The Central Asian Federation of Athletics (CAFA) volleyball season has started. Ocean is on the high school varsity girls team. The Owls took on школа 61 for two matches. The girls won the first match, 2 sets to 0, and lost the second match, 1 set to 2 sets. Ocean is quite the athlete and volleyball might be her best sport. The second team School #61 put on the floor was good and all the sets were close. I was impressed with Ocean going to the floor to dig hard serves from the opposition. She doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and is kind of an all-arounder, with a fast, diving serve, smart setter, and she can spike. Her best friend Eleanor and Ocean make a good partnership. The team will be ready for the CAFA championships later this month in Astana.
Besides watching volleyball games, Nadia and I played tennis. It was raining most of the day and thankfully, we found a 2-hour indoor court time at the Yunusobad Tennis Center near the Tashkent Television Center. Igor and Nadia played doubles against Danil and me. We split well-played sets. Igor is a really good coach and my learning from the session was court positioning. When my partner changes sides to get a ball, I need to protect the opposite side.
I dropped Ocean and her friend Eleanor last night at the KFC near Westminster International School. Ocean is reaching that age of wanting to go out with her friends. I take advantage of spending time with her as a “Yandex Deluxe Service”. Yandex is the Uber of the Russian-speaking world.
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