"Your Happiness Is My Happiness"

"Muditā (Pāli and Sanskrit: मुदिता) is a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being." 

It's an important concept; I didn't know there was a word for it. Your classmate gets accepted to their school choice or a neighbor gets a big promotion. "Fantastic. Way to go, Susie!" 

It's the antonym of the German word schadenfreude, to delight in another person's misery. "Well, the Yankees didn't make the playoffs, either."

There's another expression about envy, "drinking poison and expecting another person to die." 

When can we find mudita in volleyball? 

• A colleague or teammate has unexpected success
• A team overachieves
• A hard-working player gets a chance and succeeds
• An authority bestows an honor or award to someone we know
• An underdog triumphs

Lagniappe (something extra). A lot of solid books on this list (I've read seven of them). 

1: WOODEN: A Lifetime of Observations On and Off the Court

By John Wooden

If you buy ANY book, get this one.

This is my 2nd Bible!

I buy it for my senior players each year at graduation.

A whole bunch of life and coaching nuggets in this one! pic.twitter.com/AjdqqQizSf

— Greg Berge (@gb1121) October 29, 2023

Lagniappe 2. Become more explosive. 

 

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Lagniappe 3. Topspin