Session selection

 I just realized that the clinic on the 28th is for advanced.  My daughter is not quite 14, and is not what I would consider 'advanced' in her hitting technique.  Is this going to be a problem? Will she be in over her head?  I know of another one of her teammates that is the same skill level as my daughter, and was also interested in this clinic.  Please advise!

We never stop someone from attending a session or not as we are trying to not evaluate the athletes in that way.  They get enough of that from tryouts and team play.  Each session is designed to be individual training so athlete at all different levels can benefit from the session.  The hitting harder session builds on the basic hitting style and is considered advanced as it is meant for the athletes who have the ability to spike but just want to increase the power.  Athletes who attend a session too advanced for them do tend to be frustrated attempting what the coach is asking them to do and they are physically not there.  However, it can allow a more mature view of where they should be heading in the skill as they progress which can be used to form goals.  Each athlete is different in their approach to skill development.  Some are very skilled at development on their own and take the instruction given at sessions and go home and will work on it until it becomes muscle memory others will only strive to better themselves when in front of a coach in a formal practice setting.  Some athletes are very self-motivated and others are peer-motivated and then their are the coach-motivated athletes, each brings a style to the Academy session.  This variation makes it difficult to develop an evaluation or suggestion for individuals who have only been seen in a few sessions.  When working in developing a team a coach needs to work hard in determining a current skill level in each athlete to allow the use of said skills in a unified team.  At the academy we look at the athlete’s current skill level and suggest changes based only on the focus of the session without comparison of the athletes skills to other athletes or a team’s need.  This is a unique coaching perspective but does force the ownership of which session to attend to each individual athlete and their support group, like their parents, team members and team coach.

Now if that is not the best non-answer I have given today I don’t know what is...lol