For my personal project I set out with a single goal. The goal is to put on a Spikeball tournament for the students of Quaker Valley High School to enjoy and donate the proceeds to Young Life, a non-profit organization. I chose to put on a Spikeball tournament for a number of reasons. It all started a little over a year ago when the baseball season started. I was new to the program and I had met several new coaches. However, as the year went on I became close with a certain coach. He was a college student from the University of Pittsburgh and was a volunteer. He did not know much about baseball but he was there to lend a helping hand. I shocked at how he devoted so much time to the program and yet was only a volunteer and was not paid. As we became close he invited me to a program that he was a part of. It was called Young Life and I decided to go and see what the group was all about. I really loved what Young Life was doing and I kept on going. When we met as a group we would play many games but my favorite was Spikeball. We would play all the time and I became quite good after a while. When I heard about the personal project I wanted to do something that people could participate…show more content… However, not many people knew about it or played. Although for the few people who did they had a great time. For one kid, Spikeball was his childhood. Chris Ruder grew up playing the game and one day, when he had become an adult, he was playing at the beach with some friends. Many people on the beach started asking the game. According to Ruder, “People would always ask the same three questions, ‘What’s that game? How do you play? Where can I get one?’” Ruder started to realize the potential of Spikeball. If it had been advertised better and even manufactured better it could have become a great backyard game, so Ruder decided to acquire the rights to the game and try to rejuvenate and spread the game they love so much, that is
