{"id":54078,"date":"2020-09-10T14:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=54078"},"modified":"2020-09-10T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:50:51","slug":"volleyball-australia-delivering-development-programs-to-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/volleyball-australia-delivering-development-programs-to-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"VOLLEYBALL AUSTRALIA DELIVERING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO SCHOOLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Bangkok, Thailand, September 10, 2020 &#8211; Up until a few years ago Queensland\u2019s Chris Hodges hadn\u2019t stepped on a volleyball court let alone played the sport, Volleyball Australia said in its new release on <a href=\"http:\/\/volleyballaustralia.org\">volleyballaustralia.org<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He was active in many sports up until Year 11 during his school days, but volleyball wasn\u2019t one of them. \u201cI had basically competed in every sport on offer,\u201d says Chris. \u201cThen a teacher from my school suggested that because of my height I should try volleyball, and I fell in love with the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was fortuitous timing, as Chris had no idea about what he was going to do beyond Year 12; \u201cI had thought about repeating my final year but along came volleyball!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2017 and 2018, he played in the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup before being recruited to the high performance Australian Volleyball Academy in Canberra. \u201cIt all happened very quickly, it\u2019s hard to believe. It\u2019s a great opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In many respects, 19-year-old Chris was the perfect choice to be involved in Volleyball Australia\u2019s \u2018Come and Try\u2019 session at Campbell Primary School in Canberra on National Health and Physical Education Day.<\/p>\n<p>Also involved in delivering the programme was fellow AVA player Tessa Browne.<\/p>\n<p>VA delivered a targeted entry-level Light Volley session for one Grade four class for 40 minutes. After the session freestanding nets and other modified equipment were set up in the courtyard during the lunch break to deliver an all-inclusive volleyball experience for the whole school.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Come and Try\u2019 activity, which involved over 150 students, demonstrated the vital role health and physical activity play in the school setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved doing it,\u201d says Tessa, \u201cFor me to show kids how to play volleyball was great and hopefully inspire them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VA National Participation Manager, Rebecca Walter said, \u201cWe had a fantastic day at Campbell Primary School, highlighting the benefits of health and physical activity utilising our brand new Light Volley equipment.<\/p>\n<p>We are so fortunate to have our AVA athletes willing to support and promote volleyball grassroots development. Who better to inspire future volleyball participation than those living it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok, Thailand, September 10, 2020 &#8211; Up until a few years ago Queensland\u2019s Chris Hodges hadn\u2019t stepped on a volleyball court let alone played the sport, Volleyball Australia said in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":54079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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