{"id":5491,"date":"2012-11-15T09:20:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2012-11-15T09:20:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:20:27","slug":"kaprbs-1st-volleyball-season-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5491","title":{"rendered":"KAPRB’s 1st volleyball season a success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A small sample of the young volleyball players from the Kennett, Unionville and Avon Grove school districts that participated in the first season of volleyball with the Kennett Area Parks and Recreation Board 2012 program.<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT \u2014 With the goal of providing an opportunity for kids in Kennett, Avon Grove and Unionville School Districts to play volleyball before 7th<\/sup> grade when it becomes officially offered as a sports option in the area schools, KAPRB decided to launch a twice a week, co-ed volleyball program.\u00a0 Every Tuesday and Thursday night since early September, kids 8 \u2013 12 years of age have come to learn how to bump, set, serve and hit.\u00a0 Most importantly, the kids have had the chance to handle a volleyball and learn about how the game is played.\"\"<\/p>\n

When asked what inspired her to begin this program, Head Coach Pam Ramagano said \u201cI have been playing volleyball since I was 10 years old and I have been coaching for over 20 years.\u00a0 I love watching the kids learn a new sport and getting to love it like I do.\u201d\u00a0 Pam is joined by coach Scott Yeomans who comes from the Unionville School District.\u00a0 \u201cI decided to coach because my daughter expressed an interest in volleyball.\u00a0 I have played volleyball for 35 years or more \u2013 throughout high school and college.\u00a0 I really enjoy the kids\u2019 enthusiasm and seeing how much they advance every week.\u201d say s Scott.<\/p>\n

The enthusiasm does not end with the kids \u2013 even the parents have been excited about this program.\u00a0 Sandra Jansons, mother of 11 year old Mara said \u201cI commend whoever created this league.\u00a0 It is perfect for kids to receive the basics of volleyball.\u00a0 It is well organized and the coaches are fantastic with the kids.\u00a0 My daughter has gained not only skills in volleyball but confidence in general and friends.\u201d\u00a0 Claudette Hercules who has been faithfully bringing young Munachie Ikeme to practice said that the program \u201cgives the kids a better insight on how to manage the game.\u00a0 The kids have done well all together and the coaches are very patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volleyball is offered only in the fall (September through the end of October) and space is limited to 30 kids.\u00a0 With such rave reviews from parents and kids, we expect that it will be an annual program.\u00a0 Look for announcements for next year\u2019s KAPRB Volleyball Sign Ups in the late spring.\u00a0 For more information got to www.KAPRB.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KENNETT \u2014 With the goal of providing an opportunity for kids in Kennett, Avon Grove and Unionville School Districts to play volleyball before 7th grade when it becomes officially offered as a sports option in the area schools, KAPRB decided to launch a twice a week, co-ed volleyball program.\u00a0 Every Tuesday and Thursday night since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[400,1430,1431],"class_list":["post-5491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-kaprb","tag-volleyball","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}