Middle School Prep Clinic ’23 – On Demand
$99.99
Learn how to keep kids engaged and turn them into volleyball players
Whether you have prior volleyball experience or not, this virtual clinic will give you the tools you need to run tryouts, plan your season and teach the game, all while keeping kids engaged and sparking their love for the game.
The on-demand clinic features award-winning coach and educator Deborah Newkirk walking you through a middle school season plan and demonstrating on-court training for middle school players. You’ll also receive a clinic handbook and bonus resources that will help you with different aspects of running a middle school team all season long.
AOC Premium members save 10% on the clinic (automatically applied at checkout).
Learn how to plan your season, teach the game and make it FUN!
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 continuing education credit
- Lifetime access to watch the clinic on demand
- Bonus resources with further information about running a middle school team
How to access the video
After purchasing, you can access the clinic video and download the clinic handbook under My Dashboard >> Clinic Video.
Clinic presenter
The clinic is hosted by Deborah Newkirk, an award winning coach and educator who has taught the fundamentals of sport for over thirty years.
Clinic sessions:
- Middle school volleyball: The big picture
- Breaking down and planning your season: Part 1
- Breaking down and planning your season: Part 2
- Situational volleyball: Preparing for match day
- Defining and identifying player roles
- Teaching transition volleyball
- Keeping players engaged: Positive reinforcers & motivational strategies
- Power vs. finesse: Unique strategies to pull off the “W”
- My top 10 coaching concepts
- Open Q&A with Coach Newkirk
Bonus resources:
- Coaching primer: What every coach needs to know
- Tryout packet
Pricing & Discounts
- AOC Premium members receive a 10% discount automatically at checkout.
Attendees of this clinic are saying:
“Great clinic with valuable information pertaining to middle school and young athletes! Totally worth it!”
“Deborah did a fantastic job with showing so many drills. As a visual person, seeing them in addition to the workbook was perfect. The clinic overall was very informative for a MS coach. I loved her positive reinforcements and cues for the players.”
“I really liked the cues and language – using particular phrases to elaborate on “move your feet” etc. I expect that will be impactful right off the bat when implementing points from the clinic in my program. Some things she mentioned were validating because I am already doing them – it is good to know that I should keep doing them! The BASE and rotation tips are very helpful in explaining position to new players.”
“I thought Deborah was an excellent presenter and the topics were extremely relevant to middle school volleyball. I work in central Texas and thought what Deborah presented was very relevant to the talent level that I have; it was still higher level volleyball.”
“Deborah was great. Great energy and attitude. I wish she could come help me for the season :)”
“Deborah’s philosophy and ideas and her fun and instructive games for young ones. I loved how she was so very positive with the kids, even when they made mistakes.”
“I loved all of the cues that make learning techniques more memorable. I also loved learning some new drills to use in practice.”
“Deborah has great energy. I have her AOC book but it’s much better to see it hands on.”
“The drills and practice plans were most beneficial. I also liked how she taught the girls to move around the court (rotations/backing each other up/backing off the ball when called).”
“I love the tryout packet she showed and will be using it!”
“It made me feel more confident about coaching this coming season.”
“Thank you for sharing your volleyball knowledge, it’s exactly what I needed and well presented!”
