“You know you play volleyball when …” –Any volleyball player.

This is a compilation from various sources on when you know you play volleyball.

YOU KNOW YOU PLAY VOLLEYBALL WHEN …

1. You think everyone should wear lycra.

2. When someone says “fuck”, the first thing you think of is volleyball.

3. When you are taller than most of your class. Or when you’re not, and people wonder how you play volleyball when you’re not 6’11.

4. When the words “outside”, “middle” and “right / weak side” mean a lot to you.

5. When you realize that your thighs no longer fit in your jeans.

6. You could probably beat anyone sitting on the wall.

7. When a ball is thrown at his face, he lays it, passes it, or hits it. Or flap your arms spasmodically.

8. You know what a libero is / does.

9. You have more than one pair of knee pads.

10. You get angry when someone says that volleyball is not a difficult sport.

11. You have at least one shirt that has the word “volleyball”, “hit” or a picture of a volleyball on it.

12. Knows how to record himself.

13. You know why anklets are a must.

14. You have injuries to your knees, elbows, ankles, neck, shoulders, back, head, etc.

15. You have perfected the drawing of a volleyball ball.

16. You tried to get on a basketball hoop. And it’s so much easier than throwing a ball into a basketball hoop.

17. You know that a pancake is more than just something to eat.

18. You think television should show more volleyball than any other sport.

19. You have been asked why volleyball players wear lycra.

20. You know your vertical and you always expect it to rise somehow.

21. At least one ball has hit you in the face.

22. You’ve been to volleyball camp. Many times.

23. You know who Misty May is.

24. You know a marker like the back of your hand.

25. You have to admit you like those “ACE!” Health.

26. Whenever you see a volleyball, you have to touch it.

27. At one point in your life, you have had knee problems.

28. You know what those “other” lines are in the gym.

29. Do not dribble balls, you hit them with the palm of your hand.

30. You have a pair of “volleyball” shoes.

31. You know what a 4-2, a 6-2 and a 5-1 are.

32. You have muscles where you didn’t think they existed.

33. You are not afraid of falling.

34. You’ve seen that movie “Everything You Have” and wanted to write to the director about how bad it was.

35. You see tall people and you think “he would be a great volleyball player.”

36. When you know you should shave your armpits before a game … and you get grossed out when the other team’s blockers forget to do it.

37. You lose a lot of gas driving to tournaments.

38. You are / have been in a volleyball club.

39. You can’t really run … but you sure can run at full speed.

40. You laugh when you see other people trying to play volleyball.

41. You get very angry when someone kicks a volleyball.

42. Volleyball is more important than anything else you have to do.

43. Has permanent burn marks on the floor.

44. You wanted to hit your coach at one point. And / or your coach has wanted to hit you at some point.

45. Two words: LOW.

46. ​​You know what “on the sidelines” means. Or you don’t, but you yell at it anyway.

47. You think it is normal for balls to be deliberately hit in the face.

48. When throwing a hit, at least once in his life has he completely missed the ball.

49. You have run into a wall, pole, person, bleachers … many times.

50. Gym volleyball (or physical education) is not volleyball. You end up yelling at everyone because they are doing it wrong.

51. You can put your hand on a volleyball net and tell someone how close it is to where it is supposed to be.

52. You have tried to pass or place a basketball and failed miserably.

53. Your knees smell after a game.

54. When spandex / leggings became fashionable, you said, “I’ve been wearing them all the time.”

55. You wonder why there is an NBA, the NFL, the NHL, but not an NVL.

56. There is always a person on the opposing team you want to slap.

57. You hate that metal hair clips and accessories are banned. Wearing such a fashionable elastic headband is no fun. And they slip away in the middle of intense rallies.

58. You choose underpants publicly.

59. You never just “get up.” You roll.

60. You can easily recall the noise of skin sliding against a freshly waxed court. And it still makes you shiver.

61. You caught the ball in the middle of an intense play because you thought the referee blew his whistle … only to find that the whistle was coming from the court next to you.

62. You try to intimidate the other team during warm-ups.

63. You’ve spent at least half a game pulling down your tiny spandex because they go up so much.

64. You use the pre-wrap (in a variety of colors) more on your hair than on your injuries.

And remember, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.