Kali's First Volleyball Game

Kali didn't want to play softball this spring (I tried really hard to convince her to play cause I love spending nights at the ball field and I enjoy watching her play) because it was to slow for her liking. Now since I've said that, she asked if she could do volleyball. I don't think she realized that it was along the same lines as softball as being a little slower pace but she hasn't played before so at least I thought she would get the experience and see if whether or not she liked it. So I signed her up! Now I hadn't heard from her coach and I knew the start of the season was coming up so I finally called Parks and Rec and asked what the deal was and so they gave me the number to her coach. Long story short, either the coaches skimmed over her name or they added her late, anyhoo, she was on a team. Now with all the confusion of whether or not she was on a team she missed a practice so by the time I got in contact with her coach they had 2 games the following day. Can you imagine what her reaction was when I told her that she was starting Volleyball tomorrow, oh and by the way you have 2 games. Oh yeah and you play with 5 graders...lol. Talk about a deer in headlights.

Warming up for her very first volleyball game....EVER!

She is hard to see but Kali is the tiny little thing all the way at the end of the first row closest to the bench. She is a good foot shorter than all the girls. I don't know why but they combine 3-5 graders. Along with Kali there are 3 other 3rd graders and 7 5 graders.

Through the whole game this is pretty much all she did. She got a free card that night because she has never done it before, but her dad and I both told her to loosen up and attempt to go for the ball and she would enjoy it a little more.

For it being her first game, she is very well. She got her serves over the net, and made 2 points for her team. I think that helped with the confidence a little :)

The Spikers (cute team name huh?) ended up winning on their first night playing with each other. After the game I asked what she thought of it, and she said it was ok. She said she wanted to see what a practice was like before she said for sure whether or not she liked it.