the most realistic pack w/ me for a travel volleyball tournament

time pack hey everyone i'm back with

another video

obviously tomorrow i leave for a

volleyball tournament in spokane

washington and while it's not

necessarily the farthest tournament i've

ever been to i wanted to show what i

pack

when i have to go on a travel tournament

i

pack the same way every single time and

i'll give you my hacks my tips and

tricks maybe if you're new to a

volleyball or you want some extra

special tips from someone who's been

playing for

seven years i can give those to you you

might be wondering sophie why do you

have two suitcases you're going for a

weekend well immediately after my

tournament i leave to mexico with my mom

so my bigger suitcase is for mexico

and i'm gonna start putting some items

in that because believe it or not

spokane washington weather and mexico

weather don't really overlap so mostly

swimsuits shorts skirts

all that kind of stuff is gonna go in

there and then my volleyball tournament

stuff is gonna go in here please ignore

like

the stuff around my room it's been a

long week

i would also like to add if i look

ratchet um

it's been a long day and like i said

it's been a long long week so

no judgment please where to

start here's my spokane packing list i

wrote out some of the stuff that i

usually always take

and we'll go from there

first thing i always do is i start with

my volleyball stuff i always start with

the jerseys the shorts because if my

entire suitcase got lost or i forgot my

socks and all of my clothes to go out

and eat dinner worst case scenario i

need to be able to play the number one

priority is playing volleyball who cares

if i don't have a cute outfit for our

team dinner i always pack my jerseys all

that kind of stuff first i also always

take my backpack as a carry-on this is

my club backpack i have like a bunch of

tags and things on it and i don't want

to be separated from it i'm not checking

this bag my jerseys will stay with me

this tournament we're not traveling as a

team but having your backpack with you

is also really helpful for your coach to

be able to identify

like

what players are with them at what time

you might be thinking sophie why are you

flying to spokane well if you know the

geography of washington you might think

i'm a little crazy which that's fair

honestly but my parents didn't want to

drive we don't really have time to drive

so i'm leaving at 11 30 a.m tomorrow for

a flight which is honestly more of a

hassle than driving in some aspects so

oh well

oh well

it's happening so

okay

let's

pack the important things

jersey one

two

and

three and then i have

shorts one

two

and three i have an extra pair so i'll

just decide which ones not to take

and then i have socks one

two and three sports bras i have one two

and three they're all the same i really

like these lululemon cross back ones

they have this like x in the back that i

really like these are the most

comfortable ones that i've found but if

you want them i would size up because i

wear like a six or an eight in these and

i have small boobies i always bring a

light one for the white jersey and then

i'll bring a dark one like a black one

to match the jersey and then i have this

one which is kind of this funny barf

yellow color but it's the only other one

that i have clean right now so i'm just

gonna pack it who cares it goes under a

colored jersey i just have the shorts

that they give us for the season and

then i need my warm-ups let me go find

that

i got the wrong size so i have to try on

which one i think is going to be better

i wasn't able to make it to our tryouts

so

i have weird sizes let me i just have to

try this on i'll probably do that later

i don't really want to deal with that

right now i'm just gonna roll all of

this up and put it in my bag and then

we'll move on from there

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i know my injured athlete day in the

