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Always think quality over quantity.
300 usable photos is a solid amount. When I started shooting sports, I felt like I HAD to have as many photos as possible of as many people as I could, that was until I got some advice from a seasoned sports photographer I knew and he told me that you're the only person who a) sees/knows how many photos you took in total and b) gets to edit the good photos and delete the bad ones. This means that even if you only have one good shot of each player on the volleyball court, you're the only one who's going to know, and nobody is going to care if there's a good shot of everyone.
The beauty of sports is that it's highly repetitive more often than not, so you have hundreds of attempts to get the good shots. You'll pick up bad shots at every event you shoot, even the best photographers do (you just don't have the privilege of seeing them!).