Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 4

 

End of the Month

Next group of Sessions

This newsletter will be a quick summary of the next activities based on the COVID restrictions.  The IceBox training center has been great in helping us navigate the issues and will allow us to restart the School Day Academy sessions, Jump training, and the artist academy sessions.
The limited number of 8 participants means many of our sessions sell out and we want to take this moment to thank all participants for their interest in the academy.

Drawing on the Tablet

The Thursday night Artist Elite Academy sessions from 6-8 pm in the IceBox conference center will teach all age artists how to transfer their skills to a tablet.  The experienced artists will be amazed at how great the tablet is to create art.  The new artists can work on the fundamentals of creating art using the tablets.  Darren’s for 15 years of his teaching career taught high school art and has taught and used many different mediums to create art.  In the last 12 years, he has concentrated on digital art and been recognized for his works.  Drawing on the tablet is a great solitary hobby that Darren has done to relax during his downtime.  If you are seeking a skill that can be done anywhere, is relaxing, and allows you to create during these days.  Think about registering for the sessions as the spots are limited and you will find the face to face session very relaxing and a fun experience.

 

Next group of Sessions This newsletter will be a quick summary of the next activities based on the COVID restrictions.  The IceBox training center has been great in helping us navigate the issues and will allow us to restart the School Day Academy sessions, Jump training, and the artist academy sessions. The limited number of 8 participants means many of our sessions sell out and we want to take this moment to thank all participants for their interest in the academy. Register now Drawing on the Tablet The Thursday night Artist Elite Academy sessions from 6-8 pm in the IceBox conference center will teach all age artists how to transfer their skills to a tablet.  The experienced artists will be amazed at how great the tablet is to create art.  The new artists can work on the fundamentals of creating art using the tablets.  Darren’s for 15 years of his teaching career taught high school art and has taught and used many different mediums to create art.  In the last 12 years, he has concentrated on digital art and been recognized for his works.  Drawing on the tablet is a great solitary hobby that Darren has done to relax during his downtime.  If you are seeking a skill that can be done anywhere, is relaxing, and allows you to create during these days.  Think about registering for the sessions as the spots are limited and you will find the face to face session very relaxing and a fun experience. Register now School Day Academy and Jump Training All the school day academy sessions are sold out except for the second group for athletes grade 7-10.  There are still only a few spots in this group and it starts on the first of the month. The February Jump Training grade 7-10 session is also sold out but there is one spot left in the grade 10-12 session. The March sessions are also starting to fill and if you are interested register early to reserve your spot.

Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 3

 

Volleyball and Art - YAHOOO

Volleyball School Day Academy

We have started the School Day Academy sessions again.  The School Day Academy February Grade 7-10 is sold out.  The School Day Academy February Grade 11-12 is sold out.  But we do have a waiting list for each of these groups.  The waitlist will allow us to know if we need to run another session.  The sessions sell out so fast as we only have room for 8 athletes.
We have already posted the March School Day sessions and you might want to sign up quickly.

We offer Jump, Agility, and Strength training right after the one hour School Day academy.  This allows the athletes to do these sessions on the same day which will allow for twice a week training. There are still one or two spots in the February Jump Sessions but they will fill quickly.  March sessions still have room.  Sign up early these sessions are one hour long.  They are excellent training to increase the athlete's vertical and do some agility and strength training.  This fun, fast-paced sessions are normally full and a chance to work on your fitness.

School Day Artist Academy

We are very pleased to announce the start of the School Day Artist Academy.  These sessions are Learning to Draw on tablet sessions and are divided into even and odd days in February.   This allows the high school age student to attend on the day they are not in school. There are only 8 spots in these sessions and run from 12 (noon) until 3 pm.
Odd Day groups will be on February 1,3,5,9,11,15,17,19,23,25
Even Day groups will be on February 2,4,8,10,12,16,18,22,24,26
Each day is 3 hours long and allows the artists to complete a drawing or at least get a good start on the creation.  Artists of any age or skill level are welcome to register.
We are also offering 4 session evening package which is only two hours long but again is learning to draw on tablet sessions.

Newletter Volume 5 Issue 2

 

School Day Academy and Jump Training

School Day Academy Returns

School Day Academy is a focused on one hour twice a week skill training sessions and once a week gameplay. The current COVID restrictions only allow 8 people in bubble training groups. The School Day Academy will offer two groups, one is grade 7-10 athletes and the second group is grade 11-12 athletes.
Each of the volleyball skills will be taught and athletes will be required to self-motivate themselves to become well-rounded players. The coaches will attempt to develop a climate within the practice planning, structure, focus, and implementation during the skills training to develop high intensity, success-driven, high communication, and team mentality growth activities.
The athletes will be given the opportunity to register for Agility, Jump, and Strength training sessions on their day off or right after their day of skill training. The game day will be an opportunity to play controlled 4 on 4 games to try to utilize the skills that were taught during the skills sessions. Game days will be on Fridays every second week

Agility, Jump and Strength Training

The jump training program is a program that was tested on the first School Day Academy and has shown a jump improvement in the athletes. If you want to improve your jump this tried and tested program is a high energy program and is easy to stay motivated if you do it at the same time as others. The program should only be done twice a week so your legs have a chance to recover.  It is possible to do only this and not the School Day Academy.

There will be limited athletes (8) at his session to makes sure we follow the academy protocols for COVID

The last three weeks of sessions sold out very quickly.  This will happen with these sessions of well as we can only allow 8 athletes to participate in each group.  Sign up early so you don'e miss out.

Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 1

 

2021 is all about JUMPING.

January 2021 is all about working on your jump.   This month we are going to focus on Jump training at the Ice Box training center.  If you are not going to be tall then you will need to learn to jump, it is also helpful if you are the tallest athletes.  This twice a week program is broken into two groups.  All groups are from 4-5 pm. Group one is Monday and Wednesday for Grade 7-10 athletes Group two is Tuesday and Thursday for Grade 10-12 athletes. This program was used with the school day academy and we saw some impressive increase in athlete's vertical jumps. Snow Volleyball I have purchased a couple of snow volleyballs.  If you have some friends that would like to play for a couple of hours.   Drop me a note and we can set it up.  It should be fun. There is no gym that needs to be rented,  just less than 8 players on the court and we have two courts we can use.  The courts have solar lights so we can play after the sunsets as well.   Get your friends together and let us try it.  For now, there is no cost for this activity just pick a nice day, so I (Darren) do not freeze. Most of the players wear soccer cleats and gloves with the fingers cut out.   But we can figure that out as we go along.