Drama on the court

Mr. Owl · 11:09 AM

I was recently the witness of drama on the court during a recent game. I was woundering what others had to say about the subject.

What is drama? A player causeing other players to have a bad time. A player you want to say LEAVE NOW........

Please share your drama! Spill your gutts......

NewEnglandRT · 02-26-2006, 07:47 PM

When I/We (mycena, AirDiney & I) first started playing we played with a group of rec. players who had been playing together for many years. It was a fun and social thing. People had been with this group or in and out of it for over 25 years. Anyhow.... the three of us decided that we wanted to get a look at some more competative vb and we joined an indoor league. Well these people who to this day play by very liberal rules and side out scoring were a little insulted. Some even held it against us.

Well, as a result of this animosity and a busier schedule I rarely played with this group anymore. Earlier this fall we were all playing and between games I had my wife set me some balls so I could practice. Believe it or not one woman got upset. When everyone walked back onto the court she snickered "don't you guys have a night to practice that stuff?!" (I don't usually get into these games enough to hit hard). I responded with "yeah, tonight, thursday and if at all possible saturday". I think she took it as a jab at thier vb skills, which it wasn't it was simply a statement of I'm always trying to play and practice.

In a subsequent play an apponent had blocked a ball at the tape and it floored while one of my teamates just looked at it, thinking there was 4 hits. All I did was ask the opponent if he had in fact touched the ball. Well the women I was talking about earlier got all wound up as if I was trying to call some kind of rule and threw us the ball back and snipped "just take it, if you're going to call rules". I tried to explain what was going on but she was being indignant.

At the end of her game she picked up her stuff and stormed out, they havne't seen her on the court since.

I don't know if that was dramatic enough or not, but I figured I'd share it.

mrwabam · 02-26-2006, 07:51 PM

I played in an Open tournament in Chicago this past summer. During the finals against a team from atlanta we shut down one of their outside hitters. He was pretty angry, kicking the ball after being blocked etc... Anyways, he got called in the net while blocking and he started yelling at the up ref. Got yellow carded, kicked the ref stand, got red carded and ejected from the match... The guy then picked up a chair and started going after the ref.

It was rediculous, cops were called. That was prolly the worst drama I've seen.

Hrm... another story happened at regionals here in NE last year, one of the players didn't like the calls of the ref so he hit a ball (full force) at the up-ref almost knocking him off the stand. Was pretty dumb thing to do. Guy recieved a suspension for this season.

Service · 02-26-2006, 09:01 PM

Drama, wow who knew

Heres my story:

The scenario: Occasional indoors 6's, Open Gym.

The location: Quincy MA

Heres the story,

There is a guy (lets call him "Bob") that always plays in the gym I mentioned above who likes to tell everyone what there doing wrong. Well Bob is heavier set and not the best of players, but not the issue. A few weeks ago Bob decided to bring down a few additional players who were clearly college level or better. Bob was trying to make himself feel younger.

The problem started when these new players were deliberately slamming our setter. After the third attack we noticed that there was an inside joke occurring. Well the story goes that our setter asked them to stop hitting ten because the blocking was weak that rotation. The other team said "If you can handle it leave". Now our settle is the nicest person you'd every want to meet, however on the next middle hit he went up to block with the intention of kicking the hitter in the gonads.

BANG!

There was a long argument, my settler never raised his voice and repeatedly said he was sorry. At dinner that night he told me that he kick Bob's friend so hard the guy probably will have to go through puberty again!

Bob and his friends are no longer allowed to play in the gym any more.

and can you believe no one wants to block our setter any more

mycena · 02-27-2006, 11:38 AM

Oh my gosh this stuff is hilarious. Everyone really needs to think of some more funny stories. I don't have too many stories but there are definitely a few people at the league I play in who are constantly unhappy with calls and act like idiots about it. Funny how now of those are playing this season....

Air Diney · 02-27-2006, 05:42 PM

Well,

The only thing I can say about drama, which it isn't really drama, but I guess it is for some people!

Is that when we were playing volleyball, there is one fellow who likes to "coach" us when he played on our team. Well, sometimes he gets a little too much into coaching, and sometimes snaps when someone doesn't get a ball.

Well, you have to know me a little bit. I am never one to ever snap, very calm, never get into a fight kinda person.

For some reason, this guy was just getting to me, and I snapped and even yelled.

Of course, for some people, they wouldn't think anything of this, because my yelling isn't really anything too huge, but of course, all my teammates know me very well, and all started laughing at me when I was getting upset, mearly because they have NEVER seen me actually get anywhere near this upset before.

