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Post by roy on Aug 6, 2014 21:32:19 GMT -5
I was new to volleyball and we were playing at night with those lights you typically find in parks. The ball goes high up in the air and I lose it in the lights. I stop because I can't find it and the ball comes down directly on the top of my head.
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Post by vbin58 on Aug 6, 2014 22:05:30 GMT -5
The worst situation ever occurred to me while coaching.I ran our team van into (our rival) the opposition's AD's car. Campus police did accident report and asked me to sign it in the middle of the match.
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Post by pogoball on Aug 6, 2014 22:30:32 GMT -5
getting six-packed during a high school match. my face popped the ball straight up in the air ... but my teammates were so shocked, they stopped playing and let it drop. bastards! lol I have never heard the term 6-packed what is that? Similarily I got a facial from the best outside hitter on the opposing team I saw stars for a second and it hurt but damn it was I upset when everyone stopped playing to check if I was ok. If I can take the ball to the face at least let us win the damn point. Yep, pretty close to mine. I was fairly new to competitive volleyball, playing intramurals in college. We went up against the college's club team and they were running plays. Their best hitter blasts a ball on a quick play and I got six-packed... ...in middle back.
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Post by gobruins on Aug 7, 2014 4:40:28 GMT -5
Mine was coaching. While running a drill, the cart was empty. I declared to a gym full of girls "I have no balls". (Yes I am male) I now watch my wording This reminds me of the story I heard of the American coach who was hired to coach the Australian women leading up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At one of his first few practices he told the players who weren't involved in the drill they he want them "shagging" balls. He couldn't understand why some of them started giggling. It only got worse later when he told his players on the bench that he wanted them "rooting" for their teammates. When informed of his faux-pas, he said "they sure have a lot of different terms for that particular activity".
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Post by future on Aug 7, 2014 7:11:18 GMT -5
Happened to one of my players.....a guy (that is important point) So this is preseason maybe 8-10 years ago(late August up in Buffalo as guys play in the fall) and my lone senior, who was a real knucklehead btw, decides he is going to explore his coolness over the summer. Admittedly, he as a lot of physical talent, a golden arm and been playing up on Varsity since his Freshmen year. He decides to get two nipple rings over the summer and proudly displays them the first week of practice (shakes head) to all the underclassmen who undoubtedly cringe but it does add to his mystic of this guy who is a "Senior" and more importantly hits the crap out of the ball. Anyway, about a week in he decides to grab one of my setters to have him set 2-balls in between sessions....you know.....the 50/50 kind....so he can bounce balls as the girls team is walking in for their session. OOH AHH! That day he elected to wear one of his famed cut-off sleeveless shirts but this one had a pretty long rip near the underarm. As you can guess where I'm going with this yep....he goes up hammers a ball and rakes the net but his right nipple ring gets caught on the netting and rips and flings the ring.......who knows where....and this kid is crumpled on the ground screaming bloody murder holding his chest. If they didn't see it actually happen, within seconds everyone in the gym knew what had happened. We walked straight into the nurses office to deal with it and I kept a straight face. Not much blood and he was back playing within a day or two.....went on to college to play....for maybe a year. Anyway, we established a new jewelry rule that day.
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Post by oshkoshdadmjs on Aug 7, 2014 9:46:49 GMT -5
The story above is probably my favorite story I've ever heard. Ever.
Not sure if its really as embarrassing as it is painful. During a high school match our middle approached a bit too close to me and on his approach swung his arms up right into my nether regions and I went down hard. Let's just say he connected extremely well.
As a setter, I've been drilled in the face probably somewhere between 10 and 20 times including practice and games, I'm not really sure. But the one time that was the absolute worst was when I was coaching my first season of girls club for a 14s team. Normally getting hit in the face is just whatever and your face will be red for awhile. But this particular time, I was near the middle of the court and got drilled with a serve by 14 year girl and my ears started ringing and the room was spinning and I literally couldn't talk to anyone for like 3 or 4 minutes. I'm pretty sure my eyes shed some tears and all the girls just went to get a water break. Not some 6'6" dude on Balboa Bay or anything, a girl playing for our club's 14-7s team; that was the most painful time I was hit in the face.
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Post by livbfan on Aug 7, 2014 13:00:25 GMT -5
when my serve hit a toddler in the stands. omg, I felt so bad that I tried apologizing to the kid and his mom in the middle of the game This one's called a "juice-pack." Am I a horrible person for laughing out loud at that?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 13:05:55 GMT -5
Not in my opinion. I think you're one of VT's finest.
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Post by vbman100 on Aug 7, 2014 13:09:23 GMT -5
As a player, when I was in high school, you could still block a serve. My coach always emphasized 'play the point like it is going to be in play', kind of like following a ball that is going way out of bounds, but follow to the line anyway. So one time, a guy on the other team serves it and I am the middle blocker. It is not going over the net. It is not even going to make the bottom tape. I go up and block anyway, because my coach...so I get hit right in the #*%! I didn't do that anymore on serves that weren't going to clear the net.
As a coach, when demonstrating an attack approach and emphasizing building momentum and jumping as high as you can, I have let some gas go. Audible. The players always try to hold back at first, then one starts to crack up and then everyone breaks out. I tell them 'well it's kind of like when a rocket takes off'. This has happened a few times.
A teammate of mine in high school had some gaps in his teeth. One day when blocking in practice, he came down and got them caught in the net. Luckily, he was already down, so he just kind of 'flossed'.
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 11, 2014 17:24:46 GMT -5
Pulled both muscles in both calves while playing a friendly game of volleyball at a picnic. For a whole week, I ended up walking like a cross between: (1) a guy with some sort of muscular disorder, and (2) a chicken.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 11, 2014 19:31:49 GMT -5
My most embarrassing moment was actually in front of a number of VT posters which makes it that much more cruel. When Florida played Nebraska in Omaha I was asked to participate in a contest between sets. We had to wrap 10 Runza sandwiches, put them in a box, close it, and serve a ball over the net. I looked at the very large sea of red and jokingly told another Florida if I won (which I never thought I would because I'm terrible at such competitions) I'd remove the red promo shirt and Gator Chomp the crowd. He told me to go for it. So after I served the ball I flashed my Florida shirt and started chomping the 6,000 Husker fans...only to be informed I forgot to shut the box after filling it and was disqualified. I was mocked all the way back to my seat.
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Post by oldvbguy on Aug 11, 2014 22:56:32 GMT -5
Coaching my daughters 16's team and short a few players so I am in the practice scrimmage blocking. Swing my arms up to block, and unsnapped the buttons on my sweats. I went up - they went down, face went red. Thankfully had shorts on under the sweats. Retired from coaching that year.
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