8 SportsUnion | OCTOBER 19, 2018
high school
Volleyball
Sometimes you just need to do whatever the team asks of you. It
may not be the natural position or the right position, but when the
team comes calling it’s important to be a team player.
By Matt Ondesko Managing Editor
It can be tough at times.
A coach may move you
form your natural po-
sition. The transition
might not be an easy one
at times. Frustration can
easily set in as the player
is finding his or her way.
Once they do become ac-
quainted with their new
surroundings watch out.
West Seneca West High
School volleyball player
Nichols Pozzuto knows
Upward
path
all too well what it’s like
to change position. A nat-
ural libero, Pozzuto was
asked to move to the out-
side to help the Indians
become a complete team.
At first the transition
wasn’t an easy one and
doubt set in. Now, it looks
like Pozzuto has been
playing the position for-
ever.
“Playing outside hitter
has definitely been tough
on me because my natu-
ral position is libero so I
don’t feel as comfortable
at the outside, but I am al-
ways ready to do whatev-
er the team needs to score
points and win matches,”
stated Pozzuto. “I feel that
good passing is definite-
ly the key to being a solid
outside hitter and having
good chemistry with a set-
ter to lock in on timing.
Also being thrown into
outside as a smaller out-
side when I was a sopho-
more taught me to have
a wide toolbox and find
shots that score points.”
If you know anything
about West Seneca West
volleyball is that they
have a great tradition. Nu-
merous players have gone
on to play at the Division
I level and beyond. As a
younger player Pozzu-
to was able to learn from
some of the best.
He was able to pick the
brain of soon to be Divi-
sion I players - that isn’t
the case at a lot of high
schools in Wester New
York. At West, however,
it’s different. So are play-
ing for a schools that has
high expectations every
year.
When a program is built
on success that program
expects success year in
and year out. It’s up to the
played to buy into that
success or get swallowed
up by it. Living up to ex-
pectations isn’t not an
easy thing.