Mini-Group Volleyball Training

Our Mini-Group Volleyball Training is designed to provide athletes the opportunity to experience the same great training they would get in private training — all without having to compete for scheduling availability and at a cheaper price tag. Each group session will have a large amount of repetition volume, while still prioritizing technical details and focus.

With a smaller athlete-to-coach ratio than our popular Small Group training, our Mini-Group training is the perfect blend of individual attention without having to worry about competing for limited scheduling availability. Plus, Mini-Groups are split up by skill level — which creates a training environment that benefits from some ‘positive peer-pressure’ as athletes learn from and ‘compete’ against their skill-level peers.

Click here to peruse available mini-groups!

Position and Skill Based Training

Attacking Mini-Groups

  • The Outside and Opposite (sometimes called Right-Side) positions are two of the most heavily-used offensive positions on most teams.

    Being able to attack and block from the left and right side of the court is critical to any team’s success!

    During these group sessions, we focus on being able to hit bad sets well, expanding offensive range, and blocking in the numerous situations that these positions find themselves in every match.

    Sessions are lead by our top coaches and are designed to optimize technical and tactical ability, all while increasing the athlete’s Volleyball IQ.

  • Attacking Principles

    • Great Outsides/Opposites are able to hit even bad sets well

    • Great Outsides/Opposites are able to hit to any location on the court

    • Great Outsides/Opposites are able to see the block and hit around it

    • Great Outsides/Opposites are able to hit from multiple spots on the court

Liberos & Defense Mini-Groups

  • Everyone knows that defense wins championships, and there is no more important defensive player than the team’s libero.

    Responsible for keeping the ball off the floor more than anyone else and initiating the offense, having the correct technical skills to pass and dig with one’s platform and hands is imperative to success at the libero position.

    This group is also great for any other positions looking to improve their serve-receive and digging abilities!

    Sessions are lead by our top coaches and are designed to optimize technical and tactical ability, all while increasing the athlete’s Volleyball IQ.

  • Defense Principles

    • Great diggers are able to move efficiently to the flight path of attacks

    • Great diggers are able to use a variety of ‘floor moves’ to extend their range and dig more balls

    • Great diggers are able to dig with both their platform and hands — as well as to the left and right of their bodies

    • Great diggers prioritize tips/rolls/positive block-touches over hard-driven balls

    • Great diggers use a reverse-dodgeball step to maximize surface area behind the ball and reduce ‘shankability’

    • Great diggers are also able to set up attackers with the 2nd contact if the setter is unavailable

Setters Mini-Groups

  • The setter is the arguably the most important position on the team.

    Touching the ball the most during every match and running the offense, the responsibility on this position is great.

    Come fine-tune your technical and tactical skills, all while getting tons of disciplined, focused setting repetitions!

    Sessions are lead by our top coaches and are designed to optimize technical and tactical ability, all while increasing the athlete’s Volleyball IQ.

  • Setter Principles

    • Great setters are able to move efficiently from the ‘setter pocket’ to the pass location

    • Great setters are able to set the ball from the same contact point relative to their body every time

    • Great setters are able to set the ball to any location on the court, from any location on the court

    • Great setters are able to square-up to the outside target every set

    • Great setters are able to be an offensive threat when in the front-row

What skill level am I?

Advanced

Athletes registering for an ‘Advanced’ Mini-Group would be athletes who are considered some of the very best in the area at their position. Here are a few examples:

  • High school athletes who are on the ‘top’ team for their age-group at their club; or

  • High school athletes who are varsity starters at their school

Intermediate

Athletes registering for an ‘Intermediate’ Mini-Group would be athletes who have club experience playing their position, but would not necessarily qualify for the ‘Advanced’ skill level. Here are a few examples:

  • Athletes who are experienced but are not on the ‘top’ team for their age-group at their club

Beginner

Athletes registering for a ‘Beginner’ Mini-Group would be athletes who are fairly new to volleyball with minimal to no club experience.

Please note that these skill levels are not meant to make anyone feel better/worse than anyone else and inherently vague. We will absolutely have situations where someone registers for the ‘wrong’ skill level. When this happens, everything will be OK!

If you are not sure what level your athlete should register for, or if you’d like an exception to be made, please email us!