Big Park volleyball enthusiasm is high1 min read

By
Jeff Bear
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Sometimes there is bliss in starting over.

After winning the small school state championship last season and sending all of those players on to begin their high school careers, the Big Park Community School volleyball team welcomes in a whole new group of girls this season.

Big Park volleyball coach Shelley Woellmer said that while only one of the 10 eighth-graders on her “A” team have ever played volleyball before, they are all great athletes who are excited to learn the game.

“We plan on winning some games,” Woellmer said. “We’ll probably lose a couple, but these are great athletes with a lot of enthusiasm for a brand new game.

“They’re doing very well — after seven days of practice they’re learning their rotations and how the game is played, and it’s very exciting. They’re very good girls — great athletes.”

Woellmer said that because of the girls’ inexperience, she is teaching a lot more fundamentals than she normally would, but the girls are picking them up quickly.

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“Because they’re such great athletes they do have good hand-eye coordination already, so we’re refining their skills and letting them learn about the movement of the ball and the movement of the game — how fast paced it is,” Woellmer said. “Volleyball is a game where you have to think, move and do all at the same time, and they’re learning that.

“They’re doing a very good job.”

For the full story, please see the Wednesday, Aug. 28, issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Jeff Bear

Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.

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Jeff Bear
Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.