When people talk about teamwork, I mainly think through the lens of volleyball.
Team Play Ethos in Volleyball
In Singapore, people usually play together. Everyone still carries a little bit of their own game. Moreover, in Japan, and especially in Omoroi Life’s Volleyball, the Japan Volleyball Club embraces a similar ethos.
Even when somebody is strong enough to score on their own, they still look for another person. One touch becomes two touches and two touches becomes three. The point is for the team rather than for any particular individual player.
My volleyball team at SAS is close. We joke around together. We sit together after practice. Nobody dislikes anybody.
Still, people drift toward the friends they already know best.
Henry, Kyte and Cooper were friends before volleyball, so they naturally spent a lot of time together. The seniors often gather around the seniors. After practice, small groups form without anybody planning it. It’s not a deliberate thing. It’s just something that happens naturally, no one does it deliberately.
At Omoroi Life, I noticed something very unique.
Japan Volleyball Club
A new person could walk in without knowing anyone. Within ten minutes, someone would ask where they were from.
At the session’s end, they would usually stand in a circle talking with everyone else. As the nets came down, conversations continued.
Of course, friends stay close to their friends. That happens everywhere.
However, a person who comes with a friend will likely sit beside that friend during breaks. At the same time, people move between groups.
Japan Volleyball Club: Reflections on Teamwork
Before I went to Omoroi Life, I thought a close team meant friends who had long known each other. I learned a different view of teamwork there. That shift changed how I value daily collaboration at work and in sport.
Teamwork can happen spontaneously and still feel like a well‑coordinated group that has played together. This sense echoes the culture associated with the Japan Volleyball Club, as seen in Ryuichi – omoroi life member NCSA Profile. It also shapes how I approach roles, responsibilities, and trust within teams.
Ryuichi – omoroi life member
NCSA Profile