Dude, I Suck

[lawnrrd]

A new volleyball season started last night. Four of the better people from my old team are on this one, plus some new people. We're a much better team in a worse division, so we should do well.

Except we lost three straight games last night. I have yet to win a game since I started playing competitive volleyball.

I mostly blame myself for losing the second game. We had a big lead, and I was in the middle of the back row--and my control went straight to hell. The volleyball was flying everywhere except to our setter. We lost, 15-14. I suck.

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[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Where's to play in the city these days, if I may ask? (old-school volleyballer who, unfortunately, works evenings.)o

[lawnrrd]

There are a couple of leagues, each with four seasons throughout the year. I play in the Big City Volleyball League, as does tacologic. (We're not on the same team--he seems to be a much better player than I am. Fucker.) There's also the New York Urban Professionals Volleyball League.

Besides the leagues, there are some opportunities to play open volleyball. The Urban Professionals league holds open play on Friday nights, and costs $10 for 3 1/2 hours of play. I've also heard that there's a similar deal on Sundays at Columbia Grammar & Prep, but I haven't been able to check it out yet.

[tacologic.livejournal.com]

How the hell did you lose 15-14?

[lawnrrd]

My question exactly, since we were winning 14-8.

To answer your question, though, sometimes Big City refs will play with the scoring rules to make games end on time. We were running late, so the ref decreed that first to 15 points won, even if the other team had 14.

I've seen worse--I wasn't playing in the match, but I once saw a ref use "rally" scoring in the third game of a match that was running very late.

I don't really like it when they do stuff like that, but I can see their side, too.

[tacologic.livejournal.com]

First to fifteen sucks. But rally point scoring is valid. They use it in high school and college sometimes.