Nazarene High School - Lair Yearbook (Roseburg, OR)

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r 6. COACH HAS NEW EXPERIENCE Coach Tom Watkins had this to say about the 1979 Volleyball season. I felt this years team was successful from the standpoint of learning to rep- resent Christ as an athlete. I believe winning to be a relative thing if you have the talent and can execute the fundamentals of a sport, you will win. How you win depends upon the willingness of the individual member to sacrifice Cputting others ahead of yourselfl and of the coach to demand preformance. This was my first year working with female athletes. It was a frustrating year a great learning experience for me. The difference between the motivation of girls and guys is different and hard to describe. As a Coach, I probably failed in this area. Our team was young and we did not have a great deal of experience. Most teams we played had girls who had played competitive volleyball for two to four years. That gives them a great deal of consistencey which our team did not have. When we were playing well we were as good as anyone but we were not able to sustain throughout an entire match. Individually, Susan Smith and Dondi Crowe were as good as the top players in the league, yet because of our inability in point scoring they did not get recognition from the league which they deserved. The Junior Varsity team did play more consistently and improved a great deal during the season. I am really looking forward to a brighter future for the girls in volley- - ---- art- : I. ban. Top picture: Debbie Smith tries to listen as Coach Watkins gives directions. Below: Angie McConnell runs in to substitute for Lachelle Farr while it 10, Wendy Suiter, nervously blows a bub- ble with her gum. LL 4,932 1980 Nia. STEPHENS , .3 U xg' PU' RosEauRG.oREooN 9'- Q33 uP 97470 , AN' Volleyball!7'I

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, I 1 .,-I -.13 r in JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Back row: Melanie Boggs, Rhonda Bracamontes, Coach Watkins, Carole Conn, Clara Gilbert. Front row:Debbie Smith, Lachelle Farr, and Angie McConnell. Congratulations team for showing spirit and friendship with each other through a rough season. 'eat 3.5 'wifi Debbie Smith falls to her knees to get under the ball for a smashing bump to a team partner for HELP. FOR A BEDDER NITES SLEEP Sponsored By rxtxfap DR. PIPER ' ' fx Sutherlm s Discount Waterbeds 1050 S Comstock Exit 135 70!VoIIeyboIl O I

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VAR IT T ttii VOLLEYBALL Don't have cement shoes! yelled coach Tom Watkins. lt was one of the many irritating comments made to the girls playing volleyball. Although he was a very good coach the com- ments did not motivate the girls. Coach Watkins later said, I have to coach girls differently than boys. Yell at girls and they do worse, even cry. Then I become embarrased and my face turns red. The girls felt they had improved their skill from the previous year. We exercised more and learned to be agressive. lt was different having a man coach. The girls enjoyed getting to know their coach and appreciated his involvement with the team. Picture to right: Before a game, each girl shakes hands with Q. the player in the same position on the other team. This is sportsmanship in action. 'll' , eig '-f . ' 'r '-fi M. . Q Y . ,L ' '-1' ee ,, . , ' ' W1 Vwfiu Afiiiilu. ig-.. T Wil X ' X' ' .'i'f' i - We -..'- 'ff--' 1:-Y K ' fu -.-.. .... - ' V ,Li f ,,,,. -1452+- ir f-- Y 2- --,Y - 1. -- --- ---...E d lx it , X X v ii 'mi EJ 'H lift A . A im L -411 Q Lu K 'f' s v i f f u. r ,I 1 i JM 'W - .1 - .5 ' - . - Y . ,tggq Y H - - T f ' 1 f if E 3'- Tra it ' his 1 ff ,, ,..nf, . N i U! 1 ,f -. Q Coach Watkins checks on details with the scorekeeper. MVWT ' NU A N' iw il? e Qlzkee Stauea of Waaelazg - 2583 wast HARvARo .:, ROSEBURG, OREGON 97470 72!VolIeyboIl V 'Q