The Plan
As a Sports Volunteer Coach I have my week planned out by the organisation - where I will be volunteering and with what age group. And for the last week because I was new they had planned out activities for me to do as well. As I did not plan the games so worked better than others so naturally I created a flexible session where I could focus on certain activities that the kids understood more/enjoyed the most.
Pretty reliable games quickly presented themselves: 'BenchBall' and 'Sharky Sharky' were well know games by the kids and they always had a blast playing them. On the Tuesday we played a game called 'don't fall in the water' where yoga mats we brought with us were the islands and the ground was the sea, and they had to get from one side to the other, without falling in!
Unfortunately on Friday there was a terenchal rain storm all morning. We set out on the bus in the morning cautiously optimistic that we could still do a session with the kids despite the rain. But it was soon obvious that we would not be playing any games outside. Huge puddles blocked half the streets down the narrow township tracks, relentless rain made me empathise for the inhabitants of the informal houses - they don't look too waterproof!
So when we arrived we had to stay in the little hall, without doing any classes. So to keep busy we started planning activities for next week - me and Aane shared our knowledge of different sport drills, it's so fun to learn all different games from different countries. I feel like I have an endless supply now! After we exhausted the planning process we decided to get some more chicken feet again! But still we had time to kill, so the coach from school went to get a class and we hastily set up a benchball game. Imagine having 40 kids in a classroom that would be full with all of them sitting down, but all running around like crazy headless chickens!They had a great time though, and I helped keep everyone safe on the sidelines and made sure there were no fights because green team was winning so much!
In the afternoon we planned for next week and organised what equipment we will need and packed it all away, ready. Me and Aane already thought of so many things it was easy, and then all the staff members were very impressed with us. I'm so excited to start next week and do the sports we planned! I'm confident it's going to be loads of fun and will work perfectly.
Now we could relax and enjoy the weekend.
So when we arrived we had to stay in the little hall, without doing any classes. So to keep busy we started planning activities for next week - me and Aane shared our knowledge of different sport drills, it's so fun to learn all different games from different countries. I feel like I have an endless supply now! After we exhausted the planning process we decided to get some more chicken feet again! But still we had time to kill, so the coach from school went to get a class and we hastily set up a benchball game. Imagine having 40 kids in a classroom that would be full with all of them sitting down, but all running around like crazy headless chickens!They had a great time though, and I helped keep everyone safe on the sidelines and made sure there were no fights because green team was winning so much!
In the afternoon we planned for next week and organised what equipment we will need and packed it all away, ready. Me and Aane already thought of so many things it was easy, and then all the staff members were very impressed with us. I'm so excited to start next week and do the sports we planned! I'm confident it's going to be loads of fun and will work perfectly.
Now we could relax and enjoy the weekend.
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