Bikini Kill

PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AMAN DA VILLANUEVA HITS THE BIG POINTS WHETHER ON COURT OR BY THE BEACH

- Chise Alcantara

So you watch volleyball—maybe for reasons other than the sport itself. We get it. The women are such a joy to watch.

Nothing against the men’s volleyball team—they pack dynamite in their jumps and their kills, but… there’s the women’s volleyball team.

When these women do battle, you know that they own the court. Don’t you just love it when they fix their hair before the ball is served? Or how, whenever they score a point, they cry out in glee as high fives are given, the same glee that they express when, say, they see their bffs. It hurts to see them skid on the floor only to miss the ball, but you can’t help but think it’s badass, too.

It’s all right to admit that you barely understand what’s happening during a game; but when you get to watch these women in action, you can’t help but be invested in what they’re doing. That is why it helps that professional volleyball player and former Adamson Falcon Amanda Villanueva was able to talk about some game rudiments as we prepared for, not a game, but an FHM photo shoot, something we have all longed to see Amanda do apart from hitting balls on the court or at the beach.