Engelholm

When Egelholm arrived to the gym, I was excited to get to see my old coach and a few other teammates I had played with in the past. I talked with Tina (coach) for a little bit and like always she assured me that she will always be around for me if I needed her. She was one of the best coaches I have ever had but also a great friend. I hope that friendship will continue through out the years.

Our match up with Engelholm was a loss but went better then expected. We took them to 4 sets and could have even taken them to a 5th set. One of their middle blockers was a beast and was blocking a lot. She also sounded like she had change in her pocket when she jumped but thats not important (haha). They had an outside hitter who was very experienced and had many shots and swings, a libero that was a good passer, setters who were quick and a middle who was a beast like I said before. The best part about their setters though, was that they were short so hitting over them was easy and where we got most of our points. Unfortunately for us, we started late and were down two sets to none. We got away with the 3rd set with 25-23. The 4th set could have gone either way but we let them slip by midway through.

All this being said, here is the positive side of the match: we finally started to play more like a team and flowed better together. Our passing was better making it easier for our setters and attackers to get an opening in the block. Mentally we grew and all of us stated that we had fun on the court that night, including me. I believe we were all able to do our own jobs and not have to worry about anything else which is how we worked better together as a team. The match against EVS I believe is the last match we will be playing with our heads down and timid. From now on, our team is stronger, more united and ready for whatever this league throws at us. We have proven that we can play against the top teams and give them some sort of fight. Now its time to show this league that we are not going to just lie down and get repeatedly kicked. Its time for us to do some of the kicking. As a part of this team, I refuse to be intimidated by other teams in this league and hope that the others refuse as well. When we play Sollentuna at our house after this weekend, I know that we will be ready to attack. Its time to take a stand and show people what kind of team we really are. Break time is over, lets get work done now, not tomorrow or the next day. I want to walk away from a match knowing we did all we could, that is all we can ask of ourselves anyway. No regrets, no worries, just play and everything will be fine. We had a sports psychologist come in to a practice one day and he said it perfectly, "dont think, no consequences, just do it!" I hope we can bring this mentality to this half of the season and make the play offs. I know we can and we will!

Nu kor vi Orebro!