BVA President Weighs in On Need for More Volleyball Facilities

We also caught up with Allan Sharp, the President of the Belize Volleyball Association, to discuss how to tackle the shortage of volleyball training facilities nationwide. President Sharp mentioned that if he had access to the funds the government does, he would start by building covers over the existing facilities in primary school compounds across the country.

 

Allan Sharp, President, Belize Volleyball Association

“I have shared this with some of the ministers already and some powers that be. To me if it was my money and I am investing. I would turn first to government schools and schools in general. They already have outdoor courts. It is just a matter of covering them and managing the time. So many hours for basketball and volleyball. By having that also the school will take much better care of the facilities because it is their facility, they own it for them. There are teams for different sports that will pay to rent the space. So, they can get the income to maintain that facility. So, if it was my money putting out I would recommend we highly we start with schools, because they benefit all day from it. We want more sports in schools. We want to start at a younger age. So imagine like today in Belize City, which school can have P.E., which school can train? Only the few that have covered facilities. So, the rest cant. This is a determent and how many days per year it rains in Belize. So we need to have them covered and that is the quickest way to move forward. Once you have the covered facilities the demand will go higher. There is more demand right now to use courts, whether it be basketball, volleyball, table tennis, karate, they are all demanding use of facilities.”