Basketball vs. Volleyball

    I remember my first ever JV basketball game with my favorite coach.  We went into triple overtime and won!  Basketball and volleyball are both enjoyable sports, but there are a ton of things that make them alike and different. 
    Basketball and volleyball are two very popular sports.  They can both be played by either gender.  They both involve a round ball that is like a head size or larger.  Both are played in a square/rectangle shaped court.  These also involve being on a team, so you must work together to win.
    While they have a couple similarities, there is also very many differences.  When you play volleyball there is a net between you and the other team.  While in basketball you are right up next to the team and colliding with them so it is quite a physical sport.  The only net in basketball happens to be the one you want the basketball to go into, but in volleyball you want to keep the ball from going into the net.
    On the basketball court you can make new friends with the other team.  They are usually very friendly.  While during volleyball if you try to talk to the other team, they are very rude and will mouth off to you or just laugh and talk bad about you to their other teammates.  I would have to say that you can ask a bunch of people and a majority will agree that volleyball players tend to be cocky snobs compared to basketball players.
    Volleyball is for people that just want to be involved in a sport to look sporty.  You don’t really do much.  There is barely any running, the most you do is jump to hit and block.  Basketball is really intense though.  You are constantly running up and down this court, which happens to be much bigger than a volleyball court so that makes it even harder.  You have to be jumping and pushing to get a rebound .  Basketball involves needing to have toned arms and legs so that you can not get pushed around as much.  Volleyball people could use some more muscle sometimes, but usually girls don’t take it seriously enough and don’t try to get better.
    Volleyball may cause bruising on your knees, elbows, and hips from falling to dive.  You don’t get pushed around though, so the bruises aren’t too bad.  Basketball makes you work and push for the ball.  You will get knocked down by huge girls and beat up out there.  You will have bruises everywhere from being pushed around and hit.  During a volleyball game you also barely sweat.  You are never constantly running, so it is not too much work to do out there.  As for a basketball game though, you are just literally dripping sweat.  You will also have to touch the other sweaty girls.  So you have to be tough enough to not care what you look like, this is not for “girlie” girls.
    Now we will talk about the differences in uniforms.  For volleyball you have to wear spandex shorts.  It is comfortable slightly, but sometimes it is just not cool having to wear that in front of people.  Now for basketball, on the other hand, you get to wear loose and baggy shorts.  Overall the basketball uniform is more comfortable.
    It seems that basketball players become more popular and famous compared to volleyball players.  It is more exciting to watch basketball, because of all its action.  It is just very entertaining, in general.  Volleyball is also nice to watch; it is just that you don’t get as much pushing and injury.
    That is just a few things about the comparing and contrasting of these two amazing sports.  Basketball is more of a hard and intense sport compared to volleyball.  Both are still great and fun sports that boys and girls can enjoy.