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It’s not just a sport. It’s a game against yourself, your opponent, and the natural environment. My name’s Sonia Kong. I play beach volleyball.

What I love about beach volleyball is that it’s challenging both physically and mentally. During a game, our coach can’t say anything. We’re the ones that have to be tough, solve problems and push each other. Only my partner and I control our team.

So, it’s important that we train both mentally and physically everyday.

One of the most important things that we work on is improving our communication. We talk during both practice and games. Sometimes, we can read each other’s minds; anticipate what the other will do next. That only comes from training so long together.

Our future goal is to make the 2012 Olympics. In order to get there we have to improve our fitness, stabilize our skills and then, we’ll be a team that is ready.

Check back to find out just where we’ll be next.

Sonia