聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Forty-two young athletes attended Arcola Volleyball Camp IX on Aug. 29 and 30 at Arcola School, featuring instructors Dan Frazer of Saskatoon and Arcola's Eric Brown coaching participants from Arcola, Bellegarde, Carlyle, Estevan, Lampman, Redvers and Wawota.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽Frazer, a former member of Team Saskatchewan, has played in the Western Canada Games and at the national level. Brown's experience as both a player and a coach is extensive and he has played on championship-winning teams in both the 麻豆视频east Saskatchewan Division and the 麻豆视频east Saskatchewan District as well as playing at the provincial and regional level, where he earned a silver medal.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Organizer Eugene Brown of Arcola says, 鈥� There's been lots of interest and the camp was waitlisted. It's definitely about the young athletes, but it's also about volleyball as a sport.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 First-time participants Lillawhin Lay-Street and Faith Englot, both of Lampman say they would return to the camp.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚've learned a lot,鈥� says Lay-Street. 鈥淚t's been really good and I've learned the proper way to do things.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Adds Englot: 鈥淚t's very helpful. You learn a lot. They're really great instructors and it's a really good camp.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t's great to see the beginners become enthusiastic about the game as they start to learn the fundamentals,鈥� says Dan Frazer. 鈥淎s instructors, both Eric and I come from volleyball backgrounds and we want to be supportive, but we also want to push them in a positive way towards their potential.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t's great for us to see the growth in players we've coached here before and to see the progress we've made.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Insructor Eric Brown adds, 鈥淭he kids are having fun; the instructors are having fun and we welcome players of any skill level.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t's really gratifying to see them learn more about the game and to enjoy the game. That's really what it's all about.鈥�
