• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Set for a great game in Lakewood Ranch

Kids learn setting, passing and hitting during at Greenbrook Adventure Park.


  • By Liz Ramos
  • | 9:30 a.m. May 12, 2021
  • East County
  • News
  • Share

Gates Creek's Chloe Adams and Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees played volleyball for the first time during the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities offering of Kids Volleyball April 24. 

After an hour, Adams, 11, and Voorhees, 12, were able to pass the volleyball back and forth to one another seven times before the ball fell.

Adams and Voorhees, along with Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, learned the basics of volleyball including setting, passing and hitting during Kids Volleyball at Greenbrook Adventure Park. 

Voorhees and Adams both said they attended the volleyball practice because they wanted to learn about the sport.

Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, practice smacking the ball with wide palms.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, practice smacking the ball with wide palms.
Volleyball Coach Hayley Buchanan shows Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, how high they should toss the ball to set themselves up to pass the ball.
Volleyball Coach Hayley Buchanan shows Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, how high they should toss the ball to set themselves up to pass the ball.
Gates Creek Chloe Adams, who is 11, prepares to practice passing the ball.
Gates Creek Chloe Adams, who is 11, prepares to practice passing the ball.
Volleyball Coach Hayley Buchanan shows the kids how to place their arms to pass the volleyball.
Volleyball Coach Hayley Buchanan shows the kids how to place their arms to pass the volleyball.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, takes a turn practicing passing the ball before Central Park's Connor Biegel, 7, tries to pass the ball.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, takes a turn practicing passing the ball before Central Park's Connor Biegel, 7, tries to pass the ball.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, listens as volleyball Coach Hayley Buchanan shows him where he wants the ball to hit his arms so he can have control over the direction of his pass.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, listens as volleyball Coach Hayley Buchanan shows him where he wants the ball to hit his arms so he can have control over the direction of his pass.
Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees, 12, passes the volleyball to a partner.
Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees, 12, passes the volleyball to a partner.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, sets the ball to try to get it over the net.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, sets the ball to try to get it over the net.
Gates Creek's Chloe Adams, 11, perfectly sets a ball over the net.
Gates Creek's Chloe Adams, 11, perfectly sets a ball over the net.
Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees, 12, practices setting.
Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees, 12, practices setting.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees, 12, and Gates Creek's Chloe Adams, 11, stand in line to practice hitting the ball over the net.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon and Connor Biegel, who are both 7, Mill Creek's Jade Voorhees, 12, and Gates Creek's Chloe Adams, 11, stand in line to practice hitting the ball over the net.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, gets better at passing the ball as time goes on.
Central Park's Aunders Lyon, 7, gets better at passing the ball as time goes on.

 

Latest News

The the site of the proposed 1899 Fruitville apartment development is outlined in red.
  • March 19, 2026
Proposed apartments would replace Breakfast House and more on Fruitville
The Well Sarasota would include 28 condominiums and 72 hotel/condo units.
  • March 19, 2026
Is the hotel/condo trend coming to Sarasota?
Beachgoers set up near and rest on one of two concrete permeable adjustable groins on the north end of Longboat Key.
  • March 18, 2026
Town eyes Gulfside Road for next beach groin project
Condos and single-family homes for sale dot the map of downtown Sarasota and its adjacent neighborhoods.
  • March 18, 2026
Sarasota, Manatee real estate market a mixed bag

Sponsored Health Content

Sponsored Content

The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Latest in News

Condos and single-family homes for sale dot the map of downtown Sarasota and its adjacent neighborhoods.
  • March 18, 2026
Sarasota, Manatee real estate market a mixed bag
Savanna at Lakewood Ranch's John Calovich is running for the District 6 at-large seat on the Manatee County Commission.
  • March 18, 2026
Lakewood Ranch resident enters competitive District 6 election
Life Time, an athletic country club, is slated to open in Lakewood Ranch in late 2026. This is the outdoor pool and waterslide at the Life Time in Winter Park.
  • March 17, 2026
Entertainment district expands in Lakewood Ranch
Dementia affects more than 6 million Americans.
  • March 16, 2026
Manatee County partners with nonprofit to help residents with dementia
Several attendees of Budget 101 are surprised to learn how little money the Manatee County Commission controls.
  • March 16, 2026
Manatee County delivers budget primer in Lakewood Ranch
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center COO Philip Reber, who has overseen the $120 million tower expansion, has been named the hospital's interim CEO.
  • March 12, 2026
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center CEO resigns

App

Download the Your Observer app

Stay in the know with the latest local news. Any device, anytime, anywhere.

DOWNLOAD NOW

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


The Your Observer App is Here!

Get local news you can trust — now on your phone, tablet or laptop. Fast. Free. Easy to Use.
Stay informed, wherever you are.

Download Now