Today I started doing off-season volleyball practice. I decided to sign up because I have been interested in starting to play volleyball and this would be a good chance for me to learn some of the basics and improve my skill. Today we worked on passing to each other. We also worked on setting the volleyball. For these two activities, we worked in pairs. I had some prior experience with passing, however setting was quite new to me so it was challenging. Getting into the right form and hitting the ball in the correct way was a little challenging. However, I do think I have kind of gotten the hang of it. We then worked on running up, jumping, then hitting the ball. The first hit I did was pretty good (beginners luck I suppose), but my other attempts weren't as successful, but it was good practice anyway. Afterward, we played Queen of the court and I think I actually performed pretty well on this. I was able to pass and return the ball and I was pretty proud of myself. From today's practice, I think I developed better hand-eye coordination. I think I was also able to develop a skill for accurately timing when doing to certain things. Overall, it was a great first practice and I am excited for the rest!
Yesterday, my high school had our Lunar New Year celebration. For the past three years, I have been organizing the celebrations. This year, the teacher who supervises my planning wanted to have our celebration with the middle school, so we can get more students involved. I thought this was a great idea, but I was at first worried about how we would accommodate a lot more people in our activities, as we would be going from about 110 people to 180. This meant that I had to purchase a lot more materials for each activity so that all students and faculty could get participate. We also wanted to make sure we all were staying together and really integrating middle school and high school. For Lunar New Year, we always provide lunch, so I thought it would be good to serve food in the middle school, then require that everyone eats in the high school or on the quad. This way, we were all staying together instead of separating into our building. I think that this worked well to keep us all togeth...
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