This is the way you need to vote!

The only question as a Doctor and past teacher that I feel qualified to vote on is the following... Which is more important? Make sure you all get out and VOTE on September 20th, 2021. Here is what is happening this week at the Academy. This week in the Volleyball Elite Academy, we have a couple of different sessions happening.  The Jump Training is happening twice a week, and you can register for the rest of the month.  We have three different pillars that we try to cover while doing the Jump training.  They are Jumping, agility and strength. This week we are doing underhand passing on Thursday 23, 2021, from 7-8 pm for the basic session and then 8-9 pm for the advanced session.  You can register for any level of those sessions or both of the sessions. We hope to see you on the court soon.  Learn more This is the Jump Training strength training video..

What it takes!

 

Successful tryout or not? School tryouts - Success or Failure? Share this with anyone who was successful or failed in their school tryouts! Every year in September, a group of athletes have tried out for their school team and have not made it.  This year is even worse as some of the athletes making this quest could not play last year as the sports were shut down here in Saskatoon.  During the pandemic, some athletes have spent a lot of time working on their own to further their volleyball skills, while others have not put in any time.  The ones who have worked on their fitness and skills stand out a lot from ones who have not.  The ones who put in the time are rewarded by making the team.  In other years the ones who worked hard outside of the school year are usually the ones that are awarded by making the school teams and club teams.  The few spots on school teams have been more competitive as the number of athletes flocking to volleyball increases.  To the athletes who did not make the team, you need to ask yourself a few questions. Did you do for fitness and skill development during the pandemic? Do you play beach volleyball in the summer? Do you play club volleyball in the winter? Do you believe you can make the team by only working on volleyball skills while in front of a coach? Is the decision to play volleyball yours, friends, family or others? Do you understand that it is not how many times you fail but how you react to failure? When I coached and selected players for a team, I looked for athletes who: are physically able to handle the challenges of playing volleyball have done enough activity in their past to possess eye-hand coordination, agility and strength. Coachable Make eye contact when being given instruction Understand it is a sport and meant to be fun Confident but not arrogant Make others around them better Understand team Leadership Not entitled Mentally tough Positive attitude Not a complainer Grateful Honest Puts others first  Humble Compassionate Vocal Smiles most of the time Not a quitter Sense of humour Let others tell them how great they are. No excuses Strive to be better each day Willing to earn playing time and do not expect it Ready to make sacrifices to be on a team No players will have all of these characteristics, but they are a shopping list on how to succeed.   Dr. Darren Cannell Check out the Memes below to further clarify what it means to be elite!   Elite Athlete Memes

 

Welcome to Wave 4

Send us some information The academy last year had a large number of athletes attend.  We are always excited when school and club start to see who made teams via Facebook and other social media sites.  We would like to bring attention through our gallery and blog of all those athletes representing their school at this time of year.  If you have an athlete in your family and would like to have them proudly displayed on our blog and gallery, drop me a note and an image or video of the athlete plays. We will post it for all to see. Congrats to Keegan Colleaux (25) Trained with Canada's Youth National Team this summer Send us some information The academy last year had a large number of athletes attend.  We are always excited when school and club start to see who made teams via Facebook and other social media sites.  We would like to bring attention through our gallery and blog of all those athletes representing their school at this time of year.  If you have an athlete in your family and would like to have them proudly displayed on our blog and gallery, drop me a note and an image or video of the athlete plays. We will post it for all to see. Send us Information Photo Gallery The most popular area of our site is the photo gallery.  The gallery was started at the conception of the academy.  It is fun to go back and see some of the old images of those athletes who graduated from high school. The gallery is always a trip down memory lane for me.  We are in the thousands of photos now. Set some time aside and see some of the remarkable athletes who have attended our sessions. Photo Gallery and Blog At the Academy, we designed a Canadian Elite Academy – Volleyball Lower Body stretch video

Elite Player Memes

  

Canadian Elite Academy - Lower Body Volleyball Stretch

Why did you cancel School Day Academy?

 

We cancelled the September School Day Academy.

We will start again in October Don't worry we will have October School Day,.  It will start October 4th, 5-6 pm reserve your spot now. Want to know more?

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