Yeah , but moving on , um I know you two have aspirations of playing overseas eventually . Um One thing that has helped you guys is like the USA volleyball pipeline . Um I just want to get your thoughts on how it is being in the USA , like gym in the summers .
It's either basketball or volleyball , but I just wasn't very good at basketball . So volleyball is the next option . And I had a couple siblings who played , but just like to be able to get to UCL A and play volleyball was um the second dream I had so ended up working out .
Yeah , it just really puts stuff into perspective when you leave . And I think for me just playing with USA has given me a lot of confidence and I think being able to play against or play on teams with guys who are older than me or a lot older than me or just have more experience and have been playing volleyball longer than me . I think it's just helped me know that I'm able to , you know , keep up in certain situations .
Um For me personally , I'm actually from Dallas , Texas and back home for men's volleyball , at least Texas isn't um too much of a sport . Um , at least for men's , but , you know , women's volleyball is definitely a big thing . So my mom actually played at Texas Tech and when I was born , she was coaching different club teams and high school teams and things like that .
I was like one of the only ones and then it kind of just grew as we got older and I actually had to , like , go to Columbus , Ohio to play club volleyball , like , 3.5 hours away . Um , in order to get , like , more competitive volleyball . Yeah , I kind of had a similar situation .
