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Who Needs Volleyball training ?

Beginners!  Are you a beginner in the volleyball realm? Do you to work on certain skills in passing, serving, setting and hitting so you can be part of your school team or a volleyball club team?  We can help you understand the proper playing techniques and how to minimize injury from the beginning.  This will build consistency and get you on the right path to a successful volleyball experience.  

Intermediates!  Are you trained in volleyball but want to improve your skills?   In our camps and clinics, we will refresh your knowledge of the basics and teach you specific strategies and techniques for passing, serving, setting and hitting to help you play safely and improve your game.  It’s also a great way to put players in touch with other athletes who share the same interest.

Advanced!  Do you want to keep up your skills this summer?  Practice and play with other advanced  players?  Meet new friends?  Improve your techniques in passing, serving, setting and hitting?  Get ready for school or club tryouts?  Our summer program is just what you need to keep up your skills during the off season? 

Why THIS  Volleyball  Camp?

Francis Cornejo’s Experience:  19 years of coaching club volleyball, 5 time national Junior Olympic appearances, MVSA Club Technical Director , a passion for teaching good proper techniques with all volleyball athletes ,  voted 1997 coach of the year by the Frederick News Post, presently  Head Varsity Volleyball Coach – Holton Arms School. 

Our Strategy:  Imagine this scenario — Your in a battlefield (volleyball court) ready to face the enemy (opponent), you need weapons (your spiking, serving,setting and  passing techniques) to fight.  Now ask yourself, do you have the basic techniques (weapons) to apply  and fight so you can win this  battle (game)? What you don’t want is bad habits evolving in your game on the volleyball court (battlefield) .  We can help you win

• 2012 WINTER VOLLEYBALL CLINIC REGISTRATION FORM

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This is how we do it during our summer camp fun experience. We put a little fun on everything we do yet we focus on learning something new and exciting everyday we practice and train for volleyball season.  Unlike other summer camp our focus is strickly training for volleyball. We try to improve on our technique in passing, serving, setting and hitting.

Volleyball to some kids is a way of expressing one’s own identity.  It is way to test our character, what kind of athletes we really are, how well do we apply ourselves in different kind of game-like situations. We ask ourselves, Are we competitive enough? Can we learn from our friends and competition? Are we willing to take criticism and move on to the next level of understanding and cooperation? Are we having fun in the choices we make? Am I  better as an individual to the eyes of my friends and family?

Summer volleyball camp 2009 Fun fun fun

I always have fun working with adults. As we ended the season with working on techniques in passing  hitting and setting- this was truly a challenge. I am confident that  everybody understands what is involved in using proper basic approaches to a hit,  proper base and platform passing and the list goes on and on and on.

Now the questions is would the old habit change for the new one?  I guess the answer is up to the athlete that wants to change his or her ways.  It really is hard to change old habits but I know we try everyday of our lives to adapt to new things. Thank you for being a part of my volleyball life experience.

We can always reschedule for another time after the thanks giving holiday – Do let me know when you are available on DECEMBER 5th. 6pm my house. Just leave a comment on the  page below if you can  come to my house and celebrate with me. Have a great holiday! Do spread the word. It’s  my birthday!

It is natural to want to “chill out” after a busy volleyball season. After all, you worked hard and your body and mind deserve a rest. Plus, training in the cold of winter isn’t appealing.

It is okay to take some time off, but you shouldn’t abandon your volleyball workouts until next season. It’s better to stay active with lighter workouts, which help with weight maintenance and staying in shape. And you’ll be ahead of the game when the next season rolls around (which is usually sooner than you think).

Have you thought about off-season volleyball training? Volleyball relieves boredom and can work different muscle groups, letting your trained muscles rest and repair during the off-season. Unlike running and cycling, sports such as handball, racquetball, basketball and lacrosse involve changing directions while volleyball, which strengthens ligaments around your knees and ankles. They’re also great cardiovascular exercises. Don’t forget about stretching and strength training during your off-season routine.

Strength training for volleyball is a common and routine part of any player’s strength and conditioning program. You have certainly come to the right place if you are just starting a strength training routine or are just beginning volleyball.

Strength training for volleyball is a must-do! Volleyball is a highly competitive sport that requires athletes to be quick, powerful and coordinated. Volleyball players are well known for sticking to their strength-training program. They realize the extreme benefit that strength training for volleyball has on their performance. Any athlete wants to gain an edge over her opponents. Strength training delivers that edge.

Finally, don’t leave stretching and strength training out of your off-season routine. For lighter workouts, lower the intensity by using less weight.

Keep moving through the winter months, and you’ll be in fighting shape for your next volleyball season. Join us this winter for fun, exercise and keeping yourself active in volleyball.

Demostration and discussion on Passing form

Training adults to understand and learn volleyball is always a huge challenge for me.  Often times I try to encourage, motivate, create challenges for adults to understand the importance of proper execution. I know that every muscle in our bodies tends to lose mass. We all say ” muscles we don’t use, we lose.” This is so true for older adults. We simply do not get enought exercise nor do we get ourselves to cultivate our bodies and mind. “Noth having enough time”,  has away been the normal excuse, or “Im just to busy.”

What better way to learn a sport like volleyball and have fun. I am happy to see that many adults now try to be active.   Most importantly is that they try to better themselves through sports. Well, why not volleyball?

It’s fun, exciting, easily attainable,  so much of a non-contact sport and all we have to do is play and have fun using proper passing, serving and hitting techniques.

During the summer I had the priviledge of working with older adults who would like to learn and teach special challenge kids. It is very challenging and exciting for me to share my experience with them.  Most adults have created there own “bad habits” through out the years, although this is true, we can still change. We must have the  open mind set of wanting to change our ways for the better. We as adults perceive change as a learning curve of opportunites to make ourselves better individuals. Change for the better, a change for good health, exercise and to live a fullfilling life of bountifullness opportunities.

Teaching proper platform and base passing form

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others and Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. I also know that dreams really do come true and you have my Best Wishes and my best efforts in those.

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