Volleyball

The sport for the next few weeks is volleyball. We are currently going around to several of our churches and doing volleyball clinics, teaching the girls the techniques and disciplines of volleyball.

We had roughly 15-20 girls at this clinic in Hoyo del Bartola. They ranged from 9-18 in age and vary in their skill level. We separated them into groups of about 6 and Mike took a group, Will and Audrey took a group and Pedro (Dominican sprots worker) took a group. Each area teaching them something a little bit different about the game of volleyball. Although their attention spans weren't always right on cue, they definitely learned a few things!

After their stations, we played three games to give each team the opportunity to play twice. Several of the girls had improved well in things such as serving and setting, although bumping proved to be the hardest technique to control.

All in all, the clinic went very well, and the church and Pastor Felix in Hoyo del Bartola ("The Hole") proved to be a great example of how to get the community involved.

Below are a couple of the pics from the afternoon session in Hoyo del Bartola.



Girls warming up and streching



Learning new drills and techniques



New volleyball players!