Volleyball sayings

• Our blood, our sweat, your tears.
• All Out, All Game, All Season
• A team above all.  Above all a team

FUNNY VOLLEYBALL SLOGANS

• You set it in the air and I’ll hit it anywhere
• Block this!
• Where the Spirit of Service & Spiking lives on!
• Foul Play Suspected
• We play daily – you play weakly
• Volleyball is our business and business is good
• Can you dig it?
• You just got served
• Welcome to the Block Party
• The New Kids on the Block
• Hustle hit and never quit
• Hustle and heart set us apart
• Volleyball 631. Six players. Three touches. Won.
• It’s Goin’ Down!
• Bump – Set – DOMINATE

Cool Volleyball Slogans and Sayings

• Meet me at the net
• Let’s settle this at the net
• See you in Court
• Play from the heart
• It’s An Air Affair!
• Heart is the difference between those who attempt and those who achieve
• Play like you’re in first; train like you’re in second
• The price of greatness is responsibility.
• When you play ball, leave it all
• Unfinished Business

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Good Volleyball Sayings and Phrases

• Fast and Furious.
• The true champion believes in the impossible.
• All things are difficult before they are easy.
• Winners in life don’t always win; they just don’t give up.
• Make good habits and they will make you.
• No one is a failure until they stop trying.
• It is very hard to win when your thoughts turn to losing.
• Opportunity may knock, but you must open the door.
• Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it.
• The true champion loses many battles before winning the war.
• The greatest game you can win is won within.
• To be satisfied with yourself is a sure sign that your forward motion has stopped.
• It isn’t the hours you put in, but what you put in the hours.
• The harder you work, the harder it is to lose.
• Sometimes it’s not how GOOD you are, but how BAD you want it

Team Spirit

• Make your competitive juices overcome your excuses
• Hard luck is composed of laziness, bad judgment, and poor execution.
• Victory comes to those who make the least mistakes.
• Reaching high keeps a man on his toes.
• Bad habits are like a good bed – easy to get into but difficult to get out of.
• “I can’t do it” never yet accomplished anything – “I will try” has performed miracles.
• It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
• Bump it, Set it, Smack it down
• Winners train; Losers complain
• BUMP, SET, SPIKE IT. THAT’S THE WAY WE LIKE IT.
• Teamwork Makes The Dream Work.
• Intensity is not a perfume!
• Respect All, Fear None
• If its gotta be, it starts with me
• Refuse to Lose
• All it takes is all you’ve got
• It’s what you do before the season start that makes a champion.
• ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
• Championships are won at practice
• Play like a Champion Today
• Never let good enough BE enough!
• Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard
• Winning is a habit, Success is a choice
• OUT HUSTLE, OUT WORK, OUT THINK, OUT PLAY, OUTLAST
• Whatever it takes
• 7 days without volleyball makes one weak
• The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win.
• Be prepared! “If only” are the famous last words of those who weren’t.
• Actions speak louder than coaches
• Great opportunities come to those who make the most of small ones.
• To demand more of yourself than you do of others is the first step on any ladder of success.
• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
• Practice winning every day

Awesome Volleyball Slogans

• Defense All Day.
• Offense sells tickets, Defense wins championships.
• The fans can make you famous.
• A contract can make you rich.
• The press can make you a superstar.
• But only the love can make you a player.
• There is no limit to what can be accomplished when nobody cares who gets
• the credit.
• Good. Better. Best.
• Never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best.
• Some want it to happen,
• Some wish it would happen,
• Others make it happen.”
• dedication + motivation = success
• Deeds not Words
• Demand respect or expect defeat
• Sweat plus Sacrifice equals Success

VBall has been very good to me

• Unity in Adversity
• Bringing out the best in each other!
• On front: We’re Going To Win
• On back: So Coach Doesn’t Lose His Job
• Win The Last Game
• Ya Gotta Believe
• We Are Family
• Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
• Practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect
• You can’t be as good as, you have to be better than
• Look up, get up, but never give up
• (Tip:  Use volleyball slogans on players lockers, the team locker room, posters in the gym, on team communications, emails and more)
• United we play, United we win
• Believe & Achieve

Private lessons anyone?

