Volleyball Clinic

Program Pembangunan Sukan Bola Tampar Zon Bangsar 2007.
SMKTD with the sponsorship from the sports section department of the Education Department of KL Federal Territory managed to hold a Volleyball Clinic for students aged below 14 and below 16 on Saturday morning. This is the second year, SMK Taman Desa has been given the privilege to hold such an event.
A total of seven schools from around Bangsar Zone registered for the clinic.
Six coaches were hired to conduct the clinic.

The coaches...

Two of the coaches were ex-national players and the other four were state/university players. The coaches were friendly and went about their business imparting valuable skills and expertise to the students.

The students were divided into five stations and after every half an hour, a siren was sounded to signal the change of stations.

The first station was at the basketball court. The students learnt the service motions there under the able tutelage of Mr Kok Hock Moon.

The second station was dedicated to learning the bump-pass or digging. The coach handling the second station was none other than the experienced Mr Ooi Loon Wei who had previously coached the Under 15 Boys’ Team of SMK Taman Desa to Zone Victory last year. He was also responsible for the boys getting third overall in the Inter-Zone level this year.

In the second station, students learnt how to move their feet and execute the proper bump pass with control and precision. Some students soon got the hang of it and were digging the volleyball with ease.

In the third station, the participants learnt setting. The coach in charge of this station was Mr Kamal Suffian. In no time at all, many of the students were setting the balls back and forth towards each other.

The fourth and fifth stations were held at the volleyball court. Here, Mr Lee Khang Yee with the help of SMKTD’s current captain of the under 18 Boys’ Volleyball Team, Lim Jia Wei, students were thought how to execute attack.

Spiking...

...is the hardest of the skills to master in volleyball, and many found it difficult to find the correct tempo, but the coach made it look so easy.

Placing

On the opposite side of the court, two sisters Miss Luk Teck Hua and Miss Luk Teck Eng both who are ex-national players were put in charge of the station for mastering the art of blocking.

Blocking...

is a defensive move and is an integral part of the game. This last station saw the sisters teaching the students how to make a block and be mentally ready should the occasion rise.

All the coaches were articulate and professional. The students showed interest and cooperation. Throughout the clinic it was clearly obvious that the students were in awe of the coaches.

The teacher advisors who came also showed support by helping out with the distribution of food for students and the general discipline of participants. In a nutshell the clinic was a success as the students learnt a lot and best of all they had fun doing it.

Report by Ms Liew
Photographs by ec800@yahoo.com