Meet Madison, The Volleyball Addict 🏐🙋‍♀️ #stereotypes #highschool #usa #volleyball #volleyballaddict

This is Madison, the volleyball addict. She doesn't wake up to an alarm. She wakes up because her knees remind her she played last night. Before even brushing her teeth, she does 50 quick passes against the wall and stretches her shoulders in front of the mirror, quietly saying, "Game speed always." Her mom yells from the kitchen that she's going to miss the bus. Madison says she just needs one quick stretch. That stretch turns into a warm-up routine next to her bed. At breakfast, she doesn't really sit. Her knees are bent. Her weight forward, like she's waiting for a pass. Her dad asks if she's nervous about school. Madison says no. She's thinking about her vertical. In the hallway, she walks like she's entering a tournament. When someone drops their books, her hands twitch. She yells, "Mine!" and dives forward to save them like it's match point. In class, Madison practices toss angles with a crumpled paper ball. The teacher calls her name. Madison looks up, nods, and keeps going. After school, she's already in the gym. Coach isn't there yet. Madison is. Adjusting her knee pads and replaying mistakes in her head. That night, she takes a mirror selfie. Knee pads still on, hair messy, phone up with the caption, "Just a light practice." And tomorrow, she'll still be Madison, the volleyball addict.