What you need to know about private sessions. In the past few days, there have been numerous requests for private lessons.  There are only so many times available for the private lessons but we do have the ability to run two private lessons at the same time on the two courts in the same gym.  We have quality coaches available to teach the requested skills, so that should not be an issue.  We cannot handle more than two so when we have two private sets at the same time then we would have to consider it full. Private lessons The athletes choose the skill The academy finds the best coach to teach it. The athlete must be accompanied by an adult so the coach is not left alone with the athlete The private lesson can be shared between up to four athletes for the same price. The private lesson is one hour long. Athletes must bring a ball just like all academy sessions. If you do not find a time or date that works for you ask…we might be able to make it happen.

Check out Private sessions. The sessions designed to prepare the participants for the club tryouts can be found with the above images.  The Weeklong set of sessions is designed for the U16, U17 and U18 girls and boys all the others are three-hour sessions. Prepare for the Club sessions

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Quotes worth reading...

1. Sinjin Smith, 1996 Olympian, winner of 139 professional beach titles: “Don’t fire your opponents up. If they’re down, don’t tick them off. Let them stay down.”

No matter the sport, this is good advice. If the match is going well, why do something like shout through the net and give the players on the other side more motivation to turn the match around? Winning is tough enough. Don’t make it tougher by giving your opponent one more reason to want to beat you. 

2. Adrian Crook, fitness trainer who worked with three-time gold medalist Karch Kiraly in preparation for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta: “People [often] equate power with muscle size, but oftentimes, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Muscularity is important, but upper-body power comes from the ability to generate maximum speed in the fullest, most mechanically correct range of motion, and this is achieved by acquiring flexibility.”

This echoes what I’ve heard from many trainers over the years, and it reinforces the idea that strength training is not all about building the muscles that you see in the mirror. Chances are, you can reduce the number of curls you’re doing and increase some other area of resistance or flexibility work that will be more beneficial to your volleyball game.

On this subject, Kiraly, who is currently the head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team, wrote recently in Volleyball USA about five exercises that build important “functional strength” for players, none of which involves weights. They are body-weight squats, side lunges, forward lunges, pushups, and planks. Work these into your routine and you’ll find that everything you do on the court becomes a little easier.

3. Arnie Ball, men’s volleyball coach at IPFW, father of Olympic gold medalist Lloy Ball: “Too many people get in a position of authority and aren’t willing to get down on the floor and belly laugh with five- and six-year-olds.”

This one made me laugh when Arnie said it to me 20 years ago. I was in Fort Wayne to do a story on him, Lloy and the IPFW program, and this was his response when I asked him about his jovial interaction with young kids at a volleyball clinic put on by his men’s team. It resonates with me more now than ever because it speaks to the importance of treating everybody, no matter their age or standing in life, with respect. It also highlights the rewards that can come from going the extra mile to connect with people. 

4. Aldis Berzins, starting outside hitter on the 1984 Olympic gold medal team, former USA assistant coach:

 “A weak block makes for an easy tool shot. If you’re the blocker and you’re out of position, don’t reach toward the spiker. Instead, stop and get over the net. This creates three positives out of a bad situation: 1. You’re pressing over the net, and even though you won’t be fronting the hitter, the hitter may hit into you. 2. Your defenders will have a clear view of the attack and that will give them a better chance to make the dig. 3. You won’t get tooled.”

I like this one because it speaks to a complaint I’ve often heard from defenders – both indoors and on the beach – about blockers who are all over the place at the net. Putting up a stable, well-formed block is almost always a better option than making radical moves one way or another to compensate for being out of position. 

5. John Kessel, director of sport development for USA Volleyball: “If you’re going miss a serve, miss, long rather than into the net. When you serve long, there’s still a chance the other team will play it.”

Self-explanatory. A ball served into the net will never earn you a point. 

6. Doug Beal, USA Volleyball CEO, coach of the 1984 U.S. men’s Olympic gold medal team: “Good players rarely look like the game is stressful for them, and they never seem rushed because they adjust their position all the time based on what’s happening. They’re always compensating for the movement of their teammates and the movement on the other side of the court, whether it’s blocking or backcourt.”

