The current situation and the provisions issued to date regarding the organization and conduct of sports in general and volleyball in particular, do not allow us to carry out our two events on the scheduled dates: the American College Volleyball Showcase (15th-18th June) and the American College Men's Tryouts (June 19th).
Let's continue with another insight on the Universities included in our network. After ODU (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia) we move further north into the heart of the Big Apple.
St. John’s University
It looks like everything is on hold, but the truth is that this is the right time to plan and try to make your dream come true.
If you are thinking of undertaking the path to become a student-athlete in the States, you need to know that college coaches are already recruiting new athletes for 2021 and 2022. Why wait?
“After this experience in the United States I would like to try to find a job in the economic field or something related to my studies. I would love to become an executive or a head of a large international company where I could combine the two things I love: speaking different languages to interact with people from different cultures and places, and at the same time applying the business and economics concepts studied untill now."
In this particular time, some of the activities that we have more time to do include studying, updating and improving our selves.
The English and Spanish teacher Alejandra Rodriguez offers a format with online language coaching sessions for all levels. Learning a new language is essential today in the workplace as in sport or in the everyday life, especiallly two universal languages such as English and Spanish.
We have collected some of the feelings and impressions of two of our girls in the United States concerning the Covid-19 emergency which is now affecting the USA as well.
Erica di Maulo
Let's tell another story, let's tell another experience. Martina Faietti speaks.
American College Volleyball Tryouts Turin 2020. The evaluation of the January 4 event in the words of our Elitza:
"The result of our first experience in Piedmont was tremendous. The day took place with two training sessions in which we had the opportunity to carefully evaluate the athletes from a technical and athletic point of view. Evaluating the girls' performance on the field is a critical aspect of the process.
Many awards and goals have been achieved by our student-athletes who are living the American dream between study and sport, making this experience even more unique. We have told these stories step by step on our official Facebook and Instagram accounts, now we will recap them in this article.
A testimony, a letter, rather than a real interview. A beautiful message launched and told by Francesca Rossi, Student-Athlete at Laramie County Community College:
"I was asked a question: "What does this experience mean to you?" A difficult question right now because this experience means endless things to me, but I will try to do my best to explain them.