SCVA Qualifier
Congratulations to 17 Silver for their 13th place finish in 17 Open in last weekend's SCVA JNQ. To see complete results from the event, click here.
Power #4 Results
Congratulations to all Front Range teams who participated in Power #4. Front Range had 3 teams win their divisions last Sunday. Special kudos to 13 Scarlet for winning 13's Division 1 for the second consecutive tournament.
Cardinal: Coach Dave Youngblood |
1st in 15's Div 2 |
Navy: Coach Aaron Shepardson |
5th in 15's Div 1 |
Amber: Coach Shawn Kissman |
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Scarlet: Coach Erin Dilbeck |
1st in 13's Div 1 |
Pink: Coach Jennifer Pokraka |
5th in 13's Div 3 |
Power #5 Sites
Here are playing sites for April 6th's Power Tournament. Please remember that these sites may change. To see the complete list of teams, see these PDF's (1,2) . Click
here if you need directions to any of the sites. All sites have unique rules that govern their use; most sites do not allow coolers in the gym. Please represent Front Range well by being sure to obey the rules of the facility, as well as the tournament director. If you have any questions, please contact
your coach.
Silver: Coaches Jim Miret and Eduardo Fiallos |
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Crimson: Coach Aaron Shepardson |
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Red: Coach Craig Kingsley |
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White: Coaches Michelle and Emilee Hoffner |
Arena |
Navy: Coach Aaron Shepardson
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CSCS |
Royal: Coach Sasha Kissman |
Gateway HS |
Ruby: Coach Jolene Shepardson |
Bladium |
Scarlet: Coach Erin Dilbeck |
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A reminder to all of you shutterbugs out there that picture submissions are always welcome for use in future newsletters as well as for use in the banquet slide show. Please email pictures to eduardo@frvbc.com or bring a CD-ROM with pictures to Eduardo at Front Range. Thanks!
Alumnae News
You think that we were busy with Crossroads? Our alumnae have been at it too! Take a look at what they've been up to lately.
 Let's start with Kristy Jaeckel, who opened up her first spring season at the University of Florida in fine fashion. But she didn't stop there. She kept up her offensive output in the Gators' next spring match as well. Jaeckel still isn't finished providing us with highlights. She'll be joining the 2008 U.S. Women’s National A2 Team this summer as well. Nice job, Kristy!
 Joining Kristy on the a2 team this summer will be another Front Range alumna and current Texas A&M star, Sarah Ammerman. Sarah was also selected to the squads that will be training together this summer as they work towards competing in Atlanta in the USA Volleyball Adult Open Championships to be held May 24-31. Congratulations and good luck to you this summer, Sarah.
 Florida is hardly the farthest that our alumnae are traveling. Check out Tracy Stalls, who was asked by USA Volleyball to keep an online journal of the National Training Team's sojourn to China. So far, Tracy has written three entries from China (1, 2, 3), chronicling her team's successful trip as they prepare for this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. She is scheduled to write one more entry before the team's return so keep your eyes peeled on USA's website for the last entry.
Getting The Most Out Of Yourself
by Tim Engels, M.A., sports psychology consultant to Front Range Volleyball Club
I've had a chance to watch several teams competing in Power League matches and in the gym in the past few weeks. I've also had the pleasure of sharing ideas with Jim, Shawn, James, Aaron, Jolene, Michelle and Dave. I've observed several opportunities for player improvement in the area of visualization and mental rehearsal. Front Range players, here are some things you can do to give your very best performances in the qualifying season, starting with Crossroads!
- Between points, use Sally Eats Noodles to correct and let go of errors and then go right into your pre-point routines. Effectively, these meld together as you analyze and correct errors not just in your heads, but also with rich and full visualization. I think many of you are much better right now at saying what correction you'll make, but can still improve a lot in creating rich visualization where you really see and feel and hear the correction, not just from an observer standpoint, but from a first person perspective. This means you're not just watching like a spectator, but fully engaged in the move, as if you're in your bodies and feeling your bodies move, and the contact with the ball, etc.
- In shadow drills, imagine that a real ball is in play. For example, imagine in a blocking and hitting shadow drill that you're moving to a ball being set to a hitter and working your hands to control the ball you're blocking, then approaching an imagined set, peripherally seeing the defense the opponent is developing and tracking the ball you're going to hit. After the shadow hit, continue the shadow drill a bit longer, imagining what you'll do immediately after you've hit as you prepare for the opponent's response.
- Before matches, use mental rehearsal to imagine yourself responding to the hitting and serving of the opposing team in addition to scouting the tendencies of the opposing players. The mental rehearsal can clear any intimidating thoughts that can come as you watch the opponent either pounding the ball or overconfident thoughts as you watch the opponent struggle in warm-up.
- After matches and particularly at the end of a competitive day, remember the thing you did best, and the one ball you'd like another chance to play. Replay the best memory and rehearse the correction to the one ball you want a do-over on.
- Use visualization a lot and make it really rich and full, so you almost can't tell the difference between visualizing and actually performing.
Good luck to you all at Power 5 and Northern Lights. Have a great tournament!
And Now For Something Completely Different...
A quick shout out to "Our Personal Soldier", SFC William Dawson. We haven't heard from you in a while but you are in our thoughts. We'll keep our hands up if you keep your head down!
April calendars are now available online. Be sure to check it out here.
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