Todays visit at Heritage Point for the Electronic bowling activity started out a bit rocky, but ended up being the best day yet. For some odd reason, I thought it started at 11 so I was ready to go and get there at 10:45 to set up. Then I get a call from my Aunt saying where are you, the activity starts at 10:30!!! I felt absolutely terrible for making such an awful mistake by mixing up the times like that but luckily I got there only about 10 minutes late… phew!
When I go there I was warmly greeted by all the elders who I have grown to know over the past couple of weeks. I apologized and then apologized some more for being late but they were very understanding and were just happy that I got there. Luckily, one of the players named Paul, who I had met the week before, knew how to get the game started and get the teams situated. The second I got there, I hoped right in and took control of the game and the team/player orders. Five minutes later, it felt like I had been there the whole time.
There were some new faces today and I was more than happy to teach them how to play and use the Wii remotes. One of the new men was the husband of Rita, who has come every single week and bowled strike after strike after strike. Rita and Morris, I learned, have been married for 67 years and I loved watching them get in to some friendly competition.
Throughout the activity, I had some new people stroll in to the activity room wondering if they could play but I told them they would have to wait, as we were in the middle of a game. When 11:30 rolled around, the normal ending time, I offered to stay and play another game if any one was up to it. All the men and women were SO excited that they all stayed and we even had to create more teams for the newcomers! It felt very rewarding to see how happy they all were at getting to spend more time with each other while being active and having fun.
Today I saw some of the highest scores I have ever seen in Wii bowling, it was truly unbelievable! I was so happy and relieved that despite the rocky start to the day, it ended being one of the best and I can't wait to go back.
As an extension of the bowling activity, I was thinking about organizing and hosting a Wii bowling tournament that the residents could sign up to be in. I am still working on it, but I feel like that could be something really fun, new, and exciting to do. :))
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Day 2
Today I went to Heritage Point for my second Wii bowling activity. I was definitely a lot more confident going in to today knowing that I knew how everything worked. When I got there, which was 15 minutes before the class started, there were already 5 women and 1 man waiting to start! As we were getting set up, 2 more women came in which we made 4 teams, 2 people on each team.
Everyone was super enthusiastic and it was so much fun to watch them enjoy each others company. I loved watching how pumped they got when someone on their team bowled a good round. One of the elders that was playing named Paul was an unbelievable player. He was so good he even managed to get a spare by knocking down two pins in one roll that were on complete opposite sides of each other. Everyone got so excited when he did this and cheered for him the entire time. All the women were very impressed to say the least, not to mention he was the only guy playing.
Once again, most all of the participants knew how to play with ease. It was great to see how the ones that were having difficulties the first time really improved and succeeded this time around. I only had to help out one of the women with the motions once before she picked it up with ease. It was also great to see how all of the women offered tips to one another to improve their bowl.
Can't wait to go back!!
Everyone was super enthusiastic and it was so much fun to watch them enjoy each others company. I loved watching how pumped they got when someone on their team bowled a good round. One of the elders that was playing named Paul was an unbelievable player. He was so good he even managed to get a spare by knocking down two pins in one roll that were on complete opposite sides of each other. Everyone got so excited when he did this and cheered for him the entire time. All the women were very impressed to say the least, not to mention he was the only guy playing.
Once again, most all of the participants knew how to play with ease. It was great to see how the ones that were having difficulties the first time really improved and succeeded this time around. I only had to help out one of the women with the motions once before she picked it up with ease. It was also great to see how all of the women offered tips to one another to improve their bowl.
Can't wait to go back!!
Day 1
On Wednesday November 5, I had my first Wii electronic bowling class at Heritage Point Senior Living Center. I was super excited, as I had volunteered at Heritage Point before doing a beading class, but this time I was in control and was given a leadership position. When I fist arrived I was thrilled to see that my name was on the activities board!
I was given an open room with a bunch of chairs, a big TV, and of course the Wii console. I got there early as to make sure all the remote controls were ready and the disc worked properly. Right away, two women came in the room and were eager to get going. One of the women seemed to be well experienced and dominated the game. She also showed me what would happen if there were say 5 or 6 players at once, being that there were only 3 remote control. She was a huge help. She also helped me write up a scoreboard on a piece of paper that helped everyone keep track of their games won/lost.
Once more people began to show up, I started adding them to the chart and showing them which remotes they would be using and therefore where it would be best for them to sit. Most of the women knew exactly what to do and how to play. One of the elders had only used the Wii once or twice before and was having difficulties which I was extremely happy to help her with. Helping this woman was definitely a highlight and a struggle as it was hard to get her to understand the positioning she needed to be in but was super rewarding when she finally got a strike. I loved watching how in to it and competitive some of the women got and how easily they scored strike after strike after strike! It was unbelievable!
I had such a blast helping lead this activity and I absolutely can not wait to go back. All of the women were so happy they came and said they couldn't wait for next time. :)
I was given an open room with a bunch of chairs, a big TV, and of course the Wii console. I got there early as to make sure all the remote controls were ready and the disc worked properly. Right away, two women came in the room and were eager to get going. One of the women seemed to be well experienced and dominated the game. She also showed me what would happen if there were say 5 or 6 players at once, being that there were only 3 remote control. She was a huge help. She also helped me write up a scoreboard on a piece of paper that helped everyone keep track of their games won/lost.
Once more people began to show up, I started adding them to the chart and showing them which remotes they would be using and therefore where it would be best for them to sit. Most of the women knew exactly what to do and how to play. One of the elders had only used the Wii once or twice before and was having difficulties which I was extremely happy to help her with. Helping this woman was definitely a highlight and a struggle as it was hard to get her to understand the positioning she needed to be in but was super rewarding when she finally got a strike. I loved watching how in to it and competitive some of the women got and how easily they scored strike after strike after strike! It was unbelievable!
I had such a blast helping lead this activity and I absolutely can not wait to go back. All of the women were so happy they came and said they couldn't wait for next time. :)
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