Advice

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I'm always better after the first match. But in those first few minutes I feel like I'm blind to IA and back-row attack, or am always looking at the wrong line on the card, etc. I'm just totally out of rythmn at first. I always feel sorry for my partners the first night out, though none have ever complained. One did give me a subtle signal for a back row attack which I was able to watch for afterwards.
I'm sure with more V experience it will change. It's just that I've done so many fewer HS VB games than soccer or basketball. I can walk onto the pitch tomorrow and blow the whistle without any hesitation. The first BB game takes some transition from a 120 X 60 yd field with 22 players to a 84 X 50 ft court with ten players, but that one game is all that it takes.
It does, however, help to know that when I watch a VB game I am almost always in sync with what the R is calling and what's happening in the game. I also have some very good partners this fall and that always helps.