Sports are pretty big here in Banica. Take a look at any GOOD MLB team in the US and they have a Dominican starting for them sooooooo baseball is huge. Soccer is pretty big too but the Haitians are better at soccer so the Dominicans tend to stay away from it (call it pride on their part...I do not like their division). Basketball is played by teenage boys no matter what country you are in. But volleyball...volleyball is where my heart is at! I was told that the local high school has a team and does not have anyone to train them sooooooo I told the girls to spread the word (because that is what you do here) and let everyone know that I will coach at the "cancha" or court at 4pm. We met, went over the basics, and got to playing. So many of the girls picked up so many new skills quite quickyly and I was so happy. For the last 40 minutes we played a game 6 on 6. A bunch of locals had begun to watch the practice and joined in sooooo the game ended up being me and a couple of girls against local young guys (some of them..most of them.."tigeres" or young guys who think they are all that and do nothing but stare a girls and drink beer). Volleyball has always been one of my favorite sports and I played through high school. Heck, I went to MU to play volleyball originally haha! So being able to play (and to block the spikes and kills of the local tigeres) made me proud! What a fun afternoon in the sun!
Now...drinking lots of water because MAN it was hot out!
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