When it comes to this topic, I would like to share about volleyball, which is one of the most popular and well known of sports in the world with many people playing volleyball. The first time I became aware of this sports, was back to the days when I was in high school and specifically in 11th grade. At the part time, my high school decided to hold the competitions for individuals from different classes to join their volleyball competitions. Um, they were both competitions for male and female. However, my class the girls in my class didn’t know how to play volleyball, so we only have the boys team. Um, they were on the day of, um, the competition, there were so many people gathering to the school stadium to encourage and to cheer up for their class teams. Um, their atmosphere was so electric, especially when their teams score, um, made a score. At first, I thought that volleyball won’t wouldn’t be so interesting, so I didn’t expect much. However, through the games, I gradually understood the rules, and then I completely engrossed in the game, I was really amazed by the energy and the unwavering determination of my classmate to win the game, but sadly, we only got the 3rd place. However, I still felt very proud of my class, and we jumped for joy to celebrate the 3rd place. Oh, there I was inspired by my classmates as enthusiasm for sports and their determination when playing the games. So in the future, if I have the chance, I could definitely tick up, uh, volleyball.
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When it comes to this topic, I'd like to share about volleyball, one of the most popular and well-known sports in the world. Many people play it. I first became aware of volleyball back in high school, specifically in 11th grade. My school decided to hold competitions for individuals from different classes to join their volleyball teams. There were competitions for both males and females. However, the girls in my class didn't know how to play volleyball, so we only had a boys' team. On the day of the competition, so many people gathered at the school stadium to cheer for their class teams. The atmosphere was electric, especially when their teams scored. At first, I thought volleyball wouldn't be that interesting, so I didn't expect much. However, as I watched the games, I gradually understood the rules and became completely engrossed. I was amazed by the energy and unwavering determination of my classmates to win. Sadly, we only got third place. However, I still felt very proud of my class and we jumped for joy to celebrate. I was inspired by my classmates' enthusiasm for sports and their determination while playing. So, in the future, if I have the chance, I would definitely try out volleyball.
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