So, I played soccer and basketball, in fact, I still play basketball. I try not to make it seem like I'm trying to preach that volleyball is the only sport anyone should play, but instead, that I simply don't want them to be as stupid as I was and believe that volleyball is just a girl's sport. I wish I would have given the sport a chance when I was their age, and I think they appreciate my sincerity and are more likely to dismiss that still lingering notion that the game is only for girl's. But girls and boys alike seem to take this trial run of volleyball seriously as they realize that I'm not trying to shove it down their throats, but instead just give it a chance, to find out if they might like it and want to pursue for just a second trial, if not for the rest of their lives. It's amazing to me how sincerity works much better than just watching a guy they don't know, jump up and smash a ball.
Different kids require different teaching techniques.
One neat thing that happened while in Mesquite - the school district sent a videographer to take footage of the kids and me in action at the VolleyVan clinics.