Volleyball Persuasive Essay

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Every athlete knows the struggle of defending the importance of their sport. It's a constant battle between you and the irrelevant opinion of that one person who's always trying to say something. There's two types of haters: those who don't even play sports (except in gym) and those who just think their sport is better. Being a volleyball player, people are always making jokes about volleyball being an "easy" sport. These people don't understand the full picture of it all, especially the football players.

Trying to convince a 250 pound guy that thinks the only sport that matters is the one where you bang helmets together downloadand doggy pile on top of a ball, is a challenge. Some of the guys from my high school, that are on the football team say things like, "Anybody can hit a ball over the net, it's not hard." or "Come on, let's play, I'll beat you and I don't even play." Okay, right. …show more content…

They are the ones who make P.E. volleyball week, unbearable. It's because of them, the ball can't stay in the air longer than one touch.1a837c5c3d7cb0fb62c9c2efa804ced6 So who are they to tell me, when they can't set the ball without carrying it, that volleyball is an easy sport. That it doesn't matter. That anybody is good at volleyball. That it doesn't require any real talent. If looks could kill, they'd be

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