So the morning session began a little closer to 8am as all the players began filing in. We have 10 girls and close to 52 boys. On two courts that is a LOT of people. We found out that close to 20 of the boys are here only for the beach portion (and explains why some of them weren't wearing any shoes, LOVE IT) which will make the afternoon portion much more manageable. We will work with the older players from 4-6 and work them at a higher level and then 6-8:30 with the younger players and girls. We got a LOT done this morning working on all of our passing keys: wrists and hands together, arms straight and simple, face the ball, angle the platform, shuffle and see the server, see spin. It certainly helped that the coaches knew english and could help translate for us but the kids seemed to understand us pretty well. They made a LOT of changes and got better at passing. We still need to work with them on communication but that will come. After a short break we're about to head over and start the beach camp. One thing we are both excited about, these kids definitely have some ability to play. We both agree, we can't wait to see the overall progress at the end of the week.
Two things we are definitely getting more of and soon- sunscreen for the day and bug spray for the evening.
One funny part about the coaches translating to further explain things was there are LOTS of english words mixed when it comes to volleyball. In this case, when explaining skills, less is definitely more for us. They also LOVE the high five when they do well.
So long for now.
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