From playing as a kid to Coach Kid: How a Filipino in Melbourne became a volleyball coach and decade-long club founder

Kid Camaya started playing volleyball in Pampanga and is now a coach and the founder of Volley Friends United Melbourne. For over 10 years, he has helped build a strong volleyball community while guiding players and sharing Filipino values on and off the court.

From playing as a kid to Coach Kid: How a Filipino in Melbourne became a volleyball coach and decade-long club founder. Credit: Kid Camaya

Key Points

• Kid moved from Pampanga to Singapore to Melbourne and became a volleyball coach and founder of VFUM.
• He coaches several teams in the Victorian State Program.
• His coaching style involves using Filipino values like respect, discipline, teamwork, and pakikipagkapwa (humanity).

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From playing as a kid to Coach Kid: How a Filipino in Melbourne became a volleyball coach and decade-long club founder

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When I moved here I told myself that, being a Filipino is going to be my strength and not my limitation.

Kid Camaya, a volleyball coach and founder of Volley Friends United Melbourne

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