As Internet is non-existent out at the Team Camp of Champs, I am only able to post while in town. The second week of camp went so much better than the first. It is difficult to understand how well behaved the second week's coaches and campers are until you have the 1st week's to compare them to. One of the most enjoyable things about the second week's camp is the close relationships we have built with the campers and coaches. Part of the week was spent having a water balloon fight with one of the teams and then planting a ventriloquist dummy in their cabin for them to find when they went to bed. While this is certainly not helping them to become better runners, it gives them a common "enemy" to join forces against. I saw one of the best example of this to date when we played one team's entire varsity in volleyball. The teamwork and communication that they were displaying was clearly being put to the test against six males in their early twenties. They ended up losing but showed a lot of character in the game and came back to win the second game before losing the third as well. As crazy as it sounds, a pickup game of volleyball may have been the most worthwhile thing that they did all week.
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