Thursday, April 25, 2013

Regionals!

www.iavbreg.org

This will link you to our schedule this weekend. You will need chairs for the first day, but not for Sunday. We are Orioles VBC 1 and we are in a pool with Wash Warriors (hope that helps you decipher!)

Thursday, March 21, 2013

blocking drill you can do at home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrURpHKO5A

This is something you can do at home or using the hallway or gym walls at school. The top of a vball net is a little higher than 7'4" and I believe that ideally you would want to clear that somewhere between the crease of your wrist and your elbow, depending on your height and jumping ability.

The goal is not necessarily to jump any higher than this; remember that most balls are going to be hit just above the net, and you want to "catch"/ block that ball with your hands preferably. It is much more important that you can jump quickly, efficiently, move to the correct spot on the net/ line up with the hitters arm path, and that your hands are high to increase the AMOUNT OF TIME your hands clear the net.

This coach cut out hand prints and taped them on the wall at the height he desired them to touch. I would suggest maybe around 7'10" or a little higher.

You should NOT start with your toes to the wall on the floor. Think of the floor/wall line as the middle line under the net. You would never have your toes touching that. You also should have your elbows up and hands starting up higher than your eye level. Arms should not be winged out, rather should be out in front of you with thumbs pointing up and pinkies east and west.

Jump without bringing elbows down to your waist. Again, this is not a vertical jump drill and you are not trying to use a swing of the arms to elevate. It is sufficient to load just your legs and hips and almost "hop" rather than fully jump. Doing this over and over will actually increase your strength and make you "hop" higher with time. Any plyometrics training will also help you.

Touch the wall evenly with both hands (press) and touch your toes evenly to the wall (pike). Press gains control of the ball and pike gains control of your body balance. Land with booty out and knees not knocked together and even on your two feet to protect your knees.

You can vary this wall drill by using different footwork patterns to cover different distances. The length of the net across is about 29'6", and you should be able to move 1/3 of this distance (9 ft) quickly and with ease. Because we have you pinch in for your base blocking spots, you won't have to go this far very often, but it is good to work on different distances between 1 - 9 ft. You should concentrate most of your work on 3 - 5 ft distances - that is what you will see most.

Side Step

Take one step with the foot closest to the hitter and then bring your other foot over so they are once again about shoulder-width apart.
As you move, keep your hips and shoulders square to the net.
It may take you more than one side step to get yourself in front of the hitter, but if it takes more than two, think about using a crossover step instead.

Crossover Step

Take one big side step with the leg closest to the hitter.
Cross your other leg in front of your body while still keeping your shoulders as square to the net as possible. Your hips will momentarily be angled toward the hitter.
Take one more step with the first leg, squaring your hips with the net once again.
Plant your feet in front of the hitter and jump straight up (no drifting.)

Hope this helps ladies!

another thing to watch on blocking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyt3oImjJbg

Monday, March 18, 2013

info about our location - corridor courts in marion

Parking at Corridor Courts is behind the building (very limited – do NOT parallel park along the creek or building), across the 44^th Street at the Cotton Gallery (blue building), but only on Saturday and Sundays (and weekdays after 5:00 p.m.) or at the south end of the building (plenty of parking!) DO NOT park in the lot on the northeast corner of 44^th Street and 8^th Avenue.

Direction to Corridor Courts, 750 44^th Street, Marion, Iowa:

From Dubuque: 151 South to 44^th Street, Marion. Turn left. Corridor Courts is the yellow building on your right.

From South of Cedar Rapids: 380 North to Highway 30 East Exit. Go east to Highway 13 North. Turn left onto Collins Rd (IA-100 W). Turn right onto 44th St. Corridor Courts is the yellow building on your left.

From North of Cedar Rapids: 380 South to Exit #24/IA-100/Collins Rd/Blairs Ferry Rd/42Nd St. Take ramp onto Collins Rd NE (IA-100 E). Turn left onto 44th St. Corridor Courts is the yellow building on your left.

From Manchester: 13 South. Turn right onto 10th Ave (US-151-BR S). Turn left onto 44th St. Corridor Courts is the yellow building on your right.

Please understand Corridor Courts has a full concession…therefore NO food or beverage may be brought into the facility. Fans are encouraged to bring lawn/bag chairs as there are no bleachers at Corridor Courts.

ALL teams and individuals are responsible to CLEAN the area. TEAMS NOT leaving their team camp area clean will be assessed a fine as per IAUSAV Region rule.

