Larry and the Gang

You could hear the clamor from all over the neighborhood. Larry and his gang were in the pool playing volleyball again. This is a daily ritual and they are obsessive about it. Linda and I jumped the fence and joined in the fun. Larry's pool is good for 4X4 teams, any more people and it gets a bit crowded. They play VB like you would think older folks would play. Carries, tosses, redo's on serves, this is not your Olympic caliber play. In fact if you set someone you better bounce it off their head over the net because that would work best.

Linda had a few problems to day. First off every time she jumped her swimsuit bottom would fall off. I can understand her side of it, but being that she was the only female in the pool, and a mighty fine looker at that, she should have used those cute little BAs as part of her strategy. That bit of distraction may have helped her team quite a bit. I know it would have helped build our standing in the VB community.

The second problem was that she wanted to play as a team. She would bump set to the middle, only to see the ball drop in front of one of the boys. I could tell she was a bit frustrated because normal VBers would have used the sets to their advantage. In this game I found out very quickly that the best way to play is every man or woman for them self. The ball comes your way; you send it back, ASAP. Don't rely on sets, because all they do is surprise the rest of your team.

The third problem was that she was on Arts side. Art is one of the regulars who live over at Larry's. He does not like to lose and he will do anything to win. He is nice enough about it, but you know the type. We played three games right off and Larry and my team won them all. Art was not happy, but controlled. Linda and I were going to leave but Art wanted to play some more. Then as we played on, our team lost a couple close ones. Art was a bit happier. In the final game we lost and Art was back to normal. I am glad for Linda they won and I am glad for everyone over there that Art won.

After volleyball we returned to the house to sun and relax. Pool volleyball can really take it out of you!