kmstein

Dear Volley Forum,

My daughter recently started on the schools volleyball team. I'd like some advice from other parents (or players, I guess) about something rather concerning.

At my daughter's first game (they won by the way!), I noticed at least two or three people in the audience who were taking pictures. Frankly, they just didn't strike me as being other parents. Now I have no idea if I'm over reacting or what, but something makes me really uncomfortable about guys being at these games taking pictures. I feel that wearing the school's proscribed uniform, my daughter is in a particularly vulnerable state. I did actually speak with someone from the school, but they said that the games are essentially open to the public and they don't currently have a policy about cameras at volleyball games. I don't know if they were basically telling me to "get over it", or if maybe I should.

Any ideas, advice, experiences?

Thanks.
Karen S.

c2nSports

Quite simply Karen... yeah, you need to get over it! First of all, those people taking photographs are most likely other parents snapping shots ofthier daughters! It is not all about your daughter out there, there are 11 other girls on the court at the same time, which means that there are quite a number of parents that you may not even know or have ever seen from the opposing team taking photos!

Second, I run a recruiting business and I am at volleyball matches all over the country with my video camera shooting film of girls playing volleyball for the parents that hired me to do so... you will no dout see MANY video cameras around the court as your daughter plays club volleyball. It is a part of the game and it will ALWAYS be there... Video recruiting is huge and it is the first thing a college coach asks a potential recruit for... a video!

If you are uncomfortable or not sure, simply ask the person taking photos, they will be very happy to tell you who they are taking pictures of! If you see a video guy and he looks suspicious, ask him, and if he can not give you some sort of credentials to his reason for being here, then simmply inform the first official you can find!

Relax, enjoy the game and watch your daughter play, I can guarantee you that there are no alterior motives for 99.9% of those taking photos. Its not like these girls are out there in bikinis!!! In 20 years around this sport, I have never run into or experienced any sort of unscrupulous activity around a volleyball court! So with all this info, think about it and, you might want to bring your own camera to the games!

Regards

C2N

Sparky

I agree with c2nSports, if your daughter is playing in the School VolleyBall team there will be people taking photos. These could be taken to put on the schools website or for other positive reasons. With most sports, if your child is playing for a school team, there will always be people taking photo's. It's just how sports work.

AmVbal

karen, I could understand why you may be uneasy about the situation. However, it does not seem likely that the people taking pictures are up to no good. I agree that the pictures are either being taken for the school or by their parents.