Monday, December 17, 2012

Congrats to Salima and Brian!

Congratulations to Salima Rockwell and Brian Wright and the staff and team of the University of Texas on winning the 2012 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship!

This summer Salima and Brian visited Badger Region to put on two wonderful coaching clinics. See the video below on Feed Forward, dealing with how to communicate with your players more effectively to get them to learn.



Salima Rockwell (Associate Head Coach at Texas) and Brian Wright (Texas Volunteer Assistant and Camp and Website Director at Austin Performance Volleyball Club, as well as a coach at AP)

A drill for practice: Hitting progression with knee down to work on armswing




Thursday, December 6, 2012

YMCA Developmental League Starting Up In The Milwaukee Area

For those junior players who are not already part of a club volleyball program, or for those who want to improve their skills, we encourage you to check out the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee's Youth Developmental League. This is a league that is run by the YMCAs, so please use the contact information below if there are any questions!

4th-8th Grade
U10-U14 Developmental Leagues
The main goal of our volleyball developmental league is to encourage participants to have fun and to develop their volleyball skills. Teams will practice one night a week, and rotate between practices and games on Saturdays. Season includes a few cross-over tournaments and league finale.

Program Dates are January 5 - April 13
Fee is $180 per player, which includes practice/games twice a week, and a league t-shirt.

Register at your Local YMCA:

Feith Family YMCA
Paul Jungbauer
262-268-9622

South Shore YMCA
Anne Weise
414-571-9622

Tri-County YMCA
Meghan Anker
262-255-9622

Northside YMCA
Divinity Barkley
414-265-9622

Southwest YMCA
Jess McCann
414-546-9622

Suburban YMCA
Lacy Germano
414-302-9622

Rite Hite YMCA
Leila Wright
414-354-9622

Special Information:
- Information day will be used to help coaches assess player’s ability and provide more League information for parents

- First team practices will be Sat, Jan 5
- Saturdays rotate between practices and games/mini-tournaments
- There will be no v-ball March 30 - April 5