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I LOVE VOLLEYBALL SO MUCH!!
One of my team-mates added this to facebook and all of them relate to me. It's kinda fun to read if you're a volleyball player, yet If you don't play volleyball..this is a way to get to know someone who does :]

You Know You're a Volleyball Player When...

When someone says “shag…” the first thing you think of is volleyball.
When you’re taller than most of your friends.
When the words “outside”, “middle” and “opposite” mean the world to you.
When you realize your thighs no longer fit into your jeans.
When you could probably beat almost anyone in squats.
When a ball is hurled at your face, you either set, pass, or hit it.
When you know what a libero is/does.
When you have more than one pair of knee pads.
When you get angry when someone says, “volleyball isn’t a hard sport.” -This one is VERY true!
When you own at least five shirts that have “volleyball”, “hit” or a drawing of a volleyball on them.
When you know how to tape yourself.
When you know why ankle braces are a necessity.
When you have injuries on your knees, elbows, ankles, neck, shoulders, back, head………
When you’ve perfected drawing a volleyball. And taught others how to draw it.
When you’ve tried setting into a basketball ring.
When you know a pancake is more than just something to eat.
When you think TV should show more volleyball than any other sport.
When you know your vertical. And always hope somehow it gets higher.
When you’ve had at least one ball hit you in the face.
When you can fill in a score sheet - all of it.
When you have to admit that you like those “ACE!” cheers.
When you see a volleyball, and you have to touch it.
When at one point in your life, you’ve had knee problems.
When you know what those “other” lines in the gym are for.
When you don’t dribble balls, you smack them with the palm of your hand.
When you own a pair of volleyball shoes.
When you know what 4-2, 6-2, and 5-1 are.
When you can dive on a gym floor.
When you find yourself wearing spandex even when you're not on the court.
When you see a tall person and think, “She/He would make a great volleyball player”.
When people ask you what sports you play and then say, “That’s where you catch and throw the ball isn’t it?”
When asked if you can hang out during the weekend you say " I can't I have a tournament."
When you know to shave your armpits before a game… and gross out when the blockers on the other team don’t.
When you're not afraid of falling.
When you dive after any sort of ball.
When you instinctively know not to open anyones bag with kneepads in it.
When you’ve driven miles to practice and to tournaments.
When you either laugh or get really mad when you see other people trying to play volleyball.
When you get really upset when someone kicks a volleyball.
When volleyball is more important … than anything else that you have to do.
When you have permanent floor-burn marks.
When you’ve wanted to kill your coach at one point.
Two words. “Get low”.
When you know what “sideout” means. Or you don’t, but you yell it anyway.
When you think it’s normal to have balls deliberately hit at your face.
When gym volleyball isn’t volleyball, and you end up yelling at everyone because they’re doing it wrong.
When you can put your hand up to a volleyball net and tell someone how close it is to the height it’s supposed to be.
When you think that spandex are easily the most comfortable thing in the world.
When you get really frustrated with the line judges when they aren't paying attention but then you do the same thing.
When there's always that one girl on the opposing team that you wanna slap in the face.
When you're vocabulary consists of "Mine Mine Mine" and " I go, I go"
When you try to intimidate the other team during warm up.
When you read " You know you're a volleyball player when.." just for fun.
When you know that volleyball is 90% mental and 10% physical.
When you know that a kill is the best feeling in the world