Summer 2023 Middle School Prep Clinics
Middle School Prep Clinics will be held twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays with each clinic being 60 minutes. Each week will feature a specific skill focus, while also incorporating overall skill development through game like situations and drills. Middle School Prep Position & Skill Clinics are designed to provide athletes with fundamental, specific training for their position or specific volleyball skills. This program is offered to all athletes ages 11 and older. This is a great option for those new to volleyball, hoping to make a middle school team, or wanting to freshen up on fundamental skills.
Dates
June 6-July 20
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:15-7:15pm
Cost: $120/6 classes or $225/12 classes
*$20/class when paying individually (if space is available)
Space is limited to 36 players
Location
C1 Sportsplex - 255 Service Bay Drive, Mauldin SC 29662
Registration
Registration for 6 or 12 classes will open May 5. Registration for individual classes, if space remains, will open on May 20.
*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.*
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 Tuesdays, all Thursdays, or all 12 classes to get the most out of the training.| Week 1 (June 6 & 8) | Serving |
| Week 2 (June 13 & 15) | Attacking |
| Week 3 (June 20 & 22) | Passing |
| Week 4 (June 27 & 29) | Setting |
| No classes July 4 or 6 | n/a |
| Week 5 (July 11 & 13) | Defense & Blocking |
| Week 6 (July 18 & 20) | All Skill Review |
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.