I have been watching a lot of volleyball on TV the past couple years. I really enjoy watching the Purdue Volleyball team, because I am all in on all things Purdue. I like the pace of volleyball a lot, it just seems to keep moving fast. I am however very grateful that I don’t actually understand anything about volleyball.
I have made the conscious decision not to learn anything about volleyball. I have proactively avoided learning anything other than the most basic of rules. I think this makes the viewing experience much more enjoyable for me. This means I can relax and watch a volleyball game without my brain trying to figure everything out about it. I approach watching volleyball with no thoughts and no preconceptions. I wish I could watch basketball like this still.
I feel like I understand just a little about basketball. That can make watching basketball infuriating. I can see the chess game being played sometimes and see how my team can win. Then my team rarely does the thing to win. This is kind of irritating to me, I don’t want to experience that kind of thing with volleyball. I want to just enjoy watching the game with volleyball.
My watching of volleyball is something I am trying to keep pure, innocent, and light. I have a proclivity to add weight to things in life. If I do anything too many times I am going to try and learn about to get better. I’ll read books about it, and listen to podcasts about it. This can be exhausting. I think its good to keep some things from becoming obsessions and pursuits of glory. I have done this with volleyball, I should do it with more things. Being an idiot about the game of volleyball seems to make watching volleyball more enjoyable. I am beyond grateful I am dumb about the game of volleyball and can just watch and enjoy it.