Edmonton, AB
City Selects Teams
Spike Touch will put together two teams of U14-15 female (24 players) in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Oshawa, and Atlantic Canada. These teams would travel and compete in the US All- Star Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. Spike Touch will hold a Selection Camp from with 48 athletes. Camp would be designed to get players introduced to the next level of volleyball (5-1 system, playing with a libero, etc.), which would prepare them to compete at the US Tournament, as well as moving forwards with their club teams in the following season. At the end of the camp, the City Selects Team coaches will select two teams of 12 athletes, and those teams and athletes would continue training teams would train to prepare for the tournament. Those two teams would then travel from their home city to meet up with all the other Spike Touch City Select Teams from across the country in Madison. After completing the tournament, all teams would then travel home together to their home cities.
Night Shift
To help athletes train to play at the next level, Spike Touch will be offering a Fall High Performance Program focused on increasing skill level, positional strategy and volleyball IQ. Welcome to the Spike Touch "Breakfast Club".
- Location: Various Locations
- Sessions will be run by Spike Touch coach Fraser Macleod.
- We will select a maximum of 30 athletes and it will be dependent on position (4 setters, 4 libero's, 10 middles, 10 outsides, 2 flex positions).
- Sessions will be run on two courts like a post-secondary practice, with individual positional skill development at the beginning then player-led game like drills to develop skills in the most realistic environment possible with coaches proving feedback.
- Sessions will be filmed and posted on a private YouTube channel for athletes to review
- Athletes will be provided with two Spike Touch numbered practice shirts.
- Program also includes the Spike Touch Post-Secondary Volleyball Education Session, list of Canadian coach contacts, Post-Secondary Coach Email Template and sample questions, as referred to in our recent Post-Showcase email to you.
- This program, besides providing you with advanced skill development, also provides you with the opportunity to connect with Fraser and demonstrate your coachability, character and work ethic, in a low- stress environment.