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Skill Training

We are offering skill building opportunities months April-Oct. You will be able to register for skill building sessions either for the specific skill or through our Skill Academy. We like to open the skill work trainings for a wide range of the grades and skill abilities because all training is done individually and your reps and work are not affected by others around you (serving, jump serving, hitting, setting, passing). 

EVA 12’s players working on jump float serve

Location for Skill Training

Agape Gym
701 Napa Valley Dr.
Little Rock, AR 72211

We will offer clinics at Summerwood Sports as well. If the registration specifically indicated EVA Skills Training at Summerwood Sports the location is below:

Summerwood Sports Gym
7701 HWY 5
Alexander, AR 72002
(*behind Circle K)

EVA Skill Academy (indoor)

Join our EVA Skill Academy to keep growing in skill.
You do not have to have been on EVA team for 2023/24 season to attend this program.  We especially invite all the young players who finished local plus, regional, and regional plus season to continue to build on their skills. During the season teams tend to focus more on building team system and rotations, so now it's the perfect time to focus back on your skill improvement, growth, and development. If you haven't not played club season - this is for you as well. 

We are providing twice a week opportunity for skill building for young players (use grades listed just as a general guide)

2 training times offered on each of the days:
Mondays (6 trainings): April 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20
Thursdays (6 trainings): April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23

  • 6 Mondays 4-6th grade, 5 pm - 6:30 pm, $150
  • 6 Mondays 7-8th grade, 6:30 pm - 8 pm, $150
  • 6 Thursdays 4-6th grade, 5 pm - 6:30 pm, $150
  • 6 Thursdays 7-8th grade, 6:30 pm - 8 pm, $150

If you register for both training days (Monday and Thursday) $40 discount will be applied at check out. 

Skill Academy Location:
Agape Gym
701 Napa Valley Dr.
Little Rock, AR 72211

EVA is well known for skill development. Each session is limited in number of participants to ensure great training environment and skill development through mindful trainings. 

Let's Volley (will be available in the fall)

Join our Let's Volley 4 week session and fall in love with the game. This is a great way for all the young 4-6th graders to learn, improve and fall in love with the game as all the instruction will have to do with building the game knowledge and the understanding of the simple volleyball system. 

  1. Play with purpose - develop the ball into play, 3-touches 
  2. Understand the system in place: who is playing what role so not everyone is running for every ball 
  3. Designate passing target and setter responsibilities 

Learn from our great EVA coaches who are game and skill knowledgeable. 

Let's Volley is on TUESDAYS, 5:30-7pm
Location: Agape gym, 701 Napa Valley Dr Little Rock
Session 1 Dates: (TBD, 4 week program)
Session 2 Dates: (dates TBD)

This program is for 4-6th graders
It's perfectly suitable for all who want to learn more about the game and tryout for our EVA 11-12U teams. If you played on our 11u team last year this is great for you as well. If you are new to volleyball, this is for you as well. We have 2 courts and players will be divided by skill. 

EVA SKILL TRAINING (will be available in the fall)

EVA Skill Trainings at Agape (701 Napa Valley Dr, LR - near PA School):
Days/Dates: TBD
Each Monday 3 skill trainings are offered, $15/training (register for each skill that you want to attend)

Monday:

  • 5 pm Serving
  • 6 pm Hitting plus Transition
  • 7 pm Setting

Monday

  • 5 pm Jump Float Serving
  • 6 pm Hitting plus Transition
  • 7 pm Passing

Monday

  • 5 pm Serving
  • 6 pm Hitting plus Transition
  • 7 pm Setting

Monday 

  • 5 pm Jump Float Serving
  • 6 pm Hitting plus Transition
  • 7 pm Passing

Monday

  • 5 pm Serving
  • 6 pm Hitting plus Transition
  • 7 pm Setting

Monday

  • 5 pm Jump Float Serving
  • 6 pm Hitting plus Transition
  • 7 pm Passing

All offered clinics in this registration are held at:
Agape gym
701 Napa Valley Dr, Little Rock, AR (near PA School)

For 5th - 12th grade

Each skill training is done in individual reps so wide range of grades and skill levels is able to attend. Your individual serving or hitting reps DO NOT depend on anyone around you.  Do your own mindful reps and improve.

Serving

This is the skill that makes the most impact on the game in the early years of playing volleyball. If you have a great servers on the young team, you can win a lot of games. 
In this skill session we teach the keys/mechanics of serving a down float. We teach ball, hand, and feet position. We work on details impacting the serve (point of contact on the ball, arm movement, position on the toss). Along with many reps in serving, we teach the tactic of serve. 
Join us and get better at serving!

Jump Float Serving

Just like in serving down float, in this skill session we give a great deal of detailed instruction to learn a jump float serve. There are several different ways to jump float serve (3 step or 4 step, one hand toss or two hand toss)...we cover it all to find the jump float serve that best fits you. 

This is a great and impactful skill for server of any age and skill level. Learning to be dynamic server and create flat trajectory at the higher point of contact can change how you impact the game. 

Passing

Passing is a skill that dictates the level of volleyball that your team is able to play. How well the team pass sets the tone for what they are able to do offensively. 
In this skill session we teach how to create ultimate passing platform, importance of angles, different footwork for different kinds of defensive transition and passing. 

Come get mindful rep in passing to learn USA volleyball passing cues for movement, decision making, and passing itself. 

Hitting plus Transition

Everyone loves to hit! It's a very complex skill that requires a great deal of repetition and understanding of timing: what step am I on at the time when setter is setting the ball. 

In this session we focus on teaching different hitting situations that player in under during the game.  We teach 4-step approach and 4-step turn and run transition for the most efficient way to prepare to hit.
We will go over following situations and footwork hitting from both ends of the net OH and RS:

  • No pass - go to hit
  • Block then transition to hit
  • Free/Down ball pull of the net then transition to hit

Hitting

In this session of hitting only we focus on teaching and getting reps in arm load to start off as it greatly impacts your ability to hit with power. We teach angles to approach the ball to depending on what size you are hitting from and if you are right or left hand dominant. As we progress through the session we continue to expand the scope of hitter to understand:
1. Approach footwork
2. Angle of entry
3. Arm Load 
4. Arm follow through

Setting

We love working on setting knowing how much it impacts the team's offensive ability. 

In setting skill trainings we work on hand position, setting footwork in system and out of system, point of contact, hand extension, dynamic pivot footwork. You will love setting sessions and the informative reps that it provides. 

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