LITTLE SPIKERS

This is the perfect camp for all young volleyball players.  We will learn VB skills and the skill mechanics (overhand serve, downball hitting, approach spike, platform passing and setting).  Focus is on FUNdamentals with high involvement for more fun and opportunity to get better and game-like vb drills/games in small groups (2-on-2 or 3-on-3) on third of the court or 4-on-4, half court games (depending on the session that you attend).  In this camp we use Volley Light balls. For young players small group-small court games provide many opportunities for improvement and fun!  Being constantly involved is more fun and it gives you more chances to make big improvements in the course of 3 days of the camp.  With young players and vb beginners we do not play full court games because it's not enough learning going on with 12 players and 1 volleyball at a time.  Volleyball is fun and our goal is to have your child enjoy volleyball and fall in love with the sport. Each session offers skill mechanics learning along with understanding the ball movement in a volleyball game, and decision making. We teach concept of 3-touch play (pass the ball to the setter, set the ball to the hitter, hit the ball over the net) and have a lot of fun in small group games where you are in position to learn quickly by involvement.

The lead coach for all sessions is Tanja Eckart.  Our coaching philosophy in the camp is based on positive reinforcement (we want to catch you do things right and encourage you to keep learning and giving your best effort).  Along with volleyball skills and game understanding we use opportunities to teach about: being a great teammate, showing great sportsmanship, being coachable, giving your best each time... Each session has additional helper coaches to keep the coach:player ratio 1:7 or less.

*****You can attend as many sessions as you’d like. The more the better for learning and growth. Every session is a camp for itself so you don’t have to attend session 1 to be able to attend session 2 and so on. We’d love to see you whenever you are available to attend!

Price per camp session: $170

What to Bring: Come dressed in comfortable athletic gear (shorts, T-shirt, tennis shoes) and kneepads.  Bring snack and a drink (water and/or sports drink) – it’s mandatory!  Three hours of activity is a lot for young players, so we will have a break at 10:20 am each day for a snack and recovery.  This is highly involved camp and a hardy snack is a must (I've done this camp for 7 years now and everyone gets hungry and tired and needs a good breakfast and snack)!  

Suggested skill level for Little Spikers: From true beginners to few years of vb experience (grades 1st - 6th).  Everyone is always grouped with players of a similar skill set (4 player groups).  For all sessions we have two volleyball courts in use with wall to wall volleyball nets split up in 8 small vball courts for a lot of fun.  This also allows a wide range of ages/grades to join the camp because all are grouped based on their skill level. If you have 7th grader who is vb beginner you are welcome to join all Little Spikers camps because skill fit is the main component for the right camp fit.  Please email me at eckartvolleyball@gmail.com if you have any questions regarding the camps. 

Questions: Email eckartvolleyball@gmail.com or call/text 501-940-0608.