Summer Slam: Patience

Every year, Divine Child's volleyball program hosts a volleyball camp for kids between third and ninth grade. The Varsity team is the counseling staff who runs the camp, so I have been running this camp for the past four years. The work is fairly easy with the younger girls; we teach them very basic things, but all they really want to do is run around, so it's more like babysitting than running an actual skills camp. The older girls require a bit more effort as they are more familiar with the sport and are able to actually have some self-control when it comes to their body movements. Honestly, it can be very frustrating running this camp, but at the end of camp when the little girls come up and hug you and tell you how much they loved the camp, it's totally worth it. It has taught me to be patient - to take a deep breath and not get annoyed when someone either can't or doesn't know how to do something, and that has helped me out on the court as well. After running this camp, I felt myself change; I wouldn't snap right away if someone would make a mistake, I would reassure them and encourage them to do better.