If you have ever played volleyball you know the best part is playing the net and spiking the ball for a point. Oh, the thrill when your team sets the ball up to you and then you spike the ball high and fast over the net and make a point and the crowd goes crazy!
Did you catch that? ...when the team sets up the ball for the spike. The spike may be the most exciting part but it took a team to get it there. A successful volleyball team receives the ball, then quickly volleys it around to finally get the ball set up to the person on the net for a spike. BAM! The most important player in a successful team, is the team. Let's say your a back field player and you get the ball, you don't spike it from the back do you?. You volley it forward to the next team player. That person looks around and volleys the ball strategically to the next team player who can then volley to the net for a spike.
It would be real easy to be a back field player and think why did the net person get to spike the ball that I received. You may ask yourself why does the net person always get to spike? Whoever receives the ball from the opponent should just spike it and make the point, right? That would not be team work and volleyball is meant to be a team sport. Otherwise there would just be a net person playing all the time.
Team work is just that...working as a team. Some receive the volley, some volley it up front, and some spike the ball. The goal is to make points as a team and win. Now apply it to your team at work. Maybe you create an idea, its gets volleyed around, and the boss spikes it for a win. Should you complain that is was your idea in the first place so you should have the spike, or do you compliment the team for the win and high five the player that spiked the ball? Successful and healthy teams always do the later.
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