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No one has #onsi$ere$ the %a#t that volleyball ta&es so mu#h more than passing a ball ba#& an$ %orth over a net. 'o(ever, some spe#tators, see the #omple)ity o% the sport an$ the small $etails put together to #reate the bigger pi#ture. The $i%%eren#e bet(een player an$ spe#tator are the simple (ays that you vie( the game, an$ the language asso#iate$ (ith the game. *eing able to rea$ the #ourt (ith those te$ious s&ills an$ having a support system strong enough to pi#& up a %allen player there%ore your team isn+t put $o(n. ,olleyball is vie(e$ on many $i%%erent levels to many $i%%erent people. -From the outsi$e loo&ing in volleyball may be per#eive$ as simply passing a ball ba#& an$ %orth over a net. .r a reason %or girls to (ear s&impy #lothing an$ go %roli#&ing aroun$ the #ourt/ sai$ 0lyssa 1arter, a high s#hool senior volleyball player. -*ut (e aren+t 2ust here %or sho( or to be $egra$e$ by the people (ho la#& our &no(le$ge o% volleyball/ she #ontinue$. Throughout the resear#h, (hether it being a personal intervie(, an observation or an online arti#le, it all seeme$ to have a %o#al point that many ill in%orme$ spe#tators give volleyball, little, to no #re$it at all. -.verhearing things in the #ro($, su#h as, +3hy #an+t (e (ear span$e) an$ pass balls over a net+, +Man, i% %ootball (ere easy, they (oul$ #all it volleyball+, +(hy is that one girl so serious4 5 mean it is 2ust volleyball+ really %rustrates us, it is not as easy as everyone says it is"/ 0lyssa 1arter also state$. This ethnography (ill %urther #lari%y the mis#on#eptions that volleyball is easy an$ that girls only play to (ear the uni%orm. ,olleyball is a very strategi# sport an$ (ith strategy #omes language. 0t the #ommunity #ollege, sitting in the #ro($ observing my surroun$ings, noti#ing every little thing that (ent on

Kayvia Thompson Mrs. Feuntes English 1101 November 9, 2013 along (ith the game. From the #ro($ to the #ourt, it (as evi$ent as to (ho (as there to a#tually (at#h an$ those there mush%a&ing. 5n the #ro($ you ha$ the parents that &ne( all

about volleyball, the supporting parents there %or moral support an$ the -others/. !itting in the stan$s, the mat#h began. 0 mat#h is a set o% games, typi#ally the best out o% %ive is playe$. The team (inning the most sets is the (inner. The %irst point (as s#ore$. 1oming together as a team, they s#ree#he$, -0'', 0616E, a#e, a#e, a#e"/ 0n a#e, is a point re#eive$ o%% a serve that the opposing team $i$n+t return. 0%ter every point, no matter the #laimer, the team al(ays gathere$ together in li&ely manners. 0t %irst, it (as o$$, later be#oming 2ust a routine thing. 0lmost as i%, they (ere narrating the game by #alling out (hat 2ust happene$. This (as the %irst, o% my several observations ma$e $uring the game. 0nother pie#e o% the language asso#iate$ (ith volleyball is serving. !erving is (hen the player in the starting position on the %loor, ta&es the ball an$ goes behin$ the out o% boun$s line an$ #omes in #onta#t (ith it, either overhan$ or un$erhan$, (ithout tou#hing or stepping on the line. *ut, that+s not even the uni7ue part" The setter, the player that typi#ally #omes into #onta#t (ith the ball on the se#on$ hit, signals the server using her han$s as to (here to pla#e the ball on the other si$e o% the #ourt. There%ore not only is the server %o#use$ on not stepping on the line, but also the pressure to pla#e the ball (ithin the general area that the setter spe#i%ie$. !etter 8a#&ie !anabria (as as&e$ (hat it ta&es to be a setter, an$ her response (as simply, -team(or&"/ 0pproa#hing !anabria a%ter the game to get a better un$erstan$ing as to (hat she meant by team(or&. !he sai$ -0n$re( 1arnegie sai$ it best" 0n$re( 1arnegie $i$ say that team(or& is the ability to (or& together to(ar$ a #ommon

Kayvia Thompson Mrs. Feuntes English 1101 November 9, 2013 vision. The ability to $ire#t in$ivi$ual a##omplishments to(ar$ organi9ational ob2e#tives. 5t is the %uel that allo(s #ommon people to attain un#ommon results... 3hi#h to me means that i% (e (or& together %aith%ully an$ &eep our eyes on the pri9e (e (ill a##omplish our goals./

0nother e)ample o% #ommuni#ation or language (ithin the volleyball #ommunity (oul$ have to be the :roupMe message. :roupMe is an app that is $o(nloa$e$ an$ all o% the volleyball girls have it $o(nloa$e$. 3ithin the :roupMe group message the girls tal& about (ays to improve their per%orman#e %or the ne)t game, (hat #oul$ have been $one better an$ (ays to gro( #loser. -3ithin our :roupMe #hat (e $on+t only tal& about volleyball. 3e literally tal& about everything" .ur group message is a (ay %or us to gro( #loser as a %amily an$ #ommuni#ate (ith ea#h other i% (e are having problems. 3e+re all about being #onne#te$ on an$ o%% o% the #ourt. ,olleyball is our %irst love, but (ho+s to say (e #an+t tal& about other loveable things4 :ive our girls a$vi#e on this an$ a$vi#e on that... 5t really helps (hen you+ve ha$ a ba$ $ay an$ 2ust nee$ someone to vent to/ sai$ Kaberlin 'ansley, %reshman #ommunity #ollege volleyball player. -Not only $o (e tal& about goo$ things, but (e also try an$ solve our problems, i% (e+re having any (ith other members o% the team... 1oa#h al(ays says +(hatever happens outsi$e the gym, stays outsi$e the gym. 3hen you step on the #ourt, all your problems $isappear+/ Kaberlin #ontinue$. ;uring the intervie( Kaberlin even state$ that there is a separate group message %or the team #aptains. 3ith it being her %irst year, she (as lu#&y enough to be presente$ (ith the opportunity to be#ome a team #aptain. ,ote$ in by the previous team #aptains, she sai$ that they tol$ her she ha$ all the 7ualities it too& to %ul%ill the the $uties o% #aptains. From $e#ision ma&ing, to a goo%y personality. !he &no(s (hen it+s time