Doug said this to me one time when I watched a match with him from the stands so I could pick his brain about what high-level coaches look for in good volleyball prospects. This statement highlights something that I’m sure most people understand but may not always think about – impressing coaches has as much to do with taking care of the little things as it does with hitting, passing, serving, blocking, digging and setting. 

7. Karch Kiraly: “Over the years, I realized that if I’d done everything possible to prepare myself for matches and tournaments, it took a weight off my shoulders and allowed me to play without fear of losing. When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.”

This is one of my all-time favorite Karch quotes. Yes, he is innately gifted, and the 40-inch vertical jump certainly helped him during his playing career. But what you realize when you get to know Karch is how much of his success comes from diligence and preparation.

I recently re-read a chapter in the book “Outliers” about 10,000 hours is the amount of time it takes to master something, whether it’s sports, music or anything you’re interested in learning beyond a surface level. The point is not that putting in long hours over years and years will make you an Olympic gold medalist or a concert pianist, but, as the book points out, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that tells us that if you put that much time and effort into something, you will be very, very good at it. And being very, very good at something is a good thing.

8. April Ross, Olympic beach silver medalist: “If you can be OK with the worst-case scenario, that frees you up to go into a situation and give it your all and be OK with the outcome no matter what. That's how I think about things.”

April’s quote ties in well with Karch’s quote about preparation. Losing a volleyball match or making a mistake on the court is not a big deal as long as you know that you have done everything you possibly can to prepare for success. This message is not to be confused with not putting in the work necessary to maximize your potential and then just shrugging off mistakes or losses. Big difference.

 9. Foluke Akinradewo, starting middle on the U.S. women’s national team, 2012 Olympian, All American at Stanford: “On the surface, a duck looks nice and calm, but underneath the surface of the water it’s trying really hard to stay afloat. At Stanford, it may seem like everyone is a genius, but they have to work really hard to get there.”

Foluke said this to me when describing a story she’d been told during her freshman year at Stanford when she was feeling stress about the pressure that came with being surrounded by exceptionally smart students. The point: Success doesn’t come easy to anybody, even the gifted. Foluke said that realizing this helped reduce her anxiety about measuring up with her classmates at Stanford.

 10. Terry Liskevych, Oregon State women’s coach, former USA women’s national team coach: “Do it now. Procrastination can be a great enemy.”

This quote is included in a section called “Life” in the 11-page “Liskevych Philosophy,” which he put together while coaching the USA team. This is one of those things that’s widely known but rarely followed, and I’ve always liked the way Terry emphasizes that putting something off until tomorrow can be your “enemy.” Think that’s too strong? Reflect on it next time you’re coming home from volleyball practice and have to research and write a 10-page paper that’s due first thing in the morning. Put that way, “enemy” sounds about right, doesn’t it?

Day Two Session Two Reflection

Day Two Session Two Reflection

At the Making the Cut Camp at the end of August 2019 we asked the players to reflect upon some statements.
Below is the statement.

A coach should coach, a player should play.  Trust in a coach determines team success.

Players were asked to give the statement a number.  If you totally agree with the statement give it a 10, if you totally disagree give it a 1.  In simple language give the statement a number.

Overall average 8.98/10 There were 78 responses.

10/10

Because if a player is coaching they don’t work as good with their team.

8/10

You should trust your coach and know they know what is best.  Players can give feedback to the coach if they notice something on the court.

5/10

A coach most of the time cannot determine team success.  That depends on the players and how hard they decide to work.  A coach cannot force them to play only the players can do that.

10/10

The coach should technically have more skill and experience to provide his or her players the player are young and immature

10/10

 I think a 10 because the coach is doing what is best for the team so you should trust what they say.

10/10

The coach teaches you how to be a player and get better at playing.

10/10

Just because that’s how teams should work, the coach should always be trusted because they have the best or most knowledge.

10/10

Always trust in the coach because they provide their experience of when they played.

5/10

Players should listen to their coach but the environment needs to be open for questions, suggestions, and tips to other players.

10/10

If a coach trusts his players they may be more confident.

10/10

You need to trust your coach knows what he/she is telling you and that they are telling you that so you can get better not to make you feel bad.