Please contact me if you have any questions:

Rick Blackwell

www.easterniowavolleyballcamps.com

Tournament Coordinator

319-538-1231

4 team pool for hiway one tourny


	Pool A		Pool B

1	Iowa Rockets17 Gold	1	Dyersville Intensity 17G White
2	PCPVA 17G	2	Stingers 17G
3	Cascade 17-1	3	Oriole 171 Slam
4	CIS 16W	4	DVC-17-2 Force

4 Team Pool Play

Time	Teams	Off.
8:30	1 - 3	2
9:30	2 - 4	1
10:30	1 - 4	3
11:30	2 - 3	1
12:30	3 - 4	2
1:30	1 - 2	4

Play will be two games to 25
points with no point cap. Five
minutes between matches. The two top teams in each pool will advance to a Championship Playoff. The 3rd and 4th place teams will compete in a Consolation Playoff. Complete instructions for all playoffs will be given to the coaches on Saturday morning, March 23rd. Because there are so many teams in the tournament, coaches should make a special effort to keep the teams on or ahead of schedule.

Friday, March 8, 2013

embedding directions to epworth

Thursday, March 7, 2013

epworth pairings

TOURNAMENT NAME: Epworth Volleyball Extravaganza			DATE: March 9, 2013
Gym site: Western Dubuque H.S.			Div. Gender & Age/Level: 17G
Site Address:302 5^th Ave. SW Epworth, IA 52045			Pool Format: 2 games to 25 pts (Starting at 4-4)

Pool:	A		Games		Point Spread	Pool Finish	Playoff Finish
Court: 1			Won	Loss
Team 1 Code		FJ7DBQCO1IA
Rally Cats 17U

Team 2 Code		FJ7DYVBCBIA
Intensity 17U White

Team 3 Code		FJ7DIVAS4IA
Dubuque Elite-Dig This

Team 4 Code		FJ7CRAVE1IA
Crave 17U Bolts

Team 5 Code		FJ6IARCK2IA
Iowa Rockets 16 Black

TIMES	8:00 AM			8:45 AM		9:30 AM		10:15 AM		11:00 AM
TIMES	1 vs	3 (2)		2 vs	4 (1)	3 vs	5 (4)	1 vs	2 (5)	4 vs	5 (3)
Set 1
Set 2
Point Dif
Won
Loss
TIMES	11:45 PM			12:30 PM		1:15 PM		2:00 PM		2:45 PM
TIMES	2 vs		3 (4)	1 vs	5 (2)	3 vs	4 (1)	2 vs	5 (3)	1 vs	4 (5)
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Won
Loss

Pool:	B		Games		Point Spread	Pool Finish	Playoff Finish
Court: 2			Won	Loss
Team 1 Code		FJ7DUVBCAIA
Intensity 17U Blue

Team 2 Code		FJ7GALSP2IA
ED Thunder 17U

Team 3 Code		FJ7DIVAS2IA
Dubuque Elite Fusion

Team 4 Code		FJ7EIXTMAIA
Hammerin’ Hawks 17G

Team 5 Code		FJ7ORIOL1IA
Oriole SLAM

TIMES	8:00 AM			8:45 AM		9:30 AM		10:15 AM		11:00 AM
TIMES	1 vs	3 (2)		2 vs	4 (1)	3 vs	5 (4)	1 vs	2 (5)	4 vs	5 (3)
Set 1
Set 2
Point Dif
Won
Loss
TIMES	11:45 PM			12:30 PM		1:15 PM		2:00 PM		2:45 PM
TIMES	2 vs		3 (4)	1 vs	5 (2)	3 vs	4 (1)	2 vs	5 (3)	1 vs	4 (5)
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Won
Loss

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET-Court 1

#A1
Semi F # 1	(A2 refs)

#B2		Final
		(Loser Match 2 refs)
#B1

Semi F # 2	(LM 1 refs)
#A2

Playoffs	Semi # 1		Semi #2		Finals
	#1	#4	#2	#3	WM1	WM2
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Pt Dif
Won
Loss

CONSOLATION BRACKET-Court 2

#A3
Semi F # 1	(A4 refs)

#B4		Final
		(Loser Match 2 refs)
#B3

Semi F # 2	(LM 1 refs)
#A4

Playoffs	Semi # 1		Semi #2		Finals
	#1	#4	#2	#3	WM1	WM2
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Pt Dif
Won
Loss