Kayvia Thompson Mrs. Feuntes English 1101 November 9, 2013 to %o#us an$ (hen sla#&ing is (el#ome$. !he &no(s her role an$ she plays it. 3ith the 7uestion -(hy $o you thin& you gaine$ this role as a #aptain so early4/ being pose$. 5t too& Kaberlin several moments o% silen#e to #ome up (ith an ans(er. !he #ontemplate$ the

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ans(er long an$ har$, until she sai$ -'onestly, 5 thin& it (as a test. 0 test to see i% 5 (oul$ get big6hea$e$ an$ start being bossy./ 0n$ sure enough the #aptains sai$ it (as a test, they (ere seeing i% she #oul$ maintain her pla#e (ithout trying to $o(nplay or insult anyone else to gain seniority. 5n 3inston6!alem, 8unior, 8enna *arano(s&i tells about an online arti#le she rea$ about a man #laiming -too mu#h #o%%ee/ ma$e his lose his min$, there%ore he grope$ girls butt+s as they #limbe$ onto the bus to return home a%ter a volleyball game = Washington State Man: New York Daily News>. !he sai$ that -things li&e this are (hy (e #an+t ta&e anyone seriously anymore. The people in the stan$s #oul$ be there supporting you one minute an$ tormenting you the ne)t. 3ho+s to say that, that guy you li&e, that you invite$ to (at#h you play is really intereste$ in the game li&e he says he is4 For all you &no(, he #oul$ be 2ust li&e the perverts that sit up an$ (at#h us (ith hopes that they++ll #at#h you slipping an$ get a glimpse o% something./ 3hen *arano(s&i (as as&e$ -'o( she %elt about this4/ she sai$ that -they #an sit an$ stare an$ $o (hatever they (ant. *ut, they (ill never &no( ho( it %eels to be ne#& an$ ne#& (ith the other team, going ba#& an$ %orth, point %or point, until your team ma&es that one mista&e that puts your t(o points $o(n... the last being game point. 'o( happy %a#es go to %o#use$ %a#es" Fo#use$ on even the smallest $etail o% ea#h play. Things li&e +goo$ serve+, +it starts (ith a pass la$ies+, +stay %o#use$+ are being sai$ simultaneously all

Kayvia Thompson Mrs. Feuntes English 1101 November 9, 2013 aroun$ the gym. Those game 2itters are ba#& an$ no( its #run#h time. No mista&es, no ba$ passes, no nothing"/ she sai$ passionately. -0n$ the %eeling you get a%ter (inning by 2ust the s&in o% your #hin, its ama9ing"/ -5t+s ama9ing ho( something li&e that #an mean so mu#h to

me, but so little to someone else... 'o( #an they say that volleyball is easy or its all about the span$e), (hen #learly it is (ay more than that. 5t is an establishe$ bon$ bet(een the players an$ the #oa#hes an$ even the real supporters that (e have./ 8enna %urther e)plaine$. The game %inally #omes to an en$, an$ the players are sha&ing han$s telling the opposing team -goo$ game/. The line that is $ra(n bet(een player an$ spe#tator is #learly seen (henever you a#tually ta&e the time to sit ba#& an$ give it your un$ivi$e$ attention. 5t ta&es time an$ at least a mil$ un$erstan$ing o% the game o% volleyball, ho(ever, on#e you ta&e the time out to see (hy all the players get all ro(e$ up (hen people say volleyball is easy or they only play %or the uni%orms" 0lthough others $on+t ta&e time to noti#e all the small $etails that #reate the bigger pi#ture, observing volleyball %rom this aspe#t has ma$e a $rasti# #hange. ,olleyball is a sport playe$ (ith si) $i%%erent girls (ith $i%%erent talents an$ s&ills, together on the #ourt they #ome together an$ be#ome a team, that all share the #ommon goal o% (inning an$ a#hieving their hype an$ love %or the sport o% volleyball. They share the belie% that volleyball is more than a sport, more than a hobby $one to pass time. They are a %amily, a %amily %ull o% har$ (or&ing believers, that (oul$ $o anything to %ul%ill their $esire to (in at the game o% volleyball. ,olleyball is li%e.

Kayvia Thompson Mrs. Feuntes English 1101 November 9, 2013 3or&s 1ite$ *arano(s&i, 8enna. ersonal 5ntervie(. ? Nov. 2013. 1arter, 0lyssa. ersonal 5ntervie(. < Nov. 2013. 1aul%iel$, hilip. A3ashington !tate Man !ays Too Mu#h 1o%%ee Turne$ 'im into a !erial :roperB Ceport.ANY Daily News. N.p., ? 8uly 2012. 3eb. 09 Nov. 2013. 'ansley, Kaberlin. ersonal 5ntervie(. 1 Nov. 2013 !anabria, 8a#&ie. ersonal 5ntervie(. < Nov. 2013.