10/10

The coach coaches the team because they understand the game so they know what they are talking about.

10/10

Your coach knows what he’s talking about.  Trust him or her.

8/10

You should always listen to your coach even if you disagree because their purpose is to observe the team and make you all better.

10/10

If you don’t trust your coach the team will fall apart because some people will to what they were told and others not so you need to trust your coach that they know a what they are doing.

10/10

You have to trust your coach because they know what they are doing.

10/10

As a player you have to trust in you coach and the coach should be thinking of what best for the team.

10/10

They both have their own jobs and responsibilities.  The coach knows what they are doing and you should trust them to the best as possible.

9.5/10

If the team has a bond they will learn to work together and closer,  Unless the coach swears at you and brings your powers down.

10/10

A coach knows his team goals and wants the best for everyone.

10/10

Because if you don’t trust in your coach and you do the exercises bad that they give you you will not help your team.

9/10

Because coaches teach you the skills and you are responsible for your play actions

9/10

Players shouldn’t try to coach one another just as players should be supportive and listen to the coach.  By trusting the coach the team is more likely to succeed.

9/10

Sometimes players need to step up and lead themselves as well.

10/10

A team has to be united and a coach does that.  If everyone does their own thing it would be chaos, which would not lead to many wins so you have to trust the coach.

10/10

If you don’t trust a coach you won’t learn anything.  Trusting a coach is a big part of being successful.  A coach should coach and a player should listen and learn.

9.5/10

As long as you have a coach who doesn’t discourage you.

9/10

A coach sees the game and has more experience though a coach isn’t always right.

10/10

The coach makes all the decisions which the athletes have to respect and follow what he says.  He will make the best for the team.

6.5/10

A player should be able to trust the coach and a coach should be able to trust their players.  But some coaches conduct themselves in a way that indicates they don’t care about the wellness of their players and only care about success.

5/10

Don’t understand that much about the reason why I picked 5 is that the setter is usually the leader.

10/10

Trust is important with coaches because they trust the players and ever your team.

9/10

Because they are a coach for a reason.

5/10

It depends what coach you have because sometimes coaches give you the wrong advice and you end up in a bad position or something.

10/10

I think a coach is a coach and he/she knows what they are doing so we should let them explain and try new things.

9/10

Because the coach almost always knows better than the players or at least in the sport.

10/10

Because they are there and coaches for a reason.

10/10

A coach knows what they are doing that’s why they are coaches.

10/10

We all have jobs on our teams and if we all fulfill them the team will be successful.

10/10

Your coach is somebody you should trust.

6/10

I do agree with the first two statements however the last one has concerned me sometimes because in tournaments they have made some good choices and some really bad ones.

10/10

Coaches have more experience and if you trust them they will help you get better.

8/10

I don’t think there is anything wrong with helping out your team but leave the coaching to the coach.

9/10

Players can give small pointers to each other but a coach should have the final say in how their players play.

4/10

A Player and teams success does not totally depend on a coach but a good coach can help a team a lot.

9/10

A coach is there for a reason there is the odd time where you have to hear it from a player.

8/10

I agree but sometimes players need to hear things from other players.

8/10

Because players should have a say too in what they do

8/10

It is very important to trust your coach because they are teaching you what to do and how to do it right.

10/10

They know better because of their experience and other perspectives.

10/10

Coaches have more experience than players I believe you should trust your coaches and listen to them.

10/10

Trust your coach.

9.5/10

Let the coach do the work.  Coaches train and have the experience they rarely mess up.

7/10

Yes, because the coach teaches what they are doing.

10/10

Trusting a coach is so important the coach knows how to help you best.

10/10

Players should not coach teammates Good coaches make good players.

10/10

Coaches have more knowledge and experience.  It can never hurt to try and you never know what might work.

7/10

I agree with this statement. But sometimes if you get a player to tell you what you  are doing wrong you understand more.

10/10

You should trust your coach and what they are teaching you.

7/10

But as a player, I think we should be able to take tips from each other.

12/10

It is not your job as a player to tell your teammates what they are doing wrong you pump them up.

10/10

A coach puts in their time and effort and deserves the reward of coaching players and seeing them improve.  You might not agree with everything but the coach is trying their best to make you a better player.

