Day 2: Practice on the beach and once-in-a-lifetime experience

Day 2: Practice on the beach and once-in-a-lifetime experience
August 8, 2014

The Olivet College volleyball team is on a week-long trip to Grand Cayman for its preseason training. While there, the players will be writing blog posts and sending them back to the U.S.A. to be posted on the website. The home page for the blog, where future posts will be linked to is: www.olivetcomets.com/sports/wvball/2014-15/cayman_blog/

FRIDAY, AUG. 8 -- written by Danielle Bearden

Not a better way to start the day, but a nice morning workout on the beach. They ran sprints in the sand to our volleyball oasis. Once arriving to the sand courts, the girls officially started their first day of preseason working on their skills they practiced over the summer.

Later that day, the girls were all excited about what was in store. The girls wearing suits and sunscreen in hand, they boarded the boat and got ready for departure. On the 50 minute boat ride, the girls took in the stormy skies above crystal blue water. Finally arriving at the sandbar, where the girls took on their biggest adventure yet. Some scared, some excited, the girls jumped off the boat into the warm water full of STINGRAYS!

The girls couldn't get enough of the slippery friends. The girls got to feed, touch, kiss, and hold the creatures. However, there were seagulls swarming looking for food also. One of the girls had some squid pieces in her hand when a seagull swooped down and snatched it! It gave the crowd quite a laugh!

Following the stingrays, the girls then traveled to the reef where they would snorkel to explore the fish. They saw an surprisingly huge eel! The girls swam around to see all the cool things the reef had to offer. Laying flat and kicking their flippers, the girls saw many different kinds of tropical fish. After a long swim in the ocean, the girls got back on the boat and enjoyed some pizza with the friendly crew.

Later that night the girls got dressed up for dinner and went out to see what's in store for them on a night in Grand Cayman.

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