Long Time, No Play

Funny how we fall in love with an activity so much and begin to engage it in it too frequently that we think we cannot do without it. Then life happens and we go the first week without it, second week, first month and a year is almost gone and we are still alive and kicking despite not engaging in our once favourite activity.

This was is my experience with my favorite activity of the past 3 years, Volleyball.

I discovered the game earlier as a child during Physical and Health Education classes in jss1 but my school did not have the facilities to nurture it.
We improvised but it was never the real deal and so my interest could not be sustained.

Fast forward to my university days, I reconnected with the beautiful game and this time I had a team that made it both fun and progressive.
We trained on a weekly or biweekly basis and sometimes more if the school work was not too demanding.

I enjoyed every bit of it, the drills, the training sessions, the competitions and even the in-court banter with my friends and teammates.
It became an activity that I looked forward to even during exam periods.

It also became one of the few activities that I would engage in despite my busy schedule.
As long as the ball is ready and the court is free, then I am ready to play some good game.

Even sometimes when the team was unwilling, I would do my personal drills alone or with any one who could throw the ball for me to practice some spikes.

This was my reality upon till the middle of last year when final exams came knocking concomitantly with project work.
Soon, the guy barely had time to comb his hair let alone to play volleyball.

The whole team experienced this challenge and we planned to get back immediately after our exams but this was not to be. Exams in medical school meant that outcomes were never favourable generally.
Hence we never played again till we all left.

I have changed location and even though I know where to go searching for volleyball, I do not feel ready because I don't want to go with any of the sports wears I used as a student.
I want to upgrade my sports wardrobe before resuming again.

I also need to get quality kicks for my overall performance and appearance.
This is the major reason why I have not played volleyball in almost a year despite playing it weekly for the three years before. Such a huge turnaround.

I don't know how efficient I would be when I start again but I hope to still have it in me when I try again. Although some rustiness is expected but I trust myself to shake it off quickly and regain my quality.

I look forward to playing volleyball soon as I would soon be ready both mentally and materially. I believe this would be before the month of April or latest within that month.

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This is my response to the #marchinleo day 2 topic; What activity have you not done in a long time and why?
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