Summer Camps

SUMMER SKILLS CAMP

DATES AND TIMES:

Monday, August 30th to Friday, September 3rd, from 9am to 4pm

AGE AND GENDER:

Girls entering grade 7 & 8 (capacity 30) grade 9 & 10 (capacity 30) grade 11 & 12 (capacity 30) with 2 coaches per court equaling a coach to athlete ratio of 9/10 to 1.

COST:

$225.00 and includes a Bison Volleyball T-Shirt and a Season Pass to the Bison Volleyball Games in 2010/11.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Time to get ready for school volleyball with the Bison Volleyball Skill Camps. Learn from the best with instruction from Ken Bentley, Bison Women’s Volleyball Head Coach and Assistant Coach David Carrasco as they teach you how to properly execute skills and understand team systems of play. There to assist our coaching staff will be some of the best volleyball players in the nation as the Bison athletes themselves will be putting you through the paces. Expect a high intensity environment as you work through every skill set in volleyball in addition to competing in a variety of alternative scoring drills designed to bring out your competitive instincts. All athletes will be placed in appropriate age and skill groups. You want to be the best? Learn from the best! Bison Volleyball - there is no substitute.

SUMMER ELITE CAMP

DATES AND TIMES:

Monday, August 23rd to Friday, August 27th, from 8:30am to 4:30pm

By Invitation Only: For those athletes that did not receive an invitation and would like to attend we’d ask you to first sign up for our Skills Camp and apply for a transfer. We will be offering a select few applicants from our Skills Camp roster the opportunity to attend our Elite Camp.

AGE AND GENDER:

Girls entering grades 9 & 10 (capacity 30) / 11 & 12 (capacity 30) with 2 coaches per court equaling a coach to athlete ratio of 6/7 to 1.

COST:

$350.00 and includes a Bison Volleyball T-Shirt and a pass to the Bison Volleyball Games in 2010/11. This fee also includes a 1 month training program (a CD and training journal) that you will receive 6 weeks prior to the camp. You will also be required to do a food intake of 3 days within 2 weeks of the camp and you must bring that to the camp. All of this information will be forwarded to you as a package with the specific instructions to prepare for the camp.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

This camp is available to those athletes that are truly committed to the game of volleyball. Athletes may apply for permission to enter the camp if they have not received an invitation from the Bison Coaching Staff. This camp will consist of 2 on court and 2 off court training sessions per day with a total contact time of 35 hours for the week. Included in the off court sessions are 4 strength and conditioning sessions, 2 nutrition sessions that will include a nutritional assessment of your recorded food intake prior to the camp, and 2 sessions of sport psychology. As an athlete with high goals in the sport of volleyball, you will learn that off court training contributes to your success every bit as much as the on court training does in your quest to be as good as you can be in volleyball.

The on court training will consist of both specific positional play in addition to the technique required by every position to be a strong volleyball player. Here you will learn the myriad of skills necessary to compete at the highest levels of high school and club volleyball. You will also learn more about the challenges of alternative scoring systems that demand every bit of your mental and physical abilities. This is your opportunity to learn those skills and systems that have garnered Head Coach Ken Bentley a total of 14 National Championships over the past 28 years of coaching elite volleyball in Manitoba. He will be assisted by David Carrasco, Assistant Coach at the University of Manitoba and Club Director for the Junior Bison Volleyball Program. Joining both Ken and David will be members of the University of Manitoba Bison Women’s Volleyball Team, many of whom have National Team experience on their playing resume.