NYSP

This blog was written during our third week of the program, I am just now able to log onto upload it to the blog.
This week I switched from helping teach volleyball to teaching Nutrition with my group. Teaching volleyball was interesting experience. A lot of the campers were not very interested in playing volleyball so that meant I had to be creative to have everyone participate. One of the ways we were able to have everyone participate is by doing drills and games instead of just volleyball games. One of the games we played required teamwork and communication skills. They would toss the volleyball over to the other team and it must be caught - if it was not then whoever was closest would have to sit out. Which ever team ran out of players first lost, the kids really enjoyed the friendly competition.

I was able to work with 2 other awesome staff members and we had a lot of fun together. I was not the greatest volleyball player but the 3 of us worked well as a team, we even played dodge ball against the campers on the last day of camp. Discipline was all of our jobs because a lot of the campers just ran around and would try to play basketball or just sit and talk with their friends. The biggest challenge this far has been keeping all of the campers attentive to the task for the day, but overall it has been a positive experience!