Middle School Prep Clinic ’26 – On Demand

Get access to:

• 6 hours of coaching sessions with court demonstrations
• Printable clinic handbook PDF with session notes
• Certificate showing hours spent watching the clinic that can be used for professional development hours
• Lifetime access to watch the clinic on demand
• 2 bonus videos about organizing your middle school season

How to access the video

After purchasing, you can access the clinic video and download the clinic handbook under My Dashboard >> Clinic Video.

Clinic presenters:

• Deborah Newkirk, M.S. Ed. (COACH ‘EM UP Founder)
• Rodrigo Suelotto (Francis Parker MS Program Director, NOVO Volleyball Club Director)
• Tina Kinkead (COAST VBC 12s Head Coach, La Jolla Country Day Head Coach)
• Tod Mattox (The Bishop’s School, COAST Volleyball Club Dir. of Coach Education)

Clinic sessions:

• Training enthusiasm & cultivating confidence (Deborah Newkirk)
• 3 enthusiasm builders & 5 drills with built-in enthusiasm (Deborah Newkirk)
• Super beginner progression (Rodrigo Suelotto)
• Training cues for every skills (Rodrigo Suelotto)
• Drills for 40+ athletes (Rodrigo Suelotto)
• Basic team defense skills & drills (Tina Kinkead)
• Drills to track your team’s progress (Tina Kinkead)
• Serving for beginners: Bridging underhand and overhand techniques (Tod Mattox)
• A simple, speedy plan for teaching the 4-2 system (Tod Mattox)
• Making it fast and fun: 5 games for every youth practice (Tod Mattox)

Bonus videos:

• Breaking down and planning your season: Part 1 (Newkirk)
• Breaking down and planning your season: Part 2 (Newkirk)

Pricing & Discounts

• AOC Premium members receive a 10% discount automatically at checkout.

Attendees of this clinic are saying:

“I am taking on some new coaching responsibilities this year and have been stressing about that. This clinic made me feel so much better about it, with a nice combination of enthusiasm, explanation, and demonstration (modeling what we need to do). And it was nice to hear questions that mirror my challenges to help me see they are more universal than I’d thought. Now, I’m really looking forward to getting my middle schoolers on the court in a couple weeks!”

“I’ve been attending your HS & JH prep clinics for a while. They keep getting better. This one definitely continued the trend!”

“I thought it was great. I am a new coach for 5th grade so I loved the ideas of how to teach basic form and start with super easy and then see how to progress for a challenge. Love the building enthusiasm. Overall feel much better prepared. Thank you!”

“The clinic was useful for me even as a coach of many years.”

“This was my first volleyball clinic. I enjoyed the virtual experience, it allowed me to move and still watch the video. The instructions provided great information and I can’t wait to review it again to learn more. Hope you all continue with these programs.”

“Excellent – great format and handouts”

“The clinic was very well ran. I enjoyed the camera views of most drills. I would like to see more Q&A in a live gym setting. Loved the session on enthusiasm.”

“I think it was run extremely well. Keep it up!”