Volleyball

It started at lunchtime

At Decathlon, the lunch break often left room for an hour of sport before eating. A couple of months after I joined, a friend on the same floor invited me to play volleyball with his colleagues. It was my first time, and I really liked it.

For the rest of my time there, I played once or twice a week. That same friend recommended Haikyu!!, which made me even more excited to play. We bought a net setup and started meeting friends to play on the grass over the summer.

Taking it to Montpellier

When I moved to Montpellier for Enka, I kept playing. There were club sessions, and we also put together our own team: Les Bouftous, named after the Bouftou from Dofus. Between the two, I was playing about twice a week.

The team brought a more competitive side to it. We had a good run until an ankle injury and another teammate moving to Paris made it difficult to carry on.

Receiving, and finding another way to attack

In matches, I mainly focused on receiving. I’m not the tallest player or the biggest jumper, so when I attack, I try to place the ball somewhere people aren’t expecting rather than hit it as hard as possible.

Finding my way back to it

I’m not playing at the moment. Work and other things have taken priority, but I want to find somewhere to play again. It’s a sport I really enjoy, and I’d like to make room for it.