Last Updated: Jan 27, 2012

  

LOOKING FOR PRIVATE TRAINING?

     

Please email us your training goals and preferred dates and times and we’ll work from there to best accommodate you with private training. NOTE: Daytime training is available - great for home schooled athletes and high school athletes who have spares in their schedules.
To email us, click: PRIVATE TRAINING       (Please see our Cancellation Policy on the “Training Offered” web page - Fee Structure button)

 

COMING SOON

  

MARK YOUR CALENDARS ... 9-12 Year-Old Camps for Girls and Boys continuing

Thursdays, Feb 16 - Mar 15 (4:15 - 5:15pm) OR Saturdays, Feb 18 - Mar 17 (10:00 - 11:00am)

Registration opening Monday, Jan 30th

 

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

  

NEW ... AVA Scorekeeper and Linesjudge Clinic

This clinic is intended for parents and family members of Club Volleyball Team athletes who plan to volunteer as Scorekeepers and Linesjudges during AVA and Volleyball Canada matches. Come and catch up on the latest volleyball rules and their implications on game play. Scorekeeping for Triple Ball will also be discussed at the clinic.

Clinic Instructor: Ryan Bunyan - Program Director, AVA Officials

Clinic Date: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 1:00 - 3:30pm

Clinic Cost: $20 + GST

The clinic will be held at the ASPIRE Warehouse (6731-50 Street - click on MAP)
 

  

 

Coaches are Always Available ... Coach Mentorship

As coaches ourselves, we recognize that coaching can be an isolating experience - who can you bounce ideas off of? who can offer skill development advice when you have an athlete that’s stuck or a play that isn’t working? how can you change the course of a match at the spur of the moment? ASPIRE coaches are here to help. Check out our credentials on our Coaches webpage and then consider your needs. We offer the following mentorship opportunities to coaches:

 

1. ‣Scheduled travel to watch you train and coach (with follow-up verbal, written or voice-over video assessment)
   

2. ‣Scheduled travel to watch your team in a tournament match (with follow-up verbal, written or voice-over video assessment)
   

3. ‣Ad hoc phone and/or email and/or in-person meeting support as coaching situations and questions arise
   

4. ‣Scheduled phone, email or in-person meeting support
   

5. -skill development tutoring
   

6. -advice on linking skills to game play
   

7. -advice on changing tactics and game play within the match itself (discuss various opponent situations)
   

8. -determining how to use your athletes during a match
   

9. -strategies on how to get the best out of all athletes during the course of a season
   

Cost will be dependent upon time and required involvement of ASPIRE Staff. Examples of billable Coach Mentorship Services:

1. ‣Scheduled email and/or phone and/or in-person* ASPIRE Mentorship: minimum 2 hours per month at $75/month + GST
   

2. ‣Visit to practice session*: $50/hr + GST,1-hr followup verbal assessment: $50 +GST, written assessment: $100 + GST,
   video voice-over assessment: $200 + GST
   

3. ‣Visit to tournament match*: $50/hr + GST,1-hr followup verbal assessment: $50 + GST, written assessment: $100 + GST,
   video voice-over assessment: $200 + GST
   

4. ‣Ad hoc email and/or phone and/or in-person* ASPIRE Mentorship: $50/hr + GST
   

5. ‣Combinations of the services listed above may be offered at a reduced rate, if a season mentorship agreement is established
   
   

6. *in-person meetings may be at the Aspire Warehouse or a mutually agreed upon location
   

7. *if travel outside of the Edmonton area is required, a travel fee may be imposed
   

Please send an email to aspirevolleyball@shaw.ca or phone 780-964-7489 to discuss your Coach Mentorship needs.

  

 

CURRENT EVENTS 

 

9-12 Year-Old Camps for Girls and Boys - Jan/Feb 2012
These camps will continue to work on and refine fundamental volleyball skills including serving, forearm passing, overhead passing, hitting and simple team play. The camps will be led by ASPIRE's Janna Konihowski Dubyk. Janna is a former U of A Panda Volleyball and Track & Field athlete and a former Canadian National Volleyball Team athlete. Janna is also a Junior High teacher/coach who understands how to introduce and build upon sport skills, how to instill confidence in emerging athletes, and how to create a fun environment using modified equipment for early athlete success. (see our COACHES page for info about Coach Janna)

CAMP #3
Thurs Camp Dates: Jan 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 9 (5 weeks)
Camp Times: 4:15 - 5:15 pm
Camp Cost: $90 + GST

  

CAMP #4
Sat Camp Dates: Jan 14, 21, 28, Feb 4, 11 (5 weeks)
Camp Times: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Camp Cost: $90 + GST 

  

  

  

Private/Semi-Private/Small Group Volleyball Training is always available - call or email us.

For those athletes who have attended ASPIRE private, group, or larger clinic/camp sessions in the past,
we encourage you to come in small groups of 2 - 4 athletes for training.
Small groups provide the opportunity to link some of the skills you have acquired, through game play training situations.

(email: aspirevolleyball@shaw.ca or phone: 780-964-7489 to book your training)

    

  

 

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If you would like more information about any of the above-mentioned news,

please send an email to aspirevolleyball@shaw.ca or phone 780-964-7489.