9/10

The coach definitely has the most knowledge and should ultimately be who you trust in and who teaches the most.  It is okay if teammates give a little bit of advice.

10/10

Because if the players don’t trust the coach then the team falls apart because trust is a big part of being on a team.

10/10

Because a coach is there for a reason if we don’t need one we wouldn’t have one.

10/10

Yes because the coach has more experience

10/10

Yes, I agree because your coach is the leader.

6/10

Everyone should be trusted in the team it is not just the coach.

10/10

Because the coach is the coach for a reason.  They have years of training and have been doing it for a while.  They know what they are doing.

10/10

A player should not coach other players because that is the coaches job and players should only be encouraging

10/10

The coach has a clear idea for what the team should be and you should trust that the coach has a plan.

9/10

If a coach asks for help then you can help or if they are completely wrong but besides that no.

10/10

When there is no doubt about how to play, there are fewer errors.

10/10

If you listen to your coach they’ll teach you the game and the coach often knows what they  are doing.

8/10

A coach should coach and a player should play but also a player shouldn’t be brain dead.

Day Four Session Two Reflection

At the Making the Cut Camp at the end of August 2019 we asked the players to reflect upon some statements.
Below is the statement.

Knowing how to lose is more important than winning.

Players were asked to give the statement a number.  If you totally agree with the statement give it a 10, if you totally disagree give it a 1.  In simple language give the statement a number.

Overall average 8.2/10 There were 62 responses.

10/10

Because if you lose and you are a poor sport then other teams might think that you are a mean team

8/10

You can’t be a sore loser because it is being a poor sport

7/10

You should know how to lose because good teams that don’t know how to take a loss will not be a good team even though winning is good.

10/10

Yes, so next time you win you will know how the other teammates feel. 

10/10

Without losing and learning from it you will never be pressured enough to get better.

10/10

Learning from your mistakes helps you to not repeat it again.

7/10

Winning is fun but losing builds character and how a team comes back after a lose proves how much they wanted.

4/10

It is important how to lose and work harder for next time, but you should be able to make improvements that allow you to win.

7/10

Knowing how to lose is important because then one loses in a game doesn’t throw a full tournament.  It helps you keep your composure

8/10

So that you can enjoy winning.

10/10

Knowing how to lose will only make the player try harder and put in more effort to win which will ultimately make a better player.

8/10

 You need to know what to do when you lose since teams that always win and never learn to lose take the loss harder and take longer to recover

10/10

So you know how to be a sore loser.

10/10

When we lose we have to do it with grace.  Anyone can win and celebrate.  But we all should lose with grace because no one likes a bad loser.

10/10

If you always win you will be a poor sport if you know what it is like to lose you are a good sport.

8/10

 I think an 8 because you should know how to lose graciously and not get down on yourself.

6/10

You need to know how to lose and win and how to handle it when you lose you have to use it as fire for the next time.

10/10

You learn from losing when people lose they learn what they did wrong so for the next game/practice you can see what to fix.

6/10

You should always try to win but losing should encourage you to work harder and win next time.

9/10

Knowing how to lose is so important.  You cannot always win everything and you will never learn how to love if you win every game.  Winning every game isn’t that fun.  You need to learn to lose once and a while.

9/10

 Because it is harder to deal with a hard lose than a great win so you need to learn how to deal with it.

9/10

When you lose it teaches you what you need to work on for example if you lost because a team was scrappy or kept tipping on you, you can go to practice and work on those things.  But when win you feel like you have nothing to work on.

6/10

Winning is important but if you are always scared of losing then you won’t play as good and if you do lose you have to be a good sport.

9/10

Winning is just a bonus.  If the team tries their hardest and plays their hearts out, then who cares if you lose.  Don’t be a poor sport because nobody likes that. 

10/10

Everyone loses sometimes

6/10

If you win all the time and suddenly lose you as an individual and teams poor sportsmanship looks bad to other coaches and the club.  Winning you can’t be over the top (arrogant)

7/10

Winning is always the favorable outcome but losses will come they should not affect you.

10/10

It is important to know how to lose so you can fix it and it is important to know how to take a loss well.

