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MGVCA > COACHING CLINICS

The MGVCA's most recent Annual Coaching Clinic was held Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Milton High School (map).

Clinic Registration and Expenses:

The cost of the clinic remained very reasonable:

$50 for MGVCA members (varsity coaches)

$40 for JV, Freshman, Asst. and Middle School coaches

$100 per school (entire coaching staff)

$150 per club (entire coaching staff)

Please print out and mail in our Clinic Registration Form. As in the past, the cost of the clinic includes coffee/bagels, lunch and all handouts.

MGVCA Membership:

Our membership numbers are still down a bit from last year, so we're once again encouraging all coaches to join (or rejoin) our organization. Please take a moment to fill out our membership application or check off the appropriate fields on the clinic registration form.

It's primarily through this clinic that we're able to distribute All State plaques, run the Hall Of Fame Induction, and run this website as well as send mailings to our coaches.

Clinic Schedule:

7:00 - 8:30am: Registration

7:30 - 9:00am: CATZ Conditioning

7:30 - 8:15am: Getting Parents in your Corner: Selling Your Coaching Philosophy.

8:15 - 9:00am: Just What Are You Saying? Effective Communication

9:00 - 10:00am: Taking the Subjectivity out of Try-Outs

10:00 - 10:15am: Break

10:15 - Noon: Defense Wins Games

Noon - 12:30pm: Lunch (provided by MGVCA)

12:30 - 12:45pm: MGVCA Meeting

12:45 - 1:45pm: Running an Effective Practice

1:45 - 2:45pm: Drills that work

Coaching Clinics

About Our 2007 Clinician

Since 1974, Joan Powell has virtually done it all when it comes to volleyball.

She has coached volleyball at Coronado High School for 32 years, appearing in 15 state tournaments. With over 500 career victories, including three State Championships, Joan is one of the most successful coaches in the history of Colorado interscholastic sports. Over thirty of her athletes have been awarded scholarships to continue their play at the collegiate level. She also has club experience as both a coach and director, and she has coached volleyball at the middle school level.

As an official, Joan has more than twenty years of experience as a USA Volleyball national official and more than thirty years of experience as a collegiate national official. She has officiated numerous NCAA semi-final and final matches, including the 2005 Final Four. She is currently serving her fourth term as president of PAVO (Professional Association of Volleyball Officials). Powell serves as an advisor to many rules making organizations ranging from NCAA to National Federation.

She has contributed to two books and one video series. Writing a chapter on Parent Relations in the popular She Can Coach, she also contributed a chapter on Digging in Volleyball Skills and Drills.
Powell was also featured in the video series Skills, Drills and Thrills (produced by USA Volleyball).

In addition to being named to the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame, Powell has also been inducted into the Halls of Fame at the University of Arizona, the USA Volleyball Association and the Colorado Women’s Sports Foundation.

As a member of the USA Volleyball Board of Directors, she travels the country in educating both coaches and officials as part of the organization’s CAP cadre. Recently retired as a full-time teacher, Joan says her focus remains to give back to the sport that has been so good to her.

Past MGVCA Clinicians

2007: Joan Powell
32nd year coach at Coronado High School, Colorado

2006: Chris Lamb
7th year coach at Wichita State

2005: Andrea Leonard
3rd year coach at Boston College

2004: Rich Luenemann
23rd year coach at Washington University (St. Louis) and St. Francis (Illinois)

2003: Dorothy Webb
10th year coach at Wellesley College

2002: Mike Gibson
21st year coach at University of Michigan/Dearborn

2001: Sandy Hoffman
21st year coach at Bentley College

2000: Ken Duarte
10th year coach at Bridgewater State College