Yeah, we were playing mid level club volleyball against a team with powerful hitters. In our defense one player from the backrow would pull up to cover dinks (light touches designed to lift the ball over the block) and on this play I was the lucky backrow player.
Normally our block was pretty good and simply hammering the ball into a well set block was a losing strategy but for some reason the front row OLB I was backing DID NOT go up for the block. This left us open to a HARD hit coming straight down ... at me. Hard enough to break my glasses over my nose and send me reeling and bloodied. An embarassing six pack that had me seeing stars and needing a few minutes to catch my breath. Luckily I had contact lenses available and was able to replace my glasses and rejoin the game in the next set.
But on that play, I had no chance.
Normally our block was pretty good and simply hammering the ball into a well set block was a losing strategy but for some reason the front row OLB I was backing DID NOT go up for the block. This left us open to a HARD hit coming straight down ... at me. Hard enough to break my glasses over my nose and send me reeling and bloodied. An embarassing six pack that had me seeing stars and needing a few minutes to catch my breath. Luckily I had contact lenses available and was able to replace my glasses and rejoin the game in the next set.
But on that play, I had no chance.
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