I am competing in the 12th annual VTV9 Binh Dien Cup hosted in Tam Ky, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam with a team put together by my agency, Bring It Promotions. We are the first team to represent the United States in volleyball in Vietnam!
One of the least eventful days we’ve had: morning training, pool, afternoon training, chill, dinner, then our talent show dance. To explain the dance, on May 18th there is apparently some sort of talent competition taking place between the teams. We are unsure of the format, but we decided to do a choreographed dance. Hailey Murray is a superstar and took charge. She planned a fairly simple dance to Beyonce’s “Formation” that even us uncoordinated ones can handle (with lots of practice). Stay tuned to hear how it goes!
Depending on where you are in the hotel, there is air conditioning. We practiced on the third floor, sans-conditioning. One of the things that continues to surprise me throughout this trip is how much I sweat. I've never been a multiple-shirt-for-practice player or even close to the sweatiest person on the court. But here, I am constantly drenched. I bring two shirts to practice and at least one towel to dry off during breaks or to use on the floor after I dive. Even practicing our fairly lowkey dance on the third floor, I needed a cold shower after. We were also given a case of water for each room because our staff already knew the sweat situation. Its obviously incredibly important to contstantly drink water when you're losing buckets at a time.
