A Former Volleyball Player Frustrations

CSIT Girls Volley team 2012

Alyssa Valdez, Ateneo Lady Eagles   (credit to the owner of the picture)

Nobody can deny that the Philippine volleyball collegiate competition is now in the spot light. It seems that more and more Filipino are now aware that volleyball in the collegiate competition is existing.  All those competitions like UAAP, NCAA and even SQUAA which in PUP joins have volleyball as one of their main event.  As a former volleyball player from high school who did not pursue my volleyball career in college (oh well i play during our school anniversary but just for our organization )  I ease my frustration from being a former player in watching and supporting those collegiate volleyball competition.  I just discover last year  that there exist a real player that portrays and has ability that I hope I have in me.  She was Alyssa Valdez , the current captain of the Ateneo Lady Eagles Volleyball Team. I was so amaze every time she flies to spike the ball, how  sharp her services that she got service aces and how powerful her confidence in the court that all the opponent can do is to watch her making the point.  There are times when I was sitting in front of the television watching volleyball game, there will be a sudden rush of thoughts coming to my mind. Things like “Paano kaya kung nagseryoso ako date sa paglalaro? Pwede kaya na makalaro din ako sa UAAP, NCAA o SQUAA?”,  I  had so much what-ifs in my mind. I regret being not serious and carefree player before. I was the team captain of our volleyball team way back in high school and yet I was the one who lead my team in negligence.  I remember when once our coach told us “Laro na nga volleyball nilalaro nyo pa!”. Those words are embedded in my head permanently, maybe that was the reason he loose confidence on us. He just focus on men's volleyball team of our school and leave us to some P.E teacher  to handle. I regret it and feel sorry for my teammates for being irresponsible. That is why I cant proudly spoke to my college classmates that I once become a volleyball team captain.  Now all I can do is to shout for other school and just forgot the dream I had before.