#20 How to- Jessica Sunnenberg

Volleyball consumes every aspect of my life. Emotional, physical, and especially social. And so, to help future beings out, here is my how to.

How To Survive Year Round Volleyball:

Step 1) Every cuss word is in your vocabulary and will be uttered on the court at least twice per game.

Step 2) If you break your nose, hand, leg, etc. no one cares. Get up. No but seriously, my nose was broken during a high school game and I had to keep playing LOLOLOL.

Step 3) Get used to not showing your legs due to the excessive amount of bruises and floorburns. Unless you are wearing athletic shorts...then you'll just look like a baller. But seriously. Don't even think about wearing a dress.

Step 4) Get used to old people giving you weird looks because you are wearing spandex in the grocery store in the middle of winter. SORRY GRANDMA, BALL IS LIFE.

Step 5) If you dive and the sound doesn't make you want to cringe then you most likely didn't do it correctly.

Step 6) Get the word "break" out of your vocabulary.

Step 7) Hella epsom salts.

Step 8) Get used to being annoyed by people that don't play a year round sport complaining about how "bodied" they are.

Step 9) "Sorry I can't, I have practice" will be your most used sentence.

Step 10) Always yell at refs, because sometimes you'll get your way. (Actually don't, because 9/10 times you'll get a yellow card. Trust me they're off it. Some times the coolest refs are the ones who be trippin)

There ya go. Hope this helps :) live, love, veebz