Mud, wind, cold and even polar bears: These are conditions Kaktovik youth now encounter each volleyball season. Without a gym or court after a school fire, the team trains outside.
From left, Mya Aishanna, 14; Janette Killbear, 15; Jim Killbear, 17; assistant coach Charles Brower; Ada Agiak, 14; Donald Gordon, 14; Andrea Brower, 14; and Betty Ruth Brower, 17 of the Harold Kaveolook Rams team practice volleyball outside of temporary school in Kaktovik on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.
After missing the rest of the games in 2021, the Harold Kaveolook Rams are now preparing for the first tournament of the season, scheduled in Wainwright from Oct. 13-15, and hoping to make it to state this year. As a result, the sports the school offers are limited to volleyball, basketball and cross-country running.gave us a whole team’s worth of hockey gearThat’s why the Kaktovik volleyball team is practicing outside on the dirt and gravel just behind the interim school.In the middle of September, the kids were playing outside, fighting wind gusts in the wake of the remnants of Typhoon Merbok hitting Western Alaska.
Mya Aishanna, 14, wipes dirt off the ball during the Harold Kaveolook Rams' practice outside of temporary school in Kaktovik on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Halnier said that “if the weather is inclement, if it’s raining or snowing, if it gets dark, you know, or if there’s a bear in the vicinity, we can’t go out. We just have to go indoors.”
The team was prohibited from playing volleyball or doing drills inside, so when they can’t be outdoors, they work on their conditioning, doing wall taps and using a stationary bike, a treadmill, weight machines and free weights. As much as this is not ideal for training, it’s also imperfect for exercising.Asking for a gym
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