Junkyard Volleyball

After the helicopter dropped us off in Oscarville I quickly checked in to see if the student council still felt like going ahead with their activity for the day...Junkyard Volleyball. The ladies assured me that they were up to it and we all agreed to meet at the school at 1.

When all the ladies arrived we mixed up a bunch of Kool-Aid and set up the volleyball net outside on the playdeck. The weather was beautiful and as soon as kids saw the net going up they were ready to play.

At the last minute the student council decided to "charge" the students to play volleyball. They decided that each person who wanted to play volleyball and drink Kool-Aid had to throw 5 pieces of trash away to earn their "juice". The kids eagerly donned kitchen server gloves and picked up the required amounts of trash and were ready to play.

Junkyard Volleyball differs from regulation volleyball in a number of ways. First, Junkyard Volleyball is played to 25 instead of 15. Also, there is no limit as to the number of players on each team and it is perfectly acceptable for someone to switch teams or get a drink of Kool-Aid during the middle of a volley. Dogs are allowed on the court as are 2 year olds. If someone wants to take a break and pet the dog or play with the 2 year old that is acceptable as well.

Also, if someone is serving and is scoring a lot of points it is okay for them to let someone else serve. When you are serving, you get as many chances as you need to hit the ball over and you may stand as close to the net as you need to. It is also okay for someone to help the ball over. The best rule of all....there really is no out of bounds. If you hit the ball and it hits the fence you get another chance to serve.

Junkyard Volleyball was a huge success. All the kids (big and little) got to play and fun was had by all. Next weekend we are going to organize volleyball a little better and try to have a tournament.It surprised me how well everyone did playing volleyball. It took some of the younger kids a few tries to get the ball over but once they got the hang of it they did a fantastic job!