Roots Spring & Summer programs offer something for everyone!
Email Rob Taliaferro at rob@rootsvb.org with any additional program questions.
Spring

Spring Break Skill Clinics
- Middle School & High School
- Wednesday March 15th & Thursday March 16th
- Middle School, High School Intermediate, and High School Advanced sessions offered
- Choose from Setting, Hitting, 1st Contact, or 6 v 6 Competition clinics
- Run by Roots Technical Director, April Fricke, and other high level coaches

Spring MIni Club
- 3/4th + 5/6th Grade Divisions
- Sign up individually or with friends
- 2x 90 minute practices a week led by a Roots coach
- 3 tournament days
- Runs May 8th- June 17th
- Team placement day is Monday, May 8th
Summer

All Skills Camp
- 5th-9th Grade, beginner or intermediate players
- Focuses on fun and fundamentals of volleyball
- M-Th 8:30am-12:30pm
- Nine different sessions from May-August to choose from
- Sign up for individual weeks or the full series

Summer Mini Club
- 3/4th + 5/6th Grade Divisions
- Sign up individually or with friends
- 2x 90 minute practices a week and 3 tournament days
- Led by Roots coaches
- August 28th- October 7th- Team placement day is Monday, August 28th

Club Pre-Tryout Clinics
- Sessions offered for incoming 12-15s
- This 3 hour clinic will focus on high reps and feedback from experienced Roots coaches to prepare athletes for club tryouts
- Pre-tryout camps will cover serve, receive, defense, hitting, setting, and blocking
- July 5th and July 6th

Friday Fast Fours
- Fun Friday nights with fast game play and music.
- Teams will be mixed up every few songs. Sometimes you'll play with your friends, sometimes against them
- Open to players from all clubs and schools, so bring your friends!
- Middle school and High school courts
- Select Fridays, 6pm-7:30pm

Middle school pre-tryout camp
- Incoming 6th-8th Graders
- Monday, August 7th-Thursday, August 10th 6-8pm
- 4 day camp, 2 hr sessions, designed to prepare athletes for school tryouts
- Pre-tryout camps will cover serve, receive, defense, hitting, setting, blocking, and game play
- High rep and high feedback from experienced Roots coaches

High school pre-tryout camp
- Incoming 9th-12th Graders
- Monday, July 24th- Thursday, July 27th 10th 6-8pm
- 4 day camp, 2 hr sessions, designed to prepare athletes for school tryouts
- Pre-tryout camps will cover serve, receive, defense, hitting, setting, blocking, and game play
- High rep and high feedback from experienced Roots coaches

Summer Setting Clinics
- Middle school, high school intermediate, and high school advanced sessions offered
- Each clinic is 3 days, 1.5 hrs each day
- Setting clinics focus on technique, footwork, decision making, setter attacking (dump), defense and include game-like situations to improve court awareness and IQ.
- Work with technical director April Frike and high level Roots coaches

Summer hitting clinics
- Middle school, high school intermediate, and high school advanced sessions offered
- Each clinic is 3 days, 1.5 hrs each day
- Hitting clinics focus on proper footwork for attacking (serve receive and transition), footwork for blocking and eyework, with high level reps and high level play.
- Work with technical director April Frike and high level Roots coaches

Summer 1st Contact clinics
- Middle school, high school intermediate, and high school advanced sessions offered
- Each clinic is 3 days, 1.5 hrs each day
- 1st contact clinics focus on developing 1st contact skills (passing, defense, serving)
- Work with technical director April Frike and high level Roots coaches

Summer 6 v 6 competition clinc
- Middle school, high school intermediate, and high school advanced sessions offered
- Each clinic is 3 days, 1.5 hrs each day
- 6 v 6 competition clinics focus on tactical training and provides the opportunity to work on skill execution and game strategy
- Work with technical director April Frike and high level Roots coaches