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Girls Club Prep Open Gym and Clinics

GIRLS Club Season Prep Open Gyms

We are switching gears to travel teams!!  We'll have open gyms around the spring/summer time in 2024!!!!  See you all then!


Position Clinics

Thank you to everyone who came out to our clinics!!!!  

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We love teaching volleyball and our clinics break them down into position specifics.  We explain:

The Bio-Mechanics 

We break down the movements involved in every action you take on the court in regards to your position.  We then progressively execute drills from simple movements to complex plays to reinforce the physical and muscle memory necessary to execute volleyball actions.

The Mental Game

Half of the time you are playing and practicing, you are watching and processing the game as it unfolds before you.  We provide guidance on the things you want to be reading and processing.

The Why

Playing with confidence makes a huge difference.  In order to play with confidence, you have to know the "WHY".  The more you believe in yourself and what you do and know, you'll play your best.  We try to explain the why.

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Our clinics apply these concepts for each position clinic so that you understand mentally and physically how to play a role on the court in each of the rotations.

We've broken down our position clinics in to two groupings so we can make sure you are learning to grow in to the next level.

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Setters

 

Beginner

For beginners, bio-mechanics is the primary focus.  Making sure players understand the fundamental importance of footwork, body position, legs, arms, and hands working together to as accurately as possible give the team to make a strong offensive play. 

Learning Objectives

  • Hand and arms positioning
  • footwork, hip, and shoulder positioning
  • Setting with hands
  • Setting with forearms
  • Back sets
  • Offense types (4-2, 5-1, 6-2)

 

Intermediate/Advanced

As setters get a natural rhythm to their setting motion, they start expanding their teams offensive capabilities.  The transition for intermediate and advanced setters is going from just getting to the ball and getting the ball up so it's playable to changing the tempo, disguising who's going to attack, and being the glue between the first touch and the last touch.

Learning Objectives

  • Setting in system
  • Setting out of system 
  • Setting faster offense
  • Jump set
  • Leading the offense
  • Defense as a setter
  • Offense as a setter

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Defense

 

Beginner

Starting out on defense involves learning to move your feet and body to handle the ball as early as possible.  Good ball control is essential for playing defense.  We'll focus on foot movement, body positioning, arms and hand contact on the ball to maximize ball control for the second and third contacts.

Learning Objectives

  • Body, legs, and arms preparation 
  • Footwork and reading 
  • Forearm defense
  • Side defense
  • Midline defense
  • Hand defense
  • Diving
  • Blocking 

 

Intermediate/Advanced

Playing defense is not just about playing "back row".  When the ball is on the opposition's side, everyone is playing defense.  Everyone is reading and preparing for where the attack is going to come from.  We'll go over things to focus on when you read the opposition as well as preparing physically.  We'll also go over how to handle the different possible attacks and how to execute defense as a team.

Learning Objectives

  • Rotational defense
  • Perimeter defense
  • Team defense  - down ball
    • Set to Right side
    • Set to left side
    • Set to middle
  • Team defense  - hard driven hits
    • Set to Right side
    • Set to left side
    • Set to middle
  • Team defense  - tips and roll shots
    • Set to Right side
    • Set to left side
    • Set to middle

 

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Offense

 

Beginner

Offense means getting the ball over to the other side in a manner to gain a point.  The primary focus is "in a manner to gain a point".  This requires a lot of repetition on moving your feet, body, arms, and hands to make it as difficult as possible for the other team to control the offense.

Learning Objectives

  • Footwork
  • Hitting approach and execution
  • Hitting motion 
  • Hand contact
  • Roll shots
  • Tip shots
  • Down ball shots
  • Hitter mind set

 

Intermediate/Advanced

At the intermediate and advanced levels, the mind set has to be about terminating as quickly as possible and not just getting it over.  Every ball being sent over to the opposition has to have purpose in position, spin, and velocity.   We'll spend time on making sure all contacts have those characteristics as well as being a player who can quickly adapt to the ball being given to the hitters.

Learning Objectives

  • Cross body hitting
  • Sharp cross hitting
  • Targeting deep corners
  • Disguising hits
  • Out of system hitting
  • Back row attack
  • Quick attack

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