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News 
Team
Pictures
Zemi Photographic will be taking
team and individual pictures on Saturday, Feb. 20 in
the Eldorado Cafetorium. Order envelopes will be
distributed the week of Feb. 15th. Payment must be
included in order for pictures to be printed. Be ready
for your pictures 10 minutes before your scheduled
time.
9:10 am: 14-1
9:30 am: 14-2
9:50
am: 15 National
10:00 am: 13’s
10:15 am: 18
National
10:35 am: 16 National
10:55 am: 16
Regional
11:15 am: 15 Regional
www.zemiphoto.com
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Special
thanks to Coach Tom Hogan, U. of Colorado
Women's Assistant Coach, for working with Flatirons
athletes! Tons was learned in a most fun wayii . . .
thanks so much!
Click the thumbnails
below to see full size images
 
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Little
Spikers League
Flatirons Volleyball Club will run a Little
Spikers
League for 3rd - 6th graders. Practices will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays
starting January 19th through March 11th. To learn
more, click
here.
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Looking
for Players!
We're looking for players for
the following teams:
15's: 2 utility players
16's: OH, setter, MB
If you'd like to play club volleyball, call Susan
at (303) 543-7605 or email
flatironsvbc@aol.com and we'll set up a time for
you to meet our teams and coaches.
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Active Girls Make Better Grades
Girls who spend more time in vigorous physical
activity may do better in school, even if they are not
particularly fit, study findings hint.
Dr. Lydia
Kwak, at Karolinska Institute in Huddinge, Sweden, and
colleagues examined associations between light,
moderate, and vigorous physical activity and academic
achievement in 232 students (52 percent girls) who
were 16 years old on average and attending ninth grade
in a Swedish school.
SOURCE: The Journal of
Pediatrics, December 2009.
Click
here to see the entire article
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Impact
Sports Performance
Flatirons
Volleyball Club is pleased to announce that Impact
Sports Performance of Broomfield will be conditioning
Flatirons athletes; 14’s, 15’s, 16’s, 17’s and 18’s
players, for the 2009 – 2010 season. The Impact Sports
Performance professional training program is
specifically designed for volleyball players and
includes speed, power, agility, core, quickness and
reaction training plus upper and lower body strength.
In addition, this state of the art training
program will include an emphasis on mental quickness,
team unity, leadership roles, goal setting,
communication, discipline, character and integrity.
Flatirons athletes will be required to attend two
training sessions per week for the months of November
and December (no training over the holiday breaks).
Impact Sports Performance training will lessen the
chance of injury, increase endurance and give
Flatirons athletes the mental edge.
All
training sessions are mandatory
Impact
Sports Performance is located at 11575 Main Street,
#100, Broomfield 80020.
Impact
Sports Performance Training Schedule
January
– April 2010
14-1: Tuesdays 5:00-6:00 pm
January 5 – April 13
14-2: Thursdays 4:00-5:00 pm
January 7 – April 15
15 Nat: Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 pm
January 5 – April 13
15 Reg: Tuesdays 7:15 – 8:15
pm January 5 – April 13
16 Nat: Tuesdays 6:00-7:00
pm January 5 – April 13
16 Reg: Thursdays 6:00 –
7:00 pm January 5 – April 15
18 Nat: Thursdays
6:15-7:15 pm January 7 – April 15
All
training sessions are mandatory
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Special thanks to SandShark Sports
Volleyball for bringing your store to Flatirons.
SandShark Sports carries colorful spandex, wacky
socks, kneepads, volleyball shoes, ankle braces,
novelties, volleyball shirts, fun hair decorations and
many more volleyball gifts and supplies. You can visit
them at
www.sandsharksports.com or at their store location
at 6838 South Dallas Way, Suite C, Greenwood Village,
CO 80112 (303) 759-8859.
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Leadership
Skills Development
In two
ninety-minute sessions, Assistant Director Chris
Warner, will teach Flatirons athletes the essential
skills which are needed when serving in formal and
informal leadership roles. Athletes will learn about
the ideals of servant leadership and how to lead both
by example and by words through the analysis of self
and peer leadership skill evaluations. These are
important clinics for all Flatirons athletes (both
team captains and not) as these athletes will, most
likely, serve in leadership roles at some point in
their athletic and academic careers.
