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Top Row: Coach Laroche, Student Coach Peter Lee, Navodit Maheshwari,
Student Coach Zachariah Ward, Student Coach Angela Kang, Student Coach
Louie Chung, Jimin Ee, Student Coach Brad Uhm, Coach Rader;
Middle Row: Soorin Kim, Evelyn Utrera Pegueros, Trisha Palli, Ayushi Gupta,
Aiden Hong, Jeison Ward, Maria Galkina, Yuki Sugihara, Billy Noh, Luke
Won, Mathew Kim; Bottom Row: Mayuka Kumano, Ananya Santhosh,
Mya Freeman, Jinju Hughes, Abinav Jha, Kelvin Kim, Saran Watanabe,
Monica Park, Nirvika Gupta, Ashley Nam
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1. Jeison Ward anticipates the ball as he gets ready to receive a pass thrown by Dr. Helen
Rader. This drill required a lot of teamwork as everyone was relied upon to contribute in this
passing drill. 2. Student coach Peter Lee instructs Keahi Brumsickle as he leads the hitting
drills. Peter asked the students to put away the balls as they were done with the hitting station
and had to rotate to a different station. 3. Saran Watanabe quickly adjusts from the ready
position as he bumps and passes a hard down ball swung by Coach Rader. Coach Rader started
going harder on his players as the season progressed to help them improve. 4. Maria Galkina
practices popping the volleyball up for a perfect set. The key to this is to make a strong triangle
shape with the hands and push the ball upward. The ball should not stop at all in the hands, but
maintain momentum. 5. Soorin Kim warms up before practice with her friends as she works
on her passing skills. Students always had the opportunity to come early before practice and
to warm up by passing and setting. 6. Monica Park gets ready to toss the ball to her partner
as a warm up. This was before students were separated into groups as everyone warmed up
together. 7. Coach Laroche and Student coach Winky Kim gathers their group together as they
go over the fundamentals of serving. This station was one of the most important as serving
is a very important skill in lower secondary volleyball. 8. Student coaches Angela Kang and
Louie Chung briefly discuss with Dr. Rader about the drills they will be practicing with the stu-
dents. Mrs. Rader’s group focused on learning to pass the volleyball accurately to each other.
9. Coach Rader demonstrates the ready position with Yuki Sugihara as they get ready to shuffle
across the gym. This drill was intended to help the players increase the speed of their footwork
while retaining good form.
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