SHE'S played in the Sydney Olympics and for four years as a professional in Europe. Now she's enjoying a stint in Warrnambool.Bea Daly, a 28-year-old South Australian, has added her wealth of elite level experience to the Warrnambool women's volleyball team.However, her unexpected addition to the senior and division two teams will be short-lived.She will return to Adelaide next month to continue university studies.Daly arrived in the south-west on the busy Easter holiday weekend for a six-week placement as a physiotherapist with South West Healthcare's Warrnambool hospital.Her struggle to find accommodation was solved by the local volleyball club and in return Daly pulled on the Warrnambool colours."There's a great bunch of girls in the club. It's nice to fit into a team like that," she said."I'm helping out where I can."Sometimes players ask me technical advice and tips about the game."Daly's 188-centimetre frame and refined skills as a middle blocker helped her secure a place in the Australian team which finished ninth at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.She then accepted a contract to play professionally in Germany for two years followed by another two years in Croatia."Volleyball's very big in Europe," she said."I was studying while in Croatia and I realised there's life after volleyball."I came back to Adelaide and started physiotheraphy studies at university in 2006."Daly has eased back on elite level competition because of knee problems."I'm doing a bit more running and triathlons and things like that now," she said. "I also love coaching kids. The big challenge is to retain kids in the sport when they get older." Daly recalled her younger years when she enjoyed swimming, little athletics and basketball.She didn't take up volleyball until she was in year 8 after joining the Brighton Secondary School which offered volleyball as a subject combined with physical education. Her talents were soon recognised and she left South Australia at 15 to join an elite level program at the Australian Insitute of Sport in Canberra. She completed year 11 and 12 while travelling 32 weeks a year.