Not every speech can be in a happy situation. Speeches are given in bad or heartbreaking situations as well. Last night, my team and I sat in the locker room and listened to our volleyball coaches give us a speech about our game. It was absolutely heartbreaking to listen to. That speech made us do some thinking on the bus ride home and we did not use our phones the entire way. It was a very powerful speech because of the way my coaches delivered it.
The first thing you should know is that volleyball at Durand High School is no joke. We are a highly competitive team that tends to go pretty far during the post-season. Post-season is like the playoffs of volleyball. There are four different stages to post-season: Regionals, Sectionals, Super-Sectionals, and State. Two years ago we placed third in state. Last year we made it to super-sectionals, but sadly lost the game. This year we are determined to made it just as far, if not farther. Everyone on the team has to prove to the others why they deserve a spot on varsity. This year we have eight seniors playing on varsity. It is going to be though replacing those seniors next year, so this year we have to give it our all.
We did not give it our all against East Dubuque yesterday. We play best of three matches and to 25 points each match. We won our first match 25 to 23. We were getting tired and lost our second match 24 to 26. You have to win by two points in order to win the match. The third game we lost again 14 to 25. We did not play the best to our ability. After the game, our coaches gave us a really compelling speech for us to get our stuff together. It was our first loss of the year. The coaches were crying while talking to us and that made the rest of us very emotional. We really had to reflect on the speech we received.
The speech was very persuasive, but also informative. We had to think about what was said and what we feel we need to change. I wasn’t even playing and I sat and thought about what I could be doing differently to push this team harder. This speech was much needed and was a bit of an eye opener for us. Now its time to get back out there and give it our all.
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