Summer 2024 JV Prep Position & Skill Clinics
JV Prep Clinics are designed for players who are making the transition from a middle school team to the more competitive high school atmosphere. Emphasis will be on advanced individual and team skills necessary for success on competitive JV teams. Participants may sign up for all classes as a group, all Sundays, all Tuesdays, or individual classes, as long as space is available.
Dates
June 2-July 16
Sundays, 5-6pm & Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30pm
Cost: $120/6 classes or $225/12 classes
*$20/class when paying individually (if space is available)
Class is limited to 36 athletes
Location
C1 Sportsplex - 255 Service Bay Road, Mauldin, SC 29662
Schedule
While each week has a specific skill focus, all classes will include game like situations and drills to help with overall skill development. Individual clinic registration will be offered if space is available, but due to the progressive nature of the classes, we suggest registering for all Sundays, all Tuesdays, or all 12 classes to get the most out of the training.
Week | Sunday | Tuesday |
Week 1 (June 2 & 4) | Serving | Passing |
Week 2 (June 9 & 11) | Passing | Attacking |
Week 3 (June 16 & 18) | Attacking | Setting |
Week 4 (June 23 & 25) | Setting | Defense & Passing |
No classes June 30 or July 2 | n/a | n/a |
Week 5 (July 7 & 9) | Defense & Blocking | Serving |
Week 6 (July 14 & 16) | All Skill Review | All Skill Review |
Limited to 36 participants. JV Prep Clinics are appropriate for ages 13-16 with at least 1 year of club volleyball experience (not including recreation programs). *Rising 9th-10th graders are given priority for registration. A few spots will be available to rising 8th graders, based on their number of years of experience. Please contact us if you have a rising 8th grader who would like to participate.*
Registration
Registration for 6 or 12 classes will open April 15. Registration for individual classes, if space remains, will open on May 1.
Login to the Player Portal to register.
*Please note, if you do not have a current account in our player management system, you will be prompted to create one. The account should be created under the parent's name, then players can be added as "family members" to be registered for classes.*
Payment
Payment is available through the online registration system.
Clinic Descriptions
- Serving: Serving skill clinics will focus on the skills necessary to improve a player's serve. Skills covered will include hand contact analysis and breakdown, body and foot position analysis, and tips for generating power. The clinic will break down all aspects of serving and how to properly contact the ball, while also touching on serve receive passing.
- Attacking: Hitter position clinics will focus on individual physical and mental skills necessary to play the middle, outside, or right side hitter positions. Skills covered will include armswing breakdown, hitting & blocking footwork, common sets in each position, transition footwork, and armswing reps. The clinic will break down all aspects of attacking and how to properly contact the ball, while also incorporating aspects of defense, blocking, and setting.
- Passing: Passing position clinics will focus on individual physical and mental skills necessary for passing, serve receive, and defensive skills. Skills covered will include footwork, defensive movements, base to release transition, platform and body position. The clinic will also touch on serving, free ball offense, setting off serve receive and free balls, and defense.
- Setting: Setter position clinics will focus on individual physical and mental skills necessary to play the setter position. Players with experience setting will continue to work on footwork, hand position, set placement for outside, middle and right side sets, and set tempo. "Non"-setters will be exposed to setting skills including hand position, footwork, attacking out of system, back row attacks, and delivering a hittable set. The clinic will also incorporate passing, attacking, and blocking skills.
- Defense: Defensive skill clinics will focus on the skills necessary to improve back row defense. Skills covered will include defensive posture and movement, platform/hand placement, and various defensive techniques such as run throughs, overhand digging, and "emergency" floor skills. This clinic will also include work on blocking, setting off a dug ball, and attacking.