 What's up you guys? It's Coco and today I have a new video for you on how to be confident on the court. Believe me, I remember what it feels like to be nervous as heck. Heck, sometimes I play now and I'm nervous as heck, but I do have some things that will help you in that department. Let's get right into it. Even now I get nervous when I play volleyball and I've been through a lot of volleyball experiences. I still sometimes get nervous. And one of the things that I get most nervous about is it my serve, it is in my hit, it's receiving the ball. I get the most nervous when somebody is spiking a heck of a heart at me and I have to pass it. That's when I get the most nervous, okay? Reading the ball is a skill that you have to learn and that's a skill I'm going to talk about is learning how to read the ball, okay? Because reading the ball is something that as you get into the upper levels of volleyball, you need to know how to do. So we're going to talk about that too. But one of the things that helped me when I was your age, whatever age you are, if you're in middle school, if you're in high school, if you're my age now, one of the things that helped me not be nervous is positive affirmations. And what are positive affirmations? Positive affirmations are things that you say to yourself that uplift your mood positively. That's my own definition. I'm pretty sure it's right. But these are things that you have to say to yourself in any aspect of your life. So you can use this whether it's in volleyball, it's in school, it's a, you have to give a speech, anything like that. Positive affirmations really do help you lead a positive life. For example, some positive affirmations I say to myself when I'm going to play at very tough volleyball matches, I say to myself, I'm an Olympic player. I'm going to win. I'm a beast. These people haven't seen me yet. I pump myself up. Be your own hype man. Because sometimes there isn't a hype man there for you, but you got to be your own hype man. Let's see you're going to serve, right? Here's an example. You're going to serve. And you every, you traditionally, you can't get your serve over. But think what I want you to do is stop and I want you to think to yourself. What are some things you're saying to yourself in your mind when you're going to serve? Are you not thinking anything at all? Are you saying I know it's not going to go over? I know it's not going to go over. Or it's going into that. It's going into that. If you think those kind of things, what do you think is going to happen? Does it make sense now? So think positive thoughts. Think to yourself, it's going to go over. It's going to go over. I'm going to make it. I'm going to make it. I'm going to make it. It might work. Okay. Positive affirmations make a difference. Example, let's say you're taking a really hard test at school. Right? You know you did a study girl. You know you did it study. Okay. And you go into test like I'm gonna fail. I'm gonna fail. I'm gonna fail. What's gonna happen? You're probably gonna fail. But if you go on there like I know I didn't study, but I paid attention to class and I took notes. I'm gonna do okay. I'm gonna do okay. Now I'm not saying that what you say to yourself is going to work all the time. But what I'm saying is what you put out there in the universe will come back to you tenfold. So if you put it out there that you're gonna pass, if you put it out there, you're gonna make the team. If you put it out there, you're gonna graduate with honors. If you put it out there, you're gonna go to Ivy League school, put it out there and then yourself, you'll naturally start to reach for those goals. And that's what we want. We want you to reach for those goals. So it's one of the ways that you can get more positive on the court and not be as nervous. And secondly, have you talked to your coach about your nerves? Because a lot of coaches have played volleyball before and they have some tips on how not to be nervous. And best believe I best believe you are not the only one who's nervous. There are people on the other side of the court who you're playing against who are probably nervous. Nerves are a good thing. It keeps you on edge. It keeps you ready. It keeps you on your toes. That's what nerves do. But positive affirmations are the best way to get rid of those straight frayed nerves when you're playing volleyball. So with everything, I hope you liked this video. Make sure you follow me on my Snapchat, my Instagram and my Twitter. This is where I post updates if I can't post a video. But make sure you follow me here. Okay, I have some more videos coming up. Like I said before, I'm having a hard time finding somebody to film for me. But we got more videos coming. Make sure you subscribe and I will see you guys next time.