Coach Laroche, Partha Yashraj, Jason Park,
and Brad Uhm come together for a team
huddle to recollect and refocus the team’s
energy for the game. Team huddles allow
players a time to get a short rest and
encourage each other’s performances.
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the team put forth maximum effort
to establish a hardworking team and
a smooth season.
Brad Uhm expressed, in order to
perform he needed to learn to work
with both his teammates and Coach
Laroche. He stated communicating
and adjusting himself to the team as
his biggest struggle.
Mr. Laroche quickly realized
kindness was the key to success.
When he was friendly with them,
the team developed respect, and
eventually the team bonded.
Brad said Coach Laroche
“wasn’t very rough with us” and was the
type of coach focused more on the com-
munication aspect of the team rather
than raw performance.
Coach Laroche defined his team as
“A hard working team.” Brad
explain, “from the beginning of the sea-
son to the end, everyone improved.” All
of the players had put in a great effort in
order to be a competitive team for their
KAIAC Tournament.
Freshman Jason Park agreed with
Brad and commented the team fought
well from the beginning to the end of
each game.
He said part of the reason he was
motivated to put in a lot of effort was his
own personal outlook, “Sure winning is
important but volleyball is not all about
Fall Sports and Activities
that. What is important is team effort
and how much you’ve improved.”
Coach Laroche said the boy's hard
work paid off during their game against
SIS at the KAIAC Tournament.
“We lost twice against SIS during
the season, but at the KAIAC Tourna-
ment we won the first set and the sec-
ond set against them.”
Eventually the boys lost 14 to 16,
but according to Mr. Laroche the boys
showed “big improvement”
which was invaluable.
The boys finished fourth in the
KAIAC Tournament. Considering the
team consisted of mostly new students,
this is quite the feat.