Querncia (rough draft)

                  It was about four years ago.  My first year of playing volleyball, I had gone to games and watched friends play around but never really played any of it myself.  But, it had been one day that I told my parents that I wanted to play volleyball, and so they said sure.  Of course tryouts for that age group were simple and small, and so everyone made it.                                                          
                  During the first season I didn't know what to expect.  Practices at the time were boring and seemed to be the same practice after practice after practice.  Butterfly passing, three man passing it all seemed like it would never end, and being on the court didn't really have any meaning.  At the time I wouldn't have ever thought that the volleyball courts were something serious, just a place to play with friends and horse around.  But, over the years it has become something more than just a silly old court.
                  The volleyball court started to feel like it was my second home.  Every practice I had was now more than just a boring waste of time, it was a time to relax, get things of your mind, play hard and enjoy being on the courts.  I loved going to practice.  Something inside of me just fell in love with the sport all over again, its like I couldn't get enough of the game, and the feeling of being on the court.
                  One real strong memory that I remembered about when I was still learning what being on the court meant was that not everyone had the opportunity to be on a court and still really enjoy every second of it.  Yes, some people may play on courts because they might've played a sport, but does being on the volleyball courts mean anything else to you then just a a simple court?  It was something I had kept asking myself.  Were the volleyball courts something really that special that no one else could've felt so connected to it as you?. . .  And the answer I had told myself.  Yes, yes it was.
                  Just being on the volleyball courts and experiencing everything that I had experienced it all had a huge, huge impact on my athletic life and my personal life.  It had inspired me to continue playing the sport I loved, and to try to make an impact on the people's lives around me.  Thats why the volleyball courts mean so much to me, physically and mentally.