My Experience on Day 2 at USAV

In the morning, my alarm clock went off at 7:00 am. I got dressed in my white training shirt. I walked over to breakfast at 7:45 am. I purposely left earlier than other campers in order to get the good food at the cafeteria. That morning, I ate hash browns, fruit, and eggs. After breakfast, I walked over to the gym and we started to do warm ups. After a tough warm up, we jogged over to get some water. Our session continued with passing, serving, and a lot of hitting. We split up by position and did other positional drills. As soon as I knew it, the session was over. After the session, I walked back to my dorm. We were supposed to get lunch sometime in between now and our next training session. The problem was that you had to have a buddy to walk over with. I hadn't realized pretty much everyone went straight to lunch after our first session. I didn't want to get in trouble, so I didn't go to lunch. I ate a granola bar, which I brought, and then I made sure I drank a lot of water. As soon as I knew it,  it was time for my second training session. I just finished locking my door, when this girl tapped me on the shoulder. She asked me if I wanted to walk over with her. I said yes because I didn't have a buddy either! When we arrived at the gym, I put my knee pads on and tightened my ponytail because training session number two would be intense. And it was. We ran lines, we did planks, and we also did push ups, sit ups, and mountain climbers. That was the hardest strength and conditioning I have ever done! After we were tired and out of breath, we started our first drill. We passed to the setters and we ran out to hit. I was proud as I completed the drill successfully. The afternoon session was always shorter because we had one more session still. We only had 45 minutes left. The coaches decided to do a 6 on 6 drill. We did a scrimmage to end the practice. I walked back to the dorms with a few girls I knew from last year's camp. I went back to the dorm, and didn't eat dinner for the same reason. I just ate my granola bars and drank a lot of water. I told myself I will not do this again tomorrow. It was about 5 o'clock and everyone was at dinner and my session started at seven. That meant I would have to leave at 6:40. I thought that was enough time to watch a movie on my iPad. After I finished watching Freaky Friday, I headed over to the gym with my roommate and one of her friends. We warmed up with silent stretching and ran tough drills thoughout the hours. For the last 20 minutes of practice, we did a stretching cool down. We stretched across the gym and cooled down our bodies. When I got back to the dorm, I took a warm shower and went straight to bed. I was very tired, so I feel asleep like a baby.