After the fact, we all laughed about it, because it was funny to see me in a totally different way. I guess some things just get to you sometimes!

VolleyChick · 03-01-2006, 01:08 AM

OMG Air Diney, your post describes my monday night. We have a girl on our fours team that constantly makes totally unconstructive negative comments to people when they mess up, usually overstating the obvious - like the person doesn't know they just screwed up? Most of the time I just let it roll off, occasionally I'll look her straight in the eye and say - that was my plan, I intentionally did blah blah - she still doesn't get it. So monday after she set the weak side hitter 3 times in a row resulting in points for the other team, I moved in to set to switch things up. Well, I missed a block, thought it was going one way, went the other, couldn't get there, such is life sometimes. Call a timeout and as we're walking together to talk she says - are you going to block? You know you need to block. I sorta snapped, said do YOU want to set? Cause I'm sure you would have blocked her - as if - I don't think she had ONE block the entire night. I think I kind of scared the crap out of her & I'm sure I looked like a crazed lunatic when I said it : p She just pushed me to edge with her constant negative comments the entire night, I can only take so much of it. I will never understand people like that or why other players let them get away with it. Of course since I'm not normally a biotch I emailed her today and I think we cleared things up, but I think even the most zen player reaches a boiling point sometimes and has to let it out!

wsuweaver · **Story from the Great Northwest -** 03-01-2006, 02:57 PM

Hey there v-ballers. I had a story I though you migh enjoy from a slightly different perspective here in the Northwest. I am not the "zen" player by any means. Very loud, emotional, "hat to lose" kind of guy. I do however try and make sure no one else feels bad though. One thing unique perhaps to the Northwest where I have played over the last 15 years or so (Idaho, Washington, Oregon) is the total lack of respect female players have for the male players since we have zero highschool and almost no collegiate men's play at all, some club but that is it. This is by far my HUGEST hot-button,as I have commited a LOT of time and energy in improving my game and organizing leagues and tournaments for others to do the same. As an undergrad in a small Oregon private college I had a chance to play pick-up with the varsity ladies there on a women's/coed net. I am a setter by trade but still can hit pretty well on a men's net (played collegiate club) and for sure can bang on a lowered net. Despite this fact the ladies completely ignored me for the first hour, no sets, no play, no nothing. This came to head as the star of that years team, a tall middle with a HUGE ego decided to point out that I was for the most part a "waste of space" for my squad. In response I asked for a middle 2 on the next ball, she went up and I proceeded to hit a ball close to the 10-foot line directly over her block. The look on her face was priceless!! It only got better as the next 2 plays resulted in almost replays. At the end of the series I calmly told her "I think that was over you" to which she called LOUDLY for the next set on her side. The next 2 sets to her resulted in me stuffing her like no other. The final straw came as we had a culminating joust at the net which resulted with her on her backside and the ball in her lap, me smiling down at her and asking "waste of space huh?". She replied with some words I would not repeat to my mother and stormed out of the game and the gym like a whirlwind. Maybe not my shining sportsmanship moment but man it felt GOOD!! Thought it was an entertaining story at some level as well. I can relte to all of the other stories posted as well, keep them coming!! Great reading.

Matt
Former WSU Men's Club Setter
Current AA/A Player in Seattle

Outta Town · 03-01-2006, 11:01 PM

WSU,
I like your story best so far. I love to see the huge ego player taken down, whether it be male or female. Those of us who are in it for the love of the game hate to be looked down upon by the big fish. There is always a larger pond with bigger fish. Some of them even lack the giant ego.

kvb · **Who's got the drama? -** 03-01-2006, 11:44 PM

Drama, drama, well, that's an awfully long list

Well, this one's a little embarassing, and I'm a little reluctant to put it on here, but for everyone's entertainment, here's a real life email I got from one of the guys about a month ago...my response is "Hit away, I dig it."

Anyway, here's his email...

"...On another front, as a friend, I want to make you aware of some boasts I've heard. After you allegedly made the comment that therr are no hard hitters in the (___xxx___) Club, (supposedly said this summer during the __yyy__ league) certain members of the club have put a hit bounty out on you. These individual will supposely make you a target on ___zzz____ nite league.

I'm sharing this with you for several reasons. First I think you're a pretty tough competitor and will feel more amused that afraid. Besides, most of them don't have that good of aim. Secondly, one of their girlfriend's is responsible for expanding some information shared in confidence that killed a potential relationship. And lastly, because I admire you for throwing this in the face of some people that have, in many ways, ignored ceratin club values and formed selective cliques.

Sometime I'll buy you a drink and we laugh at their narcissism..."

(edited slightly to protect that person's identity)