life video has not

gone up yet at this point but it'll be

up when you see this video and you might

be like oh sophie you must be healed now

um you would be wrong i got an x-ray

yesterday and an mri today and they

found nothing in the x-ray or the mri

which means my back muscles are just

still really messed up we got an mri

because it's been a full month and i'm

still feeling pain when i play and i

don't really know what to do about it so

there's a possibility i'll play this

weekend

i honestly don't know how much i will be

playing but i have to pack for it just

in case by some miracle i feel better

please send positive vibes to my back

because

she's not doing so well i'm also

representing illinois today except this

says illinois basketball

because it's a cute like vintage

sweatshirt i didn't where did i buy it

like poshmark i don't know it's like

vintage or something

i think it's cute i also have flare

navy leggings on and these like matching

orange jordan ones i'm just kind of

proud of the color coordination today

it's not my most revolutionary outfit i

had a chiropractor appointment on top of

the mri and i went to practice tonight

even though i didn't play so i had to be

kind of comfy cozy movable now i'm just

gonna like check them off because i put

them in my bag check this is so

obnoxious

i just need to like find a use for this

ipad

here's my solution next order of

business is hair products because hair

is such an important part for playing

volleyball in my humble opinion i gel my

hair back and i use hairspray sometimes

too to just like get all the baby hairs

i have naturally pretty curly hair it's

not like really really curly but there

are definitely flyaways so i like to

just

like slick it all back and the hair is a

very important step to me so something

like forgetting hairspray would be very

bad not quite as bad as for getting a

jersey but

we're getting close to it

so for hair uh i need a hair brush i use

this like wet brush i don't know it's

just a random hair brush and then this

is my secret weapon it is what slicks

the hair back the best i love it it's

this random like conair it's like

plastic but it's supposed to resemble a

boar hair brush and obsess with it use

it every single day

for ponytails next thing is gel this is

a random gel i found this one at this

pharmacy that's close to my house that's

like this essential oil mom pharmacy

that just doesn't have any regular

normal people products it has weird

organic stuff like this so i i don't

know what to tell you this is what i use

i would love new recommendations though

for hairspray i usually also bring a

hairspray this is one that i like it's

the sexy hair big spray and stay but

i don't know if i want to bring this

whole thing well i can't oh

i don't think i can bring this either

because i'm carrying stuff on

i do have a travel sized hairspray so i

guess we'll bring that because they

can't bring that so great what's the

yeah this is way too many ounces

i will have to find a container to put

this in that's unfortunate okay one of

my favorite tournament hair hairstyles

lately has been like the bubble braid

ponytail so i'm gonna bring some of

these like little clear hair tie elastic

things to kind of separate

the bubbles do you know what i'm talking

about i'm just gonna sound crazy when i

watch this back anyways i use these for

that where are my hair ties i'm also

like oddly particular about the hair

ties that i use if they're like the

wrong amount of elasticity i get upset

that was my shoes

anyways when i bring the hair ties i

usually just wrap it around one of the

ends of my brushes so i don't lose it

it's all in one spot i usually bring

like four to five hair ties which really

matter to me the more the better and

someone always forgets one so might as

well be the person to loan one to other

people all right well that's it for hair

because of our dear friend the

coronavirus i'm gonna bring some of

these clorox wipes and i have hand

sanitizer in here already so we're good

to go for that category i always bring a

pair of slides whether that's like

birkenstocks they give us these like

adidas slides but they're not my

favorite they're kind of big my favorite

thing to wear are crocs because of the

strap because i could run in them in

sport mode these are really gross um

i've had these for probably like like

six years um but i like them a lot six

years is actually probably an

exaggeration i think i've only had these

for like four still a long time and

honestly i need new ones

yeah

i'm filming packing

so

the one issue with these is they're kind

of big well we'll fit them in the

suitcase somewhere another thing i

always do is triple quadruple check the

volleyball gear that i have in this bag

i forgot to do that so i double triple

check that i have both ankle braces and

not just one these are really gross

i'm kind of embarrassed of some of my

volleyball gear right now

i haven't washed it in a while those

ankle braces are on their last life i

ordered new ones but i think supply

chain has just been a disaster i also

double triple check out my shoes that

reminds me i think i'm gonna replace

these shoes i'm gonna bring the other

pair of shoes i'm cruel to my volleyball

sneakers this should be

categorized as

abuse to shoes it's actually disgusting

do you see the yellowing on that sole

this lace is broken and i've tied it

back together three times just know that

i use my shoes till their last life like

these are not getting donated these are

going straight in the garbage and then i

make sure i have my knee pads these are

the new club shoes for this year i run

through shoes every like three months

i'll just zip this up for now there's

still other stuff that has to go in here

because it's my carry-on but well i mean

that's also my carry-on but this one's

the backpack the next thing is like a

comfy outfit after you're playing

because i could not tell you the amount

of times that i've brought only like not

necessarily like fashionable but just

like jeans and i haven't brought a pair

of sweats that i actually like because

no offense to my club but our warm-ups

are not that comfortable like i wouldn't

lounge around in them in the hotel i

would however lounge around in something

like this and the amount of downtime you

have at the hotel is sometimes more

surprising it just depends on the

tournament no matter how hot it is where

