball, there is a total of six men or women on the court for each of the two teams. There are multiple roles and to win a point, the

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    watch and even more enjoyable to play. There are many sports that men can play but not as many that women can play. One sport women can play is volleyball. In some schools only girls can play volleyball. Playing volleyball can be easy if the player learns the rules, knows how to bump, set, and spike, and can serve. The first step to being a decent volleyball player is knowing the rules. One major rule is no one can catch the ball, even if it accidentally sinks into a player's palm and is thrown

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    Everyone knows that there is always a risk to playing a sport. You put so much hard work and effort in to maybe make the team. From eighth grade to the end of the first semester of my junior year, all of my time was devoted to volleyball. Basically any free time I had I was at private lessons or a skills camp. I put so many hours into this sport that I forgot about other things in my life that are important. Up until the club season of my junior year, I have never been cut from a team and I felt

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    Mud volleyball is exactly what it sounds like, adding the risks of playing in muddy terrain to the already extensive risks of volleyball. As a Director of Recreation in the process of creating a risk management plan, my responsibility is to identify, assess, and mitigate all associated risks involved. For a one-day charity mud volleyball tournament to raise money for cancer, it is essential that I develop a plan that accounts for the outstanding risk factors, such as the terrain, weather, temperature

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    Three Rams Make Trojan Volleyball Tournament Team This weekend the Rams traveled to Atlantic, Iowa for the Trojan Varsity Volleyball Tournament. Glenwood went 3-2 on the day while Brielle Smith, Cameron Rounds and Elle Scarborough made the All-Tournament Team. St. Albert won the tournament after going 5-0 on the day. The second place team (Treynor) finished 4-1. Round one went too Glenwood as they swept Winterset 2-0. The game scores were 21-19 and 21-15. Glenwood had sixteen kills and served

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