I am a senior this year and this is my 4th year playing volleyball at UMM! I am really excited for this season because we have a lot of talent on the team.
Our home opener is today and we have been working hard during preseason. We are definitely ready to play an outside opponent. We are also very excited for the tournament this weekend! In practice, we have been doing a lot of serve and receive drills, drills where we have to get two points in a row in order to get a big point, and a lot of forcing the set to a specific hitter so that we have more options on offense. There is a lot of talent on the team so it makes for very competitive practices.
We had individual meetings with Coach B the last few days. During the meetings Coach asked us what role we play on the team and where we see ourselves fit in. I also told him that I felt sorry for him because he had to choose a lineup and travel squad. With all the good talent on the team there are a lot of players that can play a lot of positions and bring different strengths to the floor.
We are using positive peer pressure to help push teammates in practice by giving each other feed back and helping anyone with questions. We have been working on communication and that has been a big help with everyone -- hopefully it will transfer over to games. We are constantly pushing each other to better our team.
I am really looking forward to the rest of the season and I think we will go out with a bang! It's going to be a great way to spend my senior year!
Malinda Prisinger
