I'm Back and With a Recap to Why I Slighlty Disappeared Online

Hello everyone! I'm back. It has been the longest time since I put this blog up that I haven't placed an entry. Well, for those who know me well... I've been busy. Busy jumping from coach to educator to an athlete but all for the love of volleyball and motorsports. So let me tell you now what's placed me out of the picture as I just give you a run down of where I left off.

Skill testing for my thesis on Traditional Approach in Volleyball.

What prompted for the lack of updates was mainly because of my thesis. I did a study on teaching volleyball with a comparison of a games approach method and the traditional approach method.

3 on 3 small court testing for the Game Approach in Volleyball.

It was a requirement for promotion to become an Assistant Professor in the university I work for. But mainly, this was a study to encourage a different and a supposed better approach to teaching basic volleyball. 

The Games Approach method could be further researched from theories coming from Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), and Federation Internationale de Volleyball's (FIVB) advocacy to promote Mini-Volleyball.

Hopefully, teaching volleyball could become more fun with positive encouragement, feedback, appreciation, and understanding of the game. 

If you wish to further learn about this more, don't hesitate to contact me.

Other duties in volleyball and the university were having to guide some of the University of the Men's Volleyball Team. I was reassigned from the Women's Volleyball Team to the Men's Volleyball Team for this year. It was quite a tough year as to the changes in management and coaching staff. It was a definite on-going learning experience for everyone.

UP Men's Beach Volleyball Team

UP Men's Volleyball Team in Araneta Colliseum

In motorsports, it has been a fruitful time while I haven't been updating much in this blog. It is a bit difficult to be managing two blogs but, I did however continue to update my motorsports blog flatoutivan.wordpress.com. There I mentioned  my participation in the Philippine Autocross, completion of my officiating status in motorsports and having applied it in the Philippine Touring Car races, and also having to compete in an International Rally in Malaysia.

Competing in the Philippine Autocross Championship Series with the reliable stock Honda City.

I was a race steward and safety car driver in the BMW Z4 during the second half of the Philippine Touring Car Championship (PTCC).

I competed in the International Rally of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

Definitely, the events go faster than me before I have a chance to write it all down and document such experiences. There have been a lot more going on also, like having to do statistics for the Philippine Super Liga, and other automotive related stories.  

Hear more from me soon and as sports comes everyday for me.