If you know the game of volleyball, you will understand. If not, let me give you a little bit of info. In volleyball, once the ball hits the floor, the point is over~ won or lost. It is the goal of the players to keep the ball from hitting the floor on their side of the court...and of course, hitting the ball to the floor on their opponents side. Got it? Now.... If the ball is going down and the player cannot get to it in time to pass it or hit it....it is possible to lay a hand on the floor and allow the ball to hit the top of the hand and bounce up to be set or hit back over the net by another player. That is called a "Pancake!" Any time someone gets a pancake...it is a big deal.
This weekend in Emily's tournament, she got 2!
What a thrill!
The first (above) I caught on my camera, thanks to a photog volleyball Mom who adjusted the settings on my camera! Yay! The pic shows the ball on it's way back up after it bounced off of her hand.
And the second one, we captured on video.
The video is of the entire game...so to see the pancake, skip to 9:00 seconds...and watch until 9:17.
If anyone can send me the link to instructions for posting only a portion of a video, that would be awesome!
Did you see it? Super fun, right? Thanks for letting me brag a little.
Happy Tuesday and enjoy your week!
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Pretty cool!
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Great shots and way to go Emily!
ReplyDeleteShe made that look so easy. Volleyball scholarship?
ReplyDeleteGreat shot! You will have to share your camera settings. Sports/action shots are hard to get, and you nailed this one.
ReplyDeletenice shot...i like the way you took the photos.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought coming to this post & seeing the first picture was 'Oh, Jen must be on a volleyball league." But then I read a little further & gathered that this is your daughter's team. But, that seemed strange to me too, because you can't possibly have a daughter as old as the girls on the team, can you?
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the pancakes! Silly me I thought you had breakfast for dinner tonight too:) Awesome shot by the way, great capture of your daughter in action. Thanks for following us at June Makes Six.
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Eldest and I sat and watched several minutes of the game. "Impressive" was what she said when she saw the pancake. We also noticed your girls don't wear knee high socks. It looks so different. The girls use the socks to wipe off their shoes here. You don't see a V-ball player without them. Thanks for the clip it was fun to watch.
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That is impressive! I love volleyball, and that move was just awesome- I know I could never do that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog! Loving yours so far. Your kids are beautiful, and can't wait to see where your photography goes.. I even signed up for those e-mails, thanks for sharing!
I never knew that's what it was called! Way to go Emily! And way to go mom capturing it in your picture!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! I never knew about "pancakes" before. What program do you use to watch your videos on your computer? I use Picasa and it's very easy to shorten the video. Even if you use your default on your computer (I have Windows Movie Maker), it's easy. Anyway, email me and let me know what you use and I can tell you how to clip it.
ReplyDeleteVery very cool Jen. Awesome that you have the pic (blow that baby up!) and the video of it, too!! hugs, cathy
ReplyDeletei'm catching up over here ... that photo is amazing capturing the "pancake" moment - nice job!!
ReplyDeleteGo Emily! I'm seeing a volleyball scholarship in her future! I sure wish you guys were coming back to our neck of the woods. I want to see her play!
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