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First Bimester Hours: 12

Volleyball (Markham College Team)

2016

 Hours:12

I joined the activity  of volleyball at school for the first Bimester of the first year of my IB. I decided to join because since I was in primary school and during the first year of secondary I had a strong passion of being involved in the sports area.

 

I used to be part of the volleyball team but sadly I had to leave it due of my decision of joining the volleyball national team. I decided to leave because I knew that being in the national team would make me train harder and with more dedication. I also knew that the period that I would be part of the national team wouldn’t be more than 6 months as I had chosen for the following year of secondary to be more focused on my academics. Therefore I decided to leave the school team as I couldn’t be able to assist twice a week for the training, keep up with my school work and also train for the national team.

 

Since then I have learned to find balance between my school work and my extra-curricular activities reason why I decided to join the volleyball activity for the senior girls this year and take volleyball again. We train twice a week; on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3pm to 5pm after school classes.

 

In this activity we practice tactics and techniques such as one of the challenging for me which is serving; you must toss the ball in front of your serving shoulder, keep your elbow high and back, then you have contact with the middle of the ball with the middle of your hand and lastly a follow through on your arm swing. We also practice the technique of blocking which I consider one of my biggest challenges too.

 

As a result of attending this activity I have improved my blocking and my speed on jumping and raising both of my arms in order to not let the ball pass to out side of the court. This improved my ability of growth inthis area. 

 

I consider that I achieved the following Learning Outcomes:

LO 1 - Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth --> I improved my serving technique. 

LO 5 - Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively --> The team and I needed to work collaboratively in order to score, thus communication was required. 

 

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Aurora Velásquez

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