7/10

Be a good sport

9/10

It is important to know how to learn from your mistakes.  You also need to be a good winner or a good loser.

6/10

If you can learn from a loss

10/10

Because you build off of losing more than winning

5/10

It is good to lose because all your mistakes are teaching you how to win and how to fix it.

10/10

 That is how you learn in volleyball

10/10

Losing makes you better it builds character and you can learn from your mistakes.

7/10

 I agree that losing is an important learning experience but it is always best to win.

10/10

 After losing and making mistakes you can learn how to come back and redeem yourself.

6/10

I think knowing how to winning and loose properly are both equally important.

10/10

Because no one likes a sore loser.

10/10

You need to know how to lose so it makes you better next time.

5/10

Fair share.

10/10

Everyone knows how to lose but it is about losing and thinking about what you can improve.

7/10

You win or you learn in every game that you play.

9/10

Learning from your mistakes also known as losing is important because that is how you become better by winning sometimes you don’t adopt the mentality of how can I be better.

10/10

When you lose you learn more and work harder so you can win the next time if you will all the time you get too confident and expect to win and don’t prepare yourself properly.

6/10

I think that knowing how to take a loss is very important loosing doesn’t always mean you played bad.

7/10

 Knowing how to take a loss is important because when you lose you need to take it responsibility and maturely not crying and sad.

10/10

Because then you learn self-respect

7/10

You because then you won’t have enough drive and urgency to want to win.

10/10

Then you can understand how to learn from your mistakes and move on.

7/10

 I agree that everyone needs to know how to lose and is a good learning experience but winning is always better.

10/10

 If you know how to lose you know how to win as well as being a good sport makes you a better person.

6/10

 Losing is a great learning experience but winning gives confidence

10/10

 Yes

10/10

 You have to know-how to lose in order to win.

5/10

 Half and a half I agree every team has to lose to feel how good it is to win.

10/10

 You learn more from a loss than a win.

7/10

 Yes because of it teaches you your mistakes to do better the next game

10/10

You learn more from a loss than from a win

9/10

Losing teaches you winning doesn’t

7/10

 So that you can learn from our mistakes and also be a good loser.

10/10

Because having a team that doesn’t know how to lose will bring everything down and maybe start drama

Day Four Session One Reflection

At the Making the Cut Camp at the end of August 2019 we asked the players to reflect upon some statements.
Below is the statement.

For a team  to succeed all the players must like each other.

Players were asked to give the statement a number.  If you totally agree with the statement give it a 10, if you totally disagree give it a 1.  In simple language give the statement a number.

Overall average 7.4/10 There were 70 responses.

8/10

Because if your team does not like each other you will not work as a team and volleyball is a team sport.

8/10

 I somewhat agree.  You don’t always have to like a person but you need to try to get along with your teammates

10/10

If players do not get along than a team will fall apart on and off the court.

7/10

You don’t always have to enjoy each other but don’t act on it on the court.  It’s easier to play when everyone gets along

5/10

I don’t think that you have to like everyone on your team to succeed but don’t act like you hate each other on the court.

9/10

Not everyone has to like each other but try to like each other on the court.

9/10

Yes because teamwork is really important

8/10

You can be on a team and not as a player but you have to be mature and not a mean person.

10/10

You need to have trust and you need to get along.

10/10

They have to have respect for each other as players.

10/10

Team friendship means everything.  Your family should be your team.

8/10

Players develop chemistry after playing for a while if they like each other they make good teams but if they don’t them make bad chemistry.  However players can also have a relationship where they don’t like each other but they play together.

6/10

I don’t know it goes both ways.  It’s better if all the players like each other but it is not a requirement.  There are people on my team that aren’t really my favorite people but as long as we all treat each other with respect it will be ok.

10/10

The players should like each other because they don’t you won’t work as a team and people don’t trust each other.

9/10

If the players don’t like each other I can seriously affect who gets set up in games and how self-conscious some people feel while playing.  It can depend on how good a player is I putting that dislike aside for the good of the team.

10/10

If the players on the team don’t like each other they won’t be a very successful team.  They need to have a bond to be able to play together and work together to win. If you want to be a strong team you have to have a bond.

