 Hey, what's up you guys welcome back to my channel. My name is Coco and I Love volleyball. So today we're gonna do a Q&A I asked you guys to ask me questions about volleyball Coco volleyball Coco all of that and you guys asked Let's get right into it Once again on my channel about volleyball So make sure you subscribe and click that bell notification so you're notified every single time I upload So I have my phone here and what we're gonna do is I'm gonna read some of the questions that you guys ask the most asked Questions and I'm gonna answer them today so that way we can get more information about volleyball Coco volley all of that So let's go to some of the questions that you guys asked this question was asked by Sarah and she asked How tall do you have to be to play professional volleyball? So with professional volleyball it is a sliding scale There are some people who are 5'9 like myself and go on to play professionally There are other people who are 6'6 and go on to play professionally. Don't worry too much about how tall you are We're gonna developing your skills to be the best volleyball player that you can be here's a good question I get often is being overweight a problem to play volleyball No, and don't let anybody tell you that it is I play volleyball in multiple different body types when I was really Muscular when I was on the skinny side when I had a little extra and you know what I still loved it at every single Stage it does not matter how much you weigh There are people that I play with now who are a little bit overweight And you know what they still enjoy the game volleyball is for everyone It is a game that everyone can play we accept everybody. So don't let that stop you Don't let anything stop you from accomplishing your goals. Okay, this question was asked by Alana Dibble What position do you play and why so when I was in high school and in college? I played club in college I hit was a middle blocker I was a middle blocker for the longest when I first started playing volleyball That's what I trained at being a middle blocker And if you don't know what a middle blocker is a middle blocker is in the front of the court So they're in the middle front and they're primarily doing a lot of blocking So that's what a middle blocker is now when I transition outside of college I started playing competitive recreational, which is what I do now I started being an outside hitter and when I started hitting more I realized how much my Potential could have been if I had been an outside the whole time. So you guys see me play a lot I do a lot. I do setter. I do back row. I'm doing everything now But my favorite position to play is outside hitter even though I've been working on my sets lately Y'all see that I've been working on my sets. Okay. Here's another question that I see often by Jessica When how to convince your parents to let you play and I'm actually going to make a video on how to convince your parents to let you play But here's one tip I can share before that I would sit down with your parents and I would show them a video volleyball I would take them to a game of volleyball and tell them how important it is for you To try something get that teamwork get that team bonding stuff like that, but there will be a video coming on that This question was asked by Ashley Rogers. What's being on a team like oh my gosh The feeling of being on a team is just indescribable You are with a community of people who are achieving the same goal. So When you're in a team, I find that when you're in a team you have it's like so much more than friendship It is it's literally a bond. You know how you have people do the team bond It is a team bond now when I was coaching I coach Varsie for some time when I was coaching I like to make sure that I have team bonding activities We play games in practice to further encourage the team to get together and create that tight-knit bond It's just so hard to describe It's it's something that I definitely want all of you guys to experience and we are on a team here at cocoa Bollywood team high five high five This is a team but being on a team is a really good feeling this was Anna Montesinos and she asked how do you spike well if the net is high I Love your videos. You're an inspiration. Thank you, Anna Now I play often on a men's net. So when you guys see me do volleyball blogs I'm playing on a men's net and if you don't want to mention it and men's net is 7 foot 11. So it's really Really high. Okay. It's high now when you when the net is high and you're trying to spike or let's say You're on the shorter side and you're trying to spike the best way to do it is it's all about the angle Okay, so if I'm gonna spike this way the ball's gonna go straight into the camera knock the camera down We're gonna have a pity party if the net is up and I spike a little bit more upward I'm more likely to get the ball over the net So I'm not saying raise your arm to the ceiling and shoot it up But I'm saying you might want to change the angle of your hitting arm. Okay, does that make sense? Talin Garcia asked how long did it take to learn your serve now? I know a lot of you guys we are still talking about the serve and we're working on our serve We're trying to get our serve over so it's super nasty, but there are different types of serve when I first learned how to do my standing serve Believe it or not the first time I did a standing serve. I hit it so hard. It went to the back wall I am like really strong you guys. You probably have seen from my spikes. I got that I got that wicked arm So it went