It's not about winning or losing, but what do you think about this?

Yesterday, I conducted training for first and second-year students.
The first-year students spent the morning in the classroom reflecting, and in the afternoon, they held a volleyball tournament in the gymnasium.
So, I spent the day with the first-year students.
The students, gathered together for the first time in a while, were full of energy.
Feeling this liveliness and intensity made me think once again that being young is great lol

Anyway, the afternoon volleyball tournament consisted of a preliminary league and a final tournament, and the faculty team (faculty and supporting upperclassmen) was scheduled to join from the semifinals.
I've always liked volleyball and I love Haikyuu, so I was secretly excited to participate lol

What often happens in these situations is a gap between your mental image and your physical movements, leading to injuries.
Although I've put on too much weight in the last year or two and feel like my body isn't my own, I was confident that I could move quite well thanks to the core training I've been doing for the past 3-4 months.
That said, I also had the thought to take it easy so I wouldn't get injured by trying too hard.

But once I started, a certain switch flipped, and I ended up giving it my all lol
Since I'm fairly dexterous, I was able to play normally without holding the team back.
The students even told me, "You're good!" and "Your movements are so young!" which made me smile inwardly while I seriously enjoyed myself.

Although we narrowly lost in the semifinals, we won the third-place match.
Including the exhibition match, I played three sets, and I was pretty tired lol

Up to this point, it feels like I overcame my age.

However, there was actually something wrong from halfway through.
My left palm, around the base of my thumb, felt somewhat painful.
I wondered what it was, but it didn't hurt that much while I was playing, so I continued without worrying about it.
However, after the awards ceremony and such were over and I was relaxing in the break room, the pain gradually intensified, and I had a bad feeling.

I immediately started icing it, and on the way home, I decided to go to a nearby orthopedic clinic just in case. It wasn't bruised and wasn't that swollen, so I thought it was probably fine, but I also wanted a diagnosis that it was okay if it was indeed okay.

As a result, there was no abnormality in the bones, and it was just a bruise and a sprain, so I was relieved.
However, there was something that annoyed me a little during the examination.
When I explained the reason for the injury,
"I think I hurt it when I landed on my hand after a flying receive. I've gained a bit of weight, you see."
I said, and for some reason, the doctor replied,
"You *intended* to do a flying receive, you mean."
I thought, 'Huh?' and reflexively retorted,
"No, I definitely did a flying receive!" lol

Then the doctor laughed.

So, as it turned out, it didn't become a major issue, but I did end up with a minor injury.

If I hadn't pushed myself, this wouldn't have happened.
But it happened because I was able to push myself.
If I had done it easily without pushing myself, this wouldn't have happened.

It's not like I couldn't do it at all and got injured because my movements were bad.
I was able to do things that seemed impossible for my age with ease.
Nevertheless, as a result, I hurt myself a little.

There is an expression, "You can't fight the passing of years."
I wonder about that in this case?
Personally, it feels somewhat ambiguous.

However, I think I was able to give a positive impression to the students who don't know the second half of the story.
At least until they read this article lol