It's because of the work ethic and I would say every single girl on our team right now has that work ethic because that's what it takes to get to a national championship program as a collegiate beach volleyball player , we practice six times a week , we're in the gym , lifting or conditioning five times a week and that has stayed consistent through off season . And while right now , we're getting into our season just because we take preparation super seriously and want to make sure that we're at the top of our game . And I think that there are also ways that you can get better outside the volleyball court too , whether that's watching film , eating right , sleeping , right , stretching every night .
It was super rough . Like the first two weeks learning how to balance and manage . But the number one thing I do every week is I make a list of all the assignments I know I have to do and then I'll schedule them out in my calendar hour by hour .
I had indoor volleyball practice after school and then I would go straight from indoor practice to beach practice , which meant I was playing volleyball for like , 4 to 5 hours straight every single day . Plus trying to keep , keep up in the weight room and with conditioning . Um , and , you know , and to play beach volleyball in Texas , sometimes you have to drive a little bit to go to the best places .
I like , I realized it's gonna take a lot for me to reach the goals that I want to reach . So that would look like waking up super early in the morning and going to work out with my mom at a gym and then going to volleyball practice after school and then going to another workout after that . And it just took a lot of commitment and drive to get here .
That the coaches can't talk to you until June 15th after your sophomore year . But I would say the recruiting process actually starts like a few years before that because you kind of have to kick start it with reaching out to the coaches yourself , emailing them cutting up your film . Um , so I would spend about two hours of my weekends cutting up film and making videos to send to the coaches .
