MAD 2011-2012

Reaching out to children in Taiwan.

Fun activity we did with the kids. We told them to draw their favorite animals.

Boy that loves dogs

another cute boy showing his drawing.

The 2 guys are the people i worked with during the service.
This shot is a picture of all the kids we worked with.

So around October, I went to taiwan for some soccer games. During that time, we set aside time to visit kids at different local schools and just read, play and spend time with them. Man, was i excited for this opportunity! I really enjoy playing with kids and i thought this was the perfect service trip for me. Our plan at first was to just read books and play musical chairs. Things went out of a control, in a good way. The kids really wanted us to stay longer and play more games they said in chinese. So we asked our coaches if it was fine and they said yes. We stayed another hour or so, drawing with the kids and just talking to them and playing soccer with them. 

Overall, i REALLY enjoyed the service i did in Taiwan. The moment we stepped in the classroom, all the kids were jumping and screaming. They were as excited as i was when seeing them. The kids never showed signs of sadness. They were always smiling. I will never forget the smiles on there faces!

MAD 2011-2012 Basketball

February 28 of 2012 i helped out Mr Hardy in coaching kids from 4th and 5th grade.
Coaching ICS 4th and 5th graders were the hardest thing ever, they would hardly listen to me and when they do they would listen for only TEN SECONDS and then get distracted again.
That coaching session, i taught the kids how to shoot with proper technique and use the backboad as you can see in the first picture i am trying to tell the kids to always use the the backboard when shooting a layup.

In this photo i was giving the kids some pressure by defending them. Later on during the drill, i realized that defending the kids made it even harder for them to shoot and so i stopped.

In this photo i am just rebouding the ball for the kids.

In conclusion, i think that ics 4th and 5th graders are a lot harder to coach than the kids i coach at Renaissance College.