Philosophy and Goals:

Spike Frog Volleyball has designed an exclusive training program for volleyball players in Grades 6-8. This sports performance training program creates an educational environment intended to challenge, engage and support the dedicated student volleyball athlete. Athletes that participate in this program should truly enjoy the game of volleyball coupled with a desire to learn, improve, and work hard.

Principles:

Our standards and principles tutor our young athletes that “Anything less than your best is unacceptable”. While we understand that every young athlete may not play college volleyball or compete in the Olympics, we know our training principles allow for the development of skills and experience applicable to other areas of life. At Spike Frog Volleyball, we are truly passionate about working with young athletes who want to improve, raise their level of performance, and build self-confidence. Our goal-oriented program enables athletes to accelerate their progress.

Lead Instructors: 

Dave Taylor, experienced USAV club volleyball and High Performance coach, is a certified Gold Medal Squared skills instructor. As the owner of Spike Frog Volleyball, he has trained athletes in the sport of volleyball for more than a decade. Coach Dave continues to seek knowledge from the top coaches at the Olympic and collegiate levels. In turn, he shares this valuable training information with passionate youth, teens, and coaches. He also thoroughly enjoys working as a collegiate assistant coach at Concordia Lutheran University.

Doug Keyser, experienced club volleyball coach is Impact and USAV CAP I certified. Coach Doug recently finished a very successful season as the head coach of the Round Rock Christian Middle School volleyball team.

Experience:

Athletes MUST HAVE at least 2 seasons of playing experience.

* Players must be overhand serving the ball from the service line over the net consistently to join this program. If your athlete does not currently meet these standards, you may elect to join our TAP program or attend an Open Serve. Our next XLR8 program will start in December '14

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• Location: ASC, RRSC

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High School Elite Training Program
For Incoming 9th - 12th Grade Athletes Only

Philosophy and Goals:

Spike Frog Volleyball has designed an exclusive training program for volleyball players in Grades 9-12. This sports performance training program creates an educational environment intended to challenge, engage and support the dedicated student volleyball athlete. Athletes that participate in this program should truly enjoy the game of volleyball coupled with a desire to learn, improve, and work hard.

Principles:

Our standards and principles tutor our young athletes that “Anything less than your best is unacceptable”. While we understand that every young athlete may not play college volleyball or compete in the Olympics, we know our training principles allow for the development of skills and experience applicable to other areas of life. At Spike Frog Volleyball, we are truly passionate about working with young athletes who want to improve, raise their level of performance, and build self-confidence. Our goal-oriented program enables athletes to accelerate their progress.

Lead Instructors: 

Dave Taylor, experienced USAV club volleyball and High Performance coach, is a certified Gold Medal Squared skills instructor. As the owner of Spike Frog Volleyball, he has trained athletes in the sport of volleyball for more than a decade. Coach Dave continues to seek knowledge from the top coaches at the Olympic and collegiate levels. In turn, he shares this valuable training information with passionate youth, teens, and coaches. He also thoroughly enjoys working as a collegiate assistant coach at Concordia Lutheran University.

Experience:

This program is designed for those athletes with at least 2 seasons of playing experience in middle school or high school OR 4 seasons of playing experience in recreational league play

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• Dates: 
• Location: ASC, RRSC

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Club volleyball players looking to get involved in volleyball at a higher level--even at the Olympic level--this clinic will help you understand how you can achieve your dreams. USAV High Performance tryouts can be daunting with so much talent around you. We will explain each step of the way so that you can be calm and knowledgeable about your complete 4-hour tryout.

 

The USAV High Performance Program bridges the gap between the National USA Team and the club volleyball programs across the country. It serves as the "athlete pipeline" for young volleyball players who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and who dream to represent USA on their jersey.   

 

There are four age groups. Junior (born in 1996 and 1997), Youth (born in 1998 and 1999), Select (born in 2000 and 2001), and Future Select (born in 2002 and 2003). Once you attend a tryout, you are automatically placed into the pipeline. Each year you are reevaluated and your progress is tracked.  

 

Coach Dave Taylor is a USAV CAP II Certified Skills Instructor and has served as a High Performance Tryout Evaluator.  During this clinic, he will demonstrate with athletes the exact drills for each position along with an explanation of what the coaches might be looking for when evaluating your position(s). Every positional group (Libero, Outsides, Setters, Middles) will have between 5-8 drills they need to be prepared to perform. All clinic participants will receive a packet of information to help with taking notes for drills and other important information. The session will include tips on how to prepare nutritionally, as well as physically.