THE LAB ASPIRE believes that greatness begins at an early age. Lorne's Lab was created to identify young athletes as early as U13 to join a program that would follow these athletes up to U16 and beyond and aid in their growth and development. The Lab was created to give a unique opportunity to certain individual athletes to train with internationally reknowned coach, Dr. Lorne Sawula along with various other ASPIRE Staff Coaches. Lorne's Lab will provide guidance to athletes and their parents throughout the year. There will be suggestions as to how to continue to improve in the off season through physical training and physiotherapy recovery programs. It is our intent in subsequent years to take another group of U13-U14 aged athletes and begin them in a similar program. We feel that this is a serious commitment by ASPIRE and expect the athletes to understand that this is the same commitment for them. COMMITMENT ASPIRE's Commitment 1. Our intent is to ’select’ athletes that we consider to have athletic ability, who will work hard to represent their teams and ASPIRE at the same time.
2. To follow athletes throughout the 4 month training season to provide:
Athlete's Commitment 1. Attend and fulfill the criteria set out by ASPIRE and their respective coaches on other teams 2. Attend all training sessions, unless there is joint agreement where sessions are missed (ASPIRE will provide "make-up" sessions as well as Drop-In dates) 3. Work hard and accept that athletes have ‘responsibilities' and thus are ‘accountable' for their actions on and off the court. It is this responsibility and accountability that athletes will be measured for in order to continue their involvement in the program. 4. Continue to be open to ‘frank’ exchanges with ASPIRE Staff Coaches The Selection Process Athletes will be selected on a named basis Unless there are extenuating circumstances, athletes will be evaluated at the end of each 3-4 month training program and given opportunities to continue in the program. This is ‘elite’ training and expectations will be high. Athletes and their parents should understand that selection for the program is entirely ASPIRE’s and they can decide to share or not share why they select or not select the athletes for the program. The long term intent is to give athletes a solid foundation and eventually a better chance to play with top clubs, colleges and university programs. The Program: Click for SETTER Program - dependent on coaching availability Click for U13 Program Click for U16 Program Click for U14/15 Libero Program - dependent on coaching availability Back to TOP of Page > |