The
leadership sessions are scheduled for Saturday,
January 23, 2010 from noon - 1:30 pm in the Eldorado
Cafetorium and Saturday, February 20, 2010 from noon -
1:30 pm also in the Eldorado Cafetorium. Sign up at
www.signuptoplay.com Click on "Clinics".
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Online
Registration is now open.
Registration in
USA Volleyball is required before any participation in
Open Gyms or Tryouts. Click
here for
instructions.
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New to Club
Volleyball?
Club
volleyball is an opportunity for
volleyball players of varying abilities to
continue their development past the fall
school season. Hundreds of thousands of
boys and girls participate in Junior
Olympic “Club” volleyball sponsored by USA
Volleyball.
Junior Volleyball
players practice several hours a week in
small groups with one or two coaches. Club
coaches often have college playing
experience. Practicing in smaller groups
enables players to have more touches on
the ball. Repetitions are the best way to
improve skill level. The total number of
practice hours varies from club to club.
The fewest hours would be from 3 – 4 hours
a week. The most hours known for club
teams to practice is 17 hours per week.
Practice time combined with quality
practices are two of the most important
factors in determining whether or not to
play club volleyball.
The Club
season typically begins in October and can
run through the 4th of July. Open Gyms and
Tryouts are held in October/November.
Practices begin in November and the
competitive season starts in January. At
the younger age divisions (6th and 7th
graders), coaches look for athletic kids
who have an enthusiastic attitude. As the
girls get older, the more skilled players
are selected for club teams.
The
competitive season consists of 1 day or 3
day tournaments. The Rocky Mountain Region
(RMR) sponsors Power tournaments held on
Sundays at gyms all over the state of
Colorado and one in Wyoming. The
tournaments start at 8:00 am and finish
around 4:00 pm. Three day tournaments are
sponsored by the RMR and clubs. These
tournaments are also hosted all over the
state of Colorado. National Qualifier
Tournaments are held in several major
cities. You’ll find top teams from coast
to coast competing against each other. The
local National Qualifier Tournament is the
Colorado Crossroads Tournament held in
Denver. The winners of Crossroads qualify
to compete at the Junior Olympic
Championship Tournament scheduled at the
end of June.
Most clubs field
“National” or “Elite” teams that travel
out of state to compete in National
Qualifying Tournaments. Some of the host
cities are Minneapolis, Baltimore, Dallas,
Kansas City, Atlanta, Anaheim,
Indianapolis and Spokane.
As with
most competitive teams, equal training
time is guaranteed. Playing time is not.
Playing Club Volleyball is a
worthwhile expense. Club Volleyball is the
only true avenue to college volleyball.
The team experience is valued by college
admissions and employers alike. Girls are
taught to value the team over themselves,
to work with others even when the going
gets tough and to keep making an effort as
the process is the most valuable lesson of
all. Athletes also learn the importance of
physical and mental conditioning. In order
to be successful, female athletes must be
decisive and aggressive on the court. Some
say the best perk to playing on a
competitive club team is the long lasting
relationships that are formed. I believe
the life lessons are what make club
volleyball the incredible experience it
is.
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NCAA Approves Sand Volleyball as a
Collegiate Sport
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The NCAA Division I
Legislative Council added sand volleyball
to the list of emerging sports for women
clearing the way for schools to use the
sport toward minimum sponsorship
requirements and minimum financial aid
awards. NCAA Division II had already voted
to add sand volleyball to the emerging
sports list. The first Outdoor Volleyball
season will begin Spring 2010.
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College Coaches:
We would love to provide you with
information about Flatiron's athletes. Please
email Director Susan Cancilla at
flatironsvbc@aol.com to request rosters or
information on a particular athlete. We look
forward to hearing from you.
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Success Stories
Click here to see the accomplishments of
some of our present and former players.
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