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THE NUMBER ONE VOLLEYBALL CLINIC IN THE NATION IS
COMING TO NEW YORK!!!!!

On Saturday and Sunday, July 3-4, Olympic Gold
Medalist and the nation's number one clinician and
skills instructor, Pat Powers, will conduct a 12-hour
advanced volleyball skills clinic at Long Beach on
Long Island. The clinic is for junior and adult
players, male and female and will run from 9:00 am to
5:00PM on Saturday and 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Sunday.

**********ONLY 20 SPOTS LEFT!!!**********************

**********FREE T-SHIRT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS***********

Why is VBClinics.Com the best?

1. Learn why you should backspin a volleyball when passing
2. Learn to get more power when hitting.
3. Learn how to time a set; how to time your hitters.
4. Learn how to develop your peripheral vision when hitting.
5. Learn how to make your float serve dance.
6. Learn how to get into position on defense.
7. Learn the basics of "non-verbal communication on the court.
8. A three-page handout outlining the secrets of the game.
9. Competition suited for each individual player.
10. Learn why you should broad jump into the set.
11. Learn how to snap a ball instead of hitting it.
12. Juniors: How to position yourself for a collegiate scholarship!!
13. Learn how to play defense in the two-person game!

There are three fundamentals stressed in the clinic
common in all team sports:

1. Playing the game three seconds into the future.
2. Using peripheral vision.
3. Reacting to bodies instead of the ball.

"The most frequently asked question is about skill
level. All clinics/camps have a variation in talent.
The difference becomes apparent when the participants
play. To mitigate this what I do is spend ~80% of the
time on skills and drills. If you do a high level of
repetition reinforcing the correct way of executing a
given skill, you shorten the learning curve associated
with motor movements. The initial skill level of the
player is not an issue."

Cost of the clinic for 12 hours of intense instruction
and a free T-shirt is $120. For more information and
sign-up, please visit the Pat Powers web site at:
http://www.vbclinics.com and clinic on the "Clinics"
icon.

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laugh

I recently signed up for the clinic in Virginia (I think it's right after
NY). I was curious: has anyone here gone to one of these? How'd you
like it?

I'm also wondering if I should do anything to prep. I've been playing
vball off and on for about 15 years. I'd consider myself intermediate, but
I've taken no formal courses or practice (unless you want to count the
fif**** minutes I spent listening to my seventh-grade gym teacher). I'm
certain I've picked up some nasty, nasty habits. :-)

I'm going to try to start running regularly again. Probably a good idea
to have enough stamina for whatever they do to us down there.

todd haverkos

laugh@starpower.net (Paul Brinkley) writes:

I've been to two of Pat's clinics twice in the past. If you've never
had the benefit of volleyball coach (as an adult learner, I had not
except for a fairly weak class I had the last year of college), this
might be the weekend that opens up a bit of a new world to your game.

Now, it's possible you'll exit the weekend still ****ing (like me),
but conscious incompetence is far better than unconscious
incompetence.

But there's a whole list of things you might not ever have thought
about as an adult learner in the game that he'll get ya thinkin about,
and breaking down the techniques is very useful.

Oh yeah. In prep, get in good aerobic and anaerobic shape. Wall sits
would be very wise as well because when you work on passing, you're
gonna run around in a squat position for a few hours and wish you
still had some thigh muscle left. And be ready for a lot of jumping.

Have fun. And don't let Pat visit your apartment and see any of your
golf clubs....Unless you're handy with drywall repair. Or so I hear
from a very reliable source.

Best Regards,
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Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org
http://www.vbref.org/

stevekarmazin

Greetings. A few years ago I produced an instructional volleyball
video with Pat Powers.

So, call me biased, but I would HIGHLY recommend going to one of Pat's
clinics.
I've been to several, including the beach vball clinic he does on Long
Island, NY.

Implementing several of the skills Pat's demonstrated at his clinics,
the same techniques he shows in the video, I have had several
'vollebyall gestalt' moments...I'll execute a skill, and than the
light bulb goes off, and I realize...I did it correctly, what he says
does work.

The same holds true even when watching a match. Go to one of Pat's
clinics and you'll hear him say 'hit out of your approach.'

I distinctly remember going to a match in SoCal one year. SC made a
good pass...which held the other team's middle. They set the swing
hitter for an outside 4. The middle was late coming over...and leaned
into the angle...leaving that triangle of space between the end
blocker and the middle.

So what does the hitter do? He makes the adjustment, and instead of
swinging straight into the end blocker, swings 'out of his approach'
and into that triangle space. Ball down, point USC.

Pat will also tell people 'quiet down the arms' when passing, and when
I watch really good passers, on the beach or indoors...they're doing
precisely what he says.

And there are plenty of other examples.

So yeah, I'm biased...but biased for a good reason. For several good
reasons.
Because what he teaches works. Shoot, if a dude like me from New
Jersey can pick up some skills, Pat must be doing something right!

As for Pat's golfing skills, what could I say really about a 6-foot-6
guy holding a metal club in his hands??? (comic relief, not meant to
be taken literally by any Olympic gold medalists)

Steve Karmazin

tom ziomek

I have an opposing opinion to offer. Not that the clinic I attended of-
fered *no* value, but I think it was poorly organized and run. I don't
have time tonight to write up details, but this is something I've been
meaning to do for a while; I'll have something online before Monday and
will post the URL.

Tom Z

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buckeyedave84

I went to the Chicago Clinic May 8-9. Here are some random thoughts:

-70 players on 4 courts is a bad player/court ratio.
-On the passing drills, the volley we had to pass was too easy. A
rainbow. Never spiked or hard driven.
-He was the only good coach for 70 players.
-At the end of the clinic he knew me by name, but during the clinic
didn't talk to me that much.
-He did critique every player on every skill he taught.
-Very approachable. Would answer any question. Was eager for more
questions.
-Very good advice for juniors looking for scholarships.
-Said reperatedly that he would answer any emailed questions so he is
an ongoing source of information.
-I'm not sure I buy his backspin theory, but his method of teaching
develops good passing technique.
-He teaches the "bow and arrow" spiking technique. I use the whip
technique and find it much more effective. I had a sore rotator cuff
for a week after the clinic.
-Before the passing drills, he preaches 6 steps for successful
passing. Six things to do every time you pass the ball. That got me
to really focus on what I was doing. That was very helpful.
-I'll go again next year, its worth the $$.

HTH,
BuckeyeDave