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Have you ever been put in a position where you have to argue that a sport you play is just as physically demanding as other sports? Since both volleyball and basketball require hard work, dedication, and teamwork, each have various hardships. They have opposite mechanics and contact, giving them two different outcomes and rewards. 

One of the main differences is camps. High school volleyball will usually have three in the summer. College coaches run these camps. They run these camps as if the participants are college athletes. The conditioning and faster pace activities are killer to a high school student. These camps are often a week long, six to eight hours a day . On the other hand, basketball will usually only have one camp and it will only last around 3 days. 

However, team conditioning is a different conversation. When volleyball does condition, they don’t do it alone.They do it as a team. When someone messes up, the whole team will pay the price. They will all run and do burpees. In one serving drill, all players line up on the end line serve and jog to the net and back. If someone misses, the team has to sprint back and forth until the person can get the serve over and in. So, the conditioning relies on the whole team.  

Finally we can talk about the game schedule. In basketball, they have only one game a night while volleyball will have up to three games a school night. Sometimes these games can be up to 2 hours away. Volleyball games will usually be on Tuesday and Thursday. So that is up to six games a school week. Then tournaments are almost every weekend lasting from seven am to around five pm.  

In conclusion, all sports at some point are physically demanding. All sports are different including the practices, conditioning, and time given to the sport. Instead of arguing over who does more, it should be normalized to just support each other and be humble. Society needs to understand that different things are difficult for different people.