DIA DE UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA.
21 ASISTENTES
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Day 1, Cali, October 19, 2009
Laurel Miles:
I find myself sitting with Nicky and Owen from Australia, and Lucho and Nino from Colombia on a lovely warm evening in Cali Colombia after our first day of clinics. I am filled with wonder once again at how lucky I have been over the years to be a part of the Ultimate world both in Canada and globally. How did I end up here 5500 kilometers from my home to be included in a project that both satisfies my interest in world understanding and allows me to play my favourite game on a warm sunny day at 1600m above sea level? Sometimes I look over my shoulder wondering when my luck is going to end, but for the most part I recognize that I am very very lucky and just roll with it. Needless to say my lungs have noticed the lack of oxygen at this height but not nearly as much as they did in Bogota, 2600m closer to the stars than Vancouver.The 10 hour road trip from Bogota to Cali was beautiful and interesting. The mountainous terrain is spectacular and the inventive methods of claiming land and lifestyle from the steep slopes leaves me feeling that the Colombian people are very strong and ingenious. I drove the last two hours of the trip, and packed down my fear of the crazy fluid crisscrossing movement of the traffic that finds red lights to be only a suggestion and the lines on the road to have no significance at all. Given my lack of interest in public speaking and my insecurities with my second language… the possibility of the 5 minute talk I gave about gender equality and the enjoyment of community in the world of ultimate brought me close to having a heart attack. Instead, I encountered a group of people so interested in learning and so kind and excepting that I stumbled along and managed to say, most, of what I wanted to and I enjoyed myself.
I have had many moments of laughter and I feel supported in my efforts by my fellow coaches and by the ultimate community here. It is an interesting sensation when our participants thank me at the end of a session, because I truly feel the need to thank them for what they brought to the day and to me personally.
Day 1 in Cali
Owen Shepherd:
The first clinic of Project Play Colombia here in Cali was a lot of fun.The program involved introductions, various frisbee games, talks and discussions. The focuses were Spirit of the Game, Mixed Ultimate and Conflict Resolution. The players are all students at the Javeriana University.The players were keen participants, offering valuable views on what spirit of the game was, and really bonding as a group during the day. Some may ask, do players need clinics focussed on Spirit of the Game? Shouldn't Spirit just be something that just emerges in games and is demonstrated by experienced players?Two episodes convinced me of the value of the approach of this Project. The first was hearing how valuable ultimate had been to teenage war veterans five years ago. Teaching ultimate had been a way for these children to learn to interact with others constructively after years of violence.The second moment was yesterday, when I asked a local player what skills of ultimate would be the most useful things to teach in the clinics. He said spirit, spirit, spirit. He pointed out there was a need to value spirited play and teach techniques for building it, across much of Colombian ultimate.
21 ASISTENTES
MAS INFORMACION Y FOTOS EN:
PROYECTPLAYCOLOMBIA.BLOGSPOT.COM
O EN FACEBOOK, BUSCA PROYECTO JUEGA COLOMBIA!
Day 1, Cali, October 19, 2009
Laurel Miles:
I find myself sitting with Nicky and Owen from Australia, and Lucho and Nino from Colombia on a lovely warm evening in Cali Colombia after our first day of clinics. I am filled with wonder once again at how lucky I have been over the years to be a part of the Ultimate world both in Canada and globally. How did I end up here 5500 kilometers from my home to be included in a project that both satisfies my interest in world understanding and allows me to play my favourite game on a warm sunny day at 1600m above sea level? Sometimes I look over my shoulder wondering when my luck is going to end, but for the most part I recognize that I am very very lucky and just roll with it. Needless to say my lungs have noticed the lack of oxygen at this height but not nearly as much as they did in Bogota, 2600m closer to the stars than Vancouver.The 10 hour road trip from Bogota to Cali was beautiful and interesting. The mountainous terrain is spectacular and the inventive methods of claiming land and lifestyle from the steep slopes leaves me feeling that the Colombian people are very strong and ingenious. I drove the last two hours of the trip, and packed down my fear of the crazy fluid crisscrossing movement of the traffic that finds red lights to be only a suggestion and the lines on the road to have no significance at all. Given my lack of interest in public speaking and my insecurities with my second language… the possibility of the 5 minute talk I gave about gender equality and the enjoyment of community in the world of ultimate brought me close to having a heart attack. Instead, I encountered a group of people so interested in learning and so kind and excepting that I stumbled along and managed to say, most, of what I wanted to and I enjoyed myself.
I have had many moments of laughter and I feel supported in my efforts by my fellow coaches and by the ultimate community here. It is an interesting sensation when our participants thank me at the end of a session, because I truly feel the need to thank them for what they brought to the day and to me personally.
Day 1 in Cali
Owen Shepherd:
The first clinic of Project Play Colombia here in Cali was a lot of fun.The program involved introductions, various frisbee games, talks and discussions. The focuses were Spirit of the Game, Mixed Ultimate and Conflict Resolution. The players are all students at the Javeriana University.The players were keen participants, offering valuable views on what spirit of the game was, and really bonding as a group during the day. Some may ask, do players need clinics focussed on Spirit of the Game? Shouldn't Spirit just be something that just emerges in games and is demonstrated by experienced players?Two episodes convinced me of the value of the approach of this Project. The first was hearing how valuable ultimate had been to teenage war veterans five years ago. Teaching ultimate had been a way for these children to learn to interact with others constructively after years of violence.The second moment was yesterday, when I asked a local player what skills of ultimate would be the most useful things to teach in the clinics. He said spirit, spirit, spirit. He pointed out there was a need to value spirited play and teach techniques for building it, across much of Colombian ultimate.
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