Overseas School Volleyball Tournament & Goals

Friday 17th October OSC hosted a Volleyball tournament inviting 3 different schools in Sri Lanka for   an inter school competition to prepare the volleyball team of OSC for the upcoming tournament that we are taking part in that will be hosted in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This program that we had over the past 6 weeks were to prepare us for teams and prepare us to take what we learned and transfer it to the way we play and how we deal with situations during a game.

The way the team had set up their goals were very similar to the coaches expectations. Our idea was that each individual would work on one aspect that they personally feel like they could improve on. Initially what we had hoped for was developing the teams unity and strength as a whole. Through out the matches we've played and training we've gone through there always seemed to be something that dropped out performance down, instead of keeping the game on and playing at 100%. We hadn't noticed what seemed to be the problem with us as a team because we would work so well with each other but there would always be that one aspect that would put us down. During the first 2 games in the tournament we were able to figure out what that was and it was being mentally positive. Whenever we would lose a point, or make a mistake on a service of ours we would not just put ourselves down but the whole team would be upset. It all came down to being mentally positive within the game and never giving up. Although we had lost all the games we had played due to being inexperienced compared to the local teams that we had faced, we were still able to take what we had learned during practice and use it in every game situation which we as a team felt deserved a round of applause.

My goal for volleyball and the upcoming tournament that we will be taking part in during the next week will be to maintain control of my passes and become consistent with the way i play. It is important to me as an athlete to be able to play at my best during whatever situation in the game because i personally believe in second chances and dropping your game will not get you any. I want to be able to keep the amount of mistake to a minimum and prove the right to play on the court with the rest of the team. Being chosen for the starting 6 in the first game is a place i needed to earn and keep through out the whole saisa tournament and that is something i wish to achieve. I also want to earn the MVP but i know the requirements for that and i do know that it will be something really hard to achieve because it also expects me to create points by myself and compete with those who are spiking the ball for the point. My main focus on achievement during this competition will be to control the game and be consistent as well as maintaining possession within the team. Our objective as a whole team is to place top 3 teams in the game out of the 8 teams competing. In order to take that place we need to work as one and play our best with being consistent as possible because coming first or 3rd is something that needs to be earned and i believe that we as a team will be able to make things happen if we have that right metal train of thought and determination for victory.