13 years in the past, I wrote about all of the examples of working in volleyball which can be functionally pointless, and but someway all the time praised as worthwhile exercise. To keep away from repeating myself, have a learn of it right here. The working = exercise seed has taken root so strongly in volleyball that to strive telling a participant that they need to run much less and assume extra creates a pretty big cognitive dissonance. However already I digress. This present European Championships has supplied loads of examples of pointless exercise, however this one jumped out at me. I can’t publish the video as a result of it’s copyrighted, however listed here are a few screenshots.
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At first view, the participant in pink makes a valiant chase for the ball, will get a very good contact however no participant is on the market to maintain it in play. Certainly, the commentator, who we are able to’t hear, complains that no participant adopted him. But when we add one other screenshot between A) and B) we are going to be taught one thing new.
In precise truth, two gamers did observe their teammate. They ran. They put within the effort. They confirmed help. They did stuff. And but someway the ball nonetheless landed although everybody, apparently, did all the pieces proper.
When you have a look at the photographs once more although, you would possibly really feel one thing doesn’t fairly appear proper. When you did assume that, you’d be proper. The contact by #4 is the second contact. The subsequent contact has to go over the online. #23 ran like loopy, however even when the ball went to him, he couldn’t truly get the ball over the online. The story is basically the identical with #13. So now #3, the third participant up, who truly didn’t have to get entangled within the play realises that he’s the one one who might theoretically play the ball over however it’s too late.
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Two gamers did the factor that they’ve all the time inspired to do, and praised for doing. They ran. And also you by no means get in bother for working. Sadly, they bumped into an area from which they might not play the ball efficiently. They ran, with out fascinated by what the play truly required. To play volleyball you don’t have to run. You must be ready to play the ball. To try this, you must assume first. The analogy I like to make use of is whenever you wish to go someplace you’ve by no means been earlier than. Do you drive as quick as attainable out of your driveway, figuring the sooner I drive the faster I’ll be there. After which fumble along with your telephone when you’re driving to seek out out precisely the place that’s? Or do you set within the tackle into the GPS earlier than you permit dwelling and quietly and easily go the proper place in probably the most environment friendly method?
Operating with out pondering will, in case you are randomly fortunate, get you to the proper place each every now and then. You’ll really feel good and be praised on your ‘studying’ or some such factor. However a lot of the remainder of the time it’s at finest a pointless exercise, one thing you do for others. Enjoying volleyball with out pondering is, nicely, not volleyball.
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