all the way to the back wall So for me my challenge in serving was getting it in and not hitting it out So I didn't have as much trouble getting the serve over it was more keeping it And it would just go right past the end line So it took me a while to get the snap the wrist and I had a bad case of noodle arm when I was hitting the ball It just went like I had a bad case of noodle arm So me for me focusing on getting that in it probably took because I started playing volleyball when I'm in sophomore and high school it probably took a year so until I was a junior on varsity to really understand the Look at the wrist try to get my wrist action and lowing gummy bears I like that name they said do you have to get three hits? Is it better if you do so traditionally in volleyball you want to do bump set? Spike now sometimes it doesn't happen like that sometimes the ball so close to the net you're like I can't do anything with it I'm just gonna set it over but traditionally bump set spike So three hits is the maximum you can hit on each side Do you have to get three hits every time no But it is best to utilize each and every chance you get to create an effective attack plan For example, if the ball comes over this let's say they send a free ball over they send a free ball over the ball comes over They we bounce it and it comes up I don't want to immediately send it back over free ball if I got somebody who can hit I want to try to set them up so you want to try to set up the hitters or set up people who are Effective at hitting to get a good point. We want to try to get a kill you guys That's the main goal now Luna asked how many volleyball do you have by the way? I love you and thank you Thank you, Neff. So I have Nine volleyball. I have nine volleyball and right now. I'm waiting to get my Multiflex testing volleyball. Oh my gosh. I want it so bad. That's a volleyball waiting on getting and Then I would attend volleyball But I have nine volleyball and a lot of them are used for training purposes when I do private training sessions or coaching Madison William said did you play on the school team in your school? Yes, I started playing volleyball when I was in sophomore in high school The first experience that I had playing volleyball was at a university. I went to one of their summer camps Let me tell you I was a fish out of the water Did not know what I was doing at all And then I went on to play junior varsity then I went on to varsity Then I want to play Cuban college for three and a half almost four years And then I went on to play competitive recreational and now I play co-ed and I like co-ed so much because like I said If you guys don't read my blog I write blog post a couple times a week You should check it out. It's free and my blog post I was talking about how I like co-ed because it's volleyball It's social sport It is so much fun to be social with others to get to meet others to talk to others and create friendships a lot of the Friendships that I've had in my life have been primarily from volleyball because it is a group of people That are reaching a common goal and that's what a team is Okay, so unicorn sparkles said should you get tried to get in shape before try out? Yes, as soon as you know, you're gonna try it out. You should immediately start working towards trying out So most programs club high school middle school They have conditioning periods when they have a conditioning season before Volleyball not the offseason but like a month before usually during summertime now when I was in high school I first started let me tell you I was always at that conditioning every single time I was at that conditioning lifting the weight Running getting my body ready because if you guys didn't know this during the season You shouldn't be trying to learn something new You should be trying to learn what you need to know on the offseason to that way when we get to the season We're just we're just super nasty and we're like effective And we're just we're just slamming balls And that's what this channel is for for you guys to get the skills You need to flourish because I want you guys to be the best volleyball players in the world Just I want you guys to chase your dreams go after your goals Do whatever you want to do and just go out there and just slay off Just go out there and slay and that's why I'm here to motivate you to be the best person You can be in just life Katie Reynolds asked what positions are there for playing are in the face of height and weight weight. No height Unfortunately, yes So in the front row traditionally you want people to be taller because the net is high and you want people who can jump high and Block the ball. So I have seen some people. Now, let me tell you I have seen some people who are on the shorter side And they get up there and black that ball. So I also don't want that to let that discourage you at all I Want you to try out for the position that you really want to play Even though people in the front row tend to be taller and people in the back row tend to be shorter If you want to go out there and you want to be an outside train for an outside If you want to learn how to hit learn how to hit do what you want to do boo But people in the front tend to be a little bit taller and people in the back tend to be a little bit shorter Annabelle Hong said So I have asthma and my dad won't let me play. How can I convince him? So a lot of people have asthma and a lot of athletes have asthma believe it or not So at most schools and programs they have an athletic trainer on hand an athletic trainer