4/10

It helps when players like each other, but if they can put aside differences success is still possible.

6/10

When you like the players you are playing with it is easier because you not getting mad on the court but you can play with people you dislike.

8/10

There needs to be good team chemistry on a team.  Even though there may be some players that you might not get along with you can still have a good team.

9/10

Because it is possible to like everyone but you should still treat them like you like them.

10/10

I think  a 10 because if you don’t like your teammates then you won’t play well together or work well together.

7/10

It is possible for a team to work if not everyone like each other, but it is a lot easier if everyone gets along.

10/10

Team chemistry and teamwork is one of the main factors for success.

8/10

If the team likes each other they will want to work together and play as a team.

10/10

I agree you must have your teammates they are your family on the court

5/10

Even if you aren’t friends with your teammates you can still play together on the court.

4/10

For a team to succeed all the players don’t have to be the best friends or like each other but they have to respect one another

0/10

You don’t have to like everyone off the court you just have to respect them on the court and trust them.

1/10

Teammates don’t have like each other than just have to work together and respect each other.

7/10

The players don’t need to be best friends off the court, but on the court, chemistry is very important.

8/10

Yes, otherwise you will only be passing to people you don’t like.

10/10

Although skill is important without liking each other, it is hard to be successful.

10/10

If you don’t like each other it is hard to work together because volleyball is a team sport.

8/10

It’s not that you have to like each other it is that you have to get along.

5/10

As long as they can work well together on the court for the good of the team they can succeed.

8/10

The players don’t have to like each other but they have to behave and respect each other.

8/10

Because if all the players hate each other then they won’t work well together and not win.

7/10

 Because it would go better as a team but in the end, you need good teamwork in order to succeed.

1/10

 You don’t have to like each other you just have to work together.

8.3/10

Teamwork is easier when you friendly and co-operative.

7/10

 It would be nice but that doesn’t always happen and they can still be a good team if they don’t let their emotions take over.

7/10

You should all try to like each other because you will work better as a team.

5/10

 All the players must not hate each other or else the team will be at each other’s throat.

8/10

 Not all players have to be best friends but it helps to have everyone get along.

10/10

 Because you need to work together and be a team.

10/10

 In order to work well together, you must like everyone on your team.

2/10

 Different is better and is good for a team however they need to know how to play with different players

10/10

 Because you have to be nice.

10/10

 If you guys are going to be a team  you guys have to be friendly you don’t have to be besties but you have to like each other.

9/10

Your team needs to like you and the other players to have chemistry.

5/10

They have to get along and work together but don’t have to like them.

10/10

 Because a rivalry can affect the game if they don’t like each other they might not set to them or whatever.

9/10

 You need players to have a team.

7/10

 It helps your team chemistry if everyone likes each other but it not always the most important thing.

6/10

You don’t have to like the player you don’t have to be able to play with them.

N/a

If they do not like each other they will not work as a team.

5/10

 I somewhat agree it would make it a lot easier if everyone on the court gets along. There is always going to be someone you don’t like.

8/10

 Because they work well with each other.

8/10

 Most of the time when the team all like each other it makes it easier to play together not liking everyone can lead to not wanting to play as a team but individually.

5/10

They don’t have to like each other but hey have to be able to play together on the court and have respect for each other and not let conflict arises.

9/10

It’s much easier when players do.

7/10

Not all need to get along I would say where they must respect for each other.

9/10

 The team needs to have respect and reliance on one another which is built through likeability.

4/10

As long as there are hours put into practices as a team you will perform well, but to have positive energy on the court and support from teammates make the difference sometimes

9/10

 Team chemistry is very important if two members don’t get along that can affect the entire team.

8/10

 If the players don’t like each other then there can be dysfunction on the team. So it is important they like each other.

2/10

 It helps when the team members like each other but to succeed you need to make sure you like the person when you play volleyball and all the drama stays off the court.

0/10

Teammates don’t have to like each other, but they have to work as a team.

10/10

You might not like the 100% but when you are playing on the court you have to trust and respect them as a person and you cannot 100% do that without liking them.

10/10

Volleyball is a team sport.  You need communication, trust, and respect between players in order to win.

10/10

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