CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: Volleyball Stats

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Volleyball Stats

The volleyball coach asked if I would keep statistics during the volleyball games. I know nothing about volleyball, so this week I had a crash course in the fundamentals of volleyball. The first game was Friday. It was an away game. I left the stat clip board in my classroom by mistake. I had to quickly draw an impromptu stat sheet right before game time. I was a terrible stat keeper! I did not know the girls play 2 out of 3 games to win so when we switched sides of the court, I didn't realize we were starting a new game. I kept all the stats on the same game sheet. The assistant coach whispered to me that the coach probably wouldn't fire me. The match began at 4:30 and was to end around 6:00. After two false fire alarms and a bad referee, the games finally ended at 9:15. I enjoyed being with the students and look forward to honing my skills as a stat keeper, assuming I still have the job come Monday morning.

1 comment:

Ginger said...: Wow Melissa! You are willing to try anything once. I think that is great that you are doing something different. I would pay money to see the coach's face when she looks at your stats sheet. She may have to turn it several different ways to try to understand it but at least you gave it your best shot. I think your story kind of answered my problem about being so frustrated with my students. I just hope they are as willing as you are to give 110% a second time.; November 1, 2009 at 10:08:00 AM EST