is notified about any conditions that you have That's why before school you have to get a physical and that's noted on the physical I would actually I would do the same steps that I would learn before When I was talking about how to talk to your parents about letting you play I would sit down with them take them to a volleyball game take them to your team's volleyball game or Let them see volleyball on YouTube and tell them how important it is for you to build that team Fawning experience and I think that that's something that they may be able to understand So definitely talk to your parents about it many many many asked when did you have your first match for you nervous girl? Yes, I was so nervous. Oh my gosh. I was so nervous my hands were shaking my hands were clammy my palms were sweaty I was so nervous. I had that butterflies in the stomach. You know that almost feel like you're gonna vomit I was nervous. Okay. Do I get nervous now? Not so much sometimes sometimes. It's natural It's natural. But yes, I was extremely extremely nervous Now let me tell you guys what I did when I was nervous. So I'm gonna have a mini snory time My first time playing in the first time in a game. Are you close to the camera? The first time that I was playing in a game. I Blocked the serve. Can you believe it? I was so I was so nervous I was I just didn't know what to do. I didn't know what was going on I had never played before they had just like fill me in the fire I was so nervous and that's why I don't want you guys to be thrown in the fire like I was because I Was nervous Okay, Sophia Nichols asked how long does it take to be advanced? So that is actually an individual question It really depends on your skill level when you start and how fast you can progress There are people who've been playing for years and they feel like they're not advanced And it's really on a personal scale for me now I feel like I'm advancing some aspects But there's other things that I want to learn because every day you learn something new and there's things that I want to work on So that's why you guys seem to be working on stuff. So it really depends on you. What is your definition of advanced? Queen I'm gonna say Queen Queen asked any tips on how to get the coach to like you before making the team So one of my tips in a previous video that I said was when you're trying out for volleyball The first thing you need to do when you go to the tryout is introduce yourself to the coach Go up to the coach and say hi. My name is Coco. I am so excited to be here. Thank you for holding this try I hope to do my best. I think as simple as that can go a long way They are gonna be so flattered. They're gonna be like wow. She really took initiative and that just shows they learn That just shows valor it just shows respect and it also shows that you really want this So go out there and just say hey my name is Cocoa and I really want to try out During coke during practices be the first one there and be the last one to leave work hard Show that hustle show that you want it show that you got that hustle spirit and you want hustle guys AJ at max said have you ever got to hurt what playing volleyball? Love your videos. Keep it up. Yes I have I actually got hurt yesterday. Believe it or not I was blocking a ball and I put my hands up to block my ball from my face I'll teach you how to do this and it was so quick I was like almost there and it stopped and this hand bent all the way back. It's okay now I was my left. It's okay now. But yes, I've been hurt a couple of times. Nothing too bad Actually, I have twist my ankle a number of times. That's why you should wear ankle braces y'all twist my ankle I've got floorburn. I heard my back ones and I have an impingement in a shoulder which is like a tightness in my swinging arm So yeah, I heard myself a couple of times and that's why we need to practice injury prevention in order to make sure We don't get really really hurt because one of the number one injuries for both female and male in volleyball and jumping related Sports is ACL tear and that is something I do not want for anybody here at all Because coming back from an ACL tear is difficult not impossible, but difficult and I want us to practice the proper injury prevention So we don't get hurt And for says what is the hardest movie learned on volleyball? Okay, so the hardest move that I've learned thus far while playing volleyball I Would say Age I think the hardest thing that for me was spot-place serving and spot-place serving is serving at a specific target across the court multiple times in a row so Spot-place my coach had a drill where she would put cones all over the court and they're different color cones And she'll say serve the red serve to blue serve to green serve to yellow And that was difficult for me because it was on a time crunch and when you missed it You took a lap so that was hard for me. Now at this point in my life. I would say the hardest thing for me is I think it'd be difficult now when you play with guys who are like six seven and they're hitting at the ball at 90 Upward 90 miles an hour. I could say serve receive could be hard serve receive could be hard or receiving a spike over a block that bounces off the block that is difficult especially if it's something that's So out of your way that can be hard. All right you guys I hope that you like this video I'm gonna try and go to that thread that I had and that I asked you guys the questions to answer the rest of you guys's Questions, please like comment subscribe and I will see you guys next time