you're going a pair of sweats is

essential for the house like florida you

still have to have the sweats especially

because of the air conditioning now it's

time to pack a outfit for dinner so one

of the nights we have a team dinner on

saturday and then other than that i like

to go to dinner with my mom since we're

not like staying with the team the whole

time there are going to be times where

i'm going to go to dinner with my mom

and i probably don't want to wear sweats

now as someone who's a chronic over

packer and as someone who likes to look

cute i really struggle with packing more

stylish

outfits for tournaments because i don't

want to bring more than one pair of

sneakers and i want to kind of just have

one outfit that i can wear multiple

different ways my trick is to first of

all pick that pair of sneakers this time

i'm going with these ones they're kind

of dirty don't mind that i'm really

annoyed by this this one part of the

shoe is suede and i don't know what

happened but there's dirt on it i'm

gonna wear these shoes i think these are

air max 200's i will pick out like a

pair of jeans that'll go with everything

and then i'll bring one or two tops that

go with it so i'm gonna bring this one

it's just a babbaton top that matches

the blue on the shoe i'm also gonna

bring this pink one it's from imgia and

it matches like the pink part on this

part of the shoe for the flight back i

always like to pack a clean outfit or

the plane ride home that i just haven't

worn yet because after a long tournament

i don't want to wear stinky clothes that

i already wore so i'm gonna wear this

like little lemon blue top that matches

the shoes and then just black leggings

because that's what i have that's what

i'm gonna wear so i'll pack this

next thing is pjs i just have these

pajama shorts i'm gonna pack and then

i'll bring like two t-shirts i have

these ones i'm also just gonna throw in

this really cozy pajama top i might wear

this on the plane tomorrow oh don't

don't mind this um that's my poof which

you would not even be able to tell and

any clean clothes from the week that i'm

too lazy to hang up i dump on that chair

that's like my

trash drawer but it's in the middle of

my room on display for everyone to see

it but all those clothes are clean so

like it's not gross because it's gonna

be cold in spokane i also think about

what jacket i would need to wear i'm

gonna go with this one for my jacket of

choice this doesn't matter this is a

formality but i'm someone who just likes

to pack cute outfits

because i'm annoying or outfits that i

find cute so because i'm annoying and i

feel good when i dress well

i feel like you're gonna make fun of me

for the amount of clothing i'm bringing

for such a short amount of time that's

not their problem

now for accessories i'm not gonna be

wearing that much jewelry but if i do

wanna wear it with one of my outfits

what i will do is just wear the jewelry

that i want to bring on the plane and so

i don't even have to worry about packing

it next thing is toiletries and like

makeup skin care whatever so i'm gonna

go pack that

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here's the tracksuit my entire team is

practically over 510. so like

what are we doing here i feel like large

is the best option here it's 110 way

better than the medium i i can work with

this i feel like

okay look at the hood though look at the

hood

like adidas what are we doing here i

would just like to know the thought

process behind the shape

it's getting very much soccer player i'm

not trying this is becoming an adidas

hate account but i'm not

i'm just not a big fan

of this like egg shape we got going on

here i need to stop messing with this

and pack it it's currently 11 17 p.m and

i am running a bath because my back

hurts like a

i don't really know what to do about it

and i'm gonna run a hot epson salt bath

because apparently that's like part of

my personality now if you ever hear like

trickling noises in the background it's

my fish tank

yeah

you need a tank clean don't you i tidied

up my room a little bit see the poof you

can actually see it there's nothing on

it so i put all my clothes away the last

couple things that still need to be

packed are chargers electronics and

things like that i have my chargers in

this little like zipper pouch i'm also

bringing my bands i have this one and

then i have an armband that i currently

can't find so that's a little

problematic because i need it for my

physical therapy exercises but i left it

at our club facility so

and then i'm also bringing my arm sleeve

which is like a compression sleeve that

helps with my elbow i had an elbow

injury last year at this same time so i

wear that i do have a little bit of

homework to finish up for the one class

that i am going to tomorrow before our

flight okay my bath is almost ready so

i'm gonna end off the video here this

video is definitely more niche than some

of my other ones it's definitely geared

towards my volleyball audience i hope

this helped or if not helped give you

some ideas for just like your packing

and how i've been doing it this is what

works for me and i think it's pretty

much foolproof i always pack the night

before because there isn't like an easy

time to do it during the school week and

with how much traveling my team usually

does it's go go go this year we aren't

traveling as much covid has made it

really hard the amount of tournaments

that have really good competition are

pretty far away and flights are really

expensive right now at the moment we

only have like a couple out of state

travel tournaments but i definitely want

to record them for you and show that i'm

sophie i'm a senior in high school i

live in seattle washington i'm a huge

competitive volleyball player i'm

committed to play at the university of

illinois this year and i'm just trying

to live out my senior year to the best

of my abilities this is my visual diary

i record my life and i'd love for you to

join that's all i have for tonight so

i'm gonna take my bath and hopefully it

makes my back feel better

oh my god i'm really having issues so

that's it from me i don't really have

anything else to say i'll see you in my

next video but until then

bye

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[Applause]

this was not the most flattering

video

i'm gonna be stunting on them

when i'm on the bench

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