PAIN! SWEAT! RED MEAT! Sports Club.

For the more athletic kids and/or for the kids who had no artistic/musical ability whatsoever, I started a Sports/Exercise Club.  For this club, I thought it would be useful for the kids to work with the volunteers (there were 4 volunteers in this club) to set up weekly scrimmages/games/tournaments, since it was always difficult for the kids to organize games with good participation.  So, because the shelter had new basketball/soccer equipment and the volunteers were also there to play on teams with the kids, there were several basketball games and an organized soccer tournament during the course of our “summer camp.”

Some shots of the Sports Club playing Knock-Out, Pig, scrimmaging, and other basketball games.

I love this one.

Billy's not taking it well.

Many of the volunteers participated in the soccer tournament, so the sports club student leaders were able to organize a mini “World Cup,” with an American team, a French team, and a Vietnamese team.

I saw a lot of dedication and leadership skills develop in the student leader of this club (Hau), and I think it was probably because it was the first time he was able to be in a leadership role for… anything.  He was always in my room writing down team break-downs of participants, or deciding on what kind of rules he wanted for tournaments.

Chalking the soccer field lines.

Vietnam vs. France.

Umm... is there such thing as an action shot being too full of action?

The spectators.

The club mostly spent the small sports club budget on a refreshment shopping spree of “prizes” for after the mini World Cup tournament.

Team Vietnam!

Team U.S.A.!

Team France!

Oh, and the French team won.

To: Tyler, Billy, Will, Franck, Molly, Katherine, Benjamin, Nathan, and Alban… I could never thank you all enough for spending as much time as you did being active with my kids.  Sorry you guys had to sweat/change clothes so often.

~ by Hy Huynh on September 10, 2009.