Volleyball

Volleyball
The sport volleyball is played all around the world by different people. From professionals to students, they can all play volleyball. Volleyball is played in many international schools in Uganda. KISU, of course, plays volleyball. During PE, in season 3 of the school year, they play volleyball. There is also inter-house volleyball competition. KISU always takes part in the ISSAK league, so there are volleyball teams of different age groups who will represent KISU to compete the other international schools. Some of the year 9 students are members of the teams.

Among the year 9s, Katie, Ranto, Anique, Immanuela, Eva, Maja and Charis took part in the U16 girls’ team and George took part in the U16 boys’ team. Some also took part in the U20s’ team. The girls have trainings on Monday and Thursday and the boys have their trainings on Tuesday and Friday. They have quite some matches against the other schools. ISU, Rainbow, Heritage and Vienna College are the teams they have to play against.The coach for the girls’ team is Katia and the coach for the boys’ team is Miss T.

During PE, which is on Tuesday and Wednesday, it is compulsory to play volleyball. 9 Red has volleyball on Tuesday and 9 Blue has Volleyball on Wednesday. They learn some skills in PE. For example, digging, volley, spiking, serving. They would also learn the tactics to win a match, like positioning, “3 passes”. Some people enjoyed volleyball, some didn’t.

On Monday, 11th April, Inter-house volleyball competition was taken place. Serving was always the problem for not continuing the game. They always had to stop for a point for another team. The teams were quite equal so most of the matches were quite tough. Kibale won the competition for year 9s and 10s.

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