Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Something New 4 CHAPTER 2 The First Practice 6 CHAPTER 3 Learning the Skills 12 CHAPTER 4 Working as a Team 18 CHAPTER 5 The Big Game 24 Glossary 28 What Did You Learn 29 For More Information 30 Index 32 Words in bold type are defined in the glossary
Something New Trisha and Sabah are best friends They hang out together They do their homework together They walk to school together They do almost everything together except for one thing Trisha is on the volleyball team and Sabah doesn’t know anything about volleyball Sometimes Trisha invites Sabah to come to volleyball practice Trisha is good friends with the other members of her team But Sabah always says no 4 CHAPTER 1
FUN FACT Volleyball was invented by a man named William G Morgan way back in 1895 It was originally called Mintonette Sometimes Sabah is afraid to try things she has never tried before What if she messes up in front of Trisha’s friends What if she makes a mistake because she doesn’t know the rules It’s no big deal Trisha says one day When I first started playing I made lots of mistakes But now I love it Sabah thinks about it one more time OK fine Sabah says I’ll try it But just this once Yes says Trisha This is going to be great 5
