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Current - Coaching background |
| 2012 |
Coached a 12s-13s team and
a 14s-17s team for
Stafford Parks and Rec. for April & May. |
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2011 |
Assistant Coach -
Massaponax HS. Helped with try-outs and JV and Varsity teams
on the bench during matches. |
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summer 2011 |
Assistant coach at Colonial
Forge weeklong volleyball camp with Keith Mesa. |
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spring 2011 |
Coached an 11s team for
Stafford Parks and Rec. for April & May. |
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2009 |
Assistant Coach -
Woodbridge SHS. Helped with JV and Varsity teams. |
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2008 |
JV coach - Forest Park HS -
resigned after 5 matches (we were 5-0) to make the
move and help my wife settle in Fredericksburg.
CAP 1 class taken at Madeira HS in McLean in October 2008 - I am
CAP1 certified with USAV. (What is CAP1? -
click here) |
| 2008 |
Coach - JO volleyball regional team for M.E.
Lyons YMCA 15 and under girls. OVR (Ohio Volleyball Region of USAV) final ranking 112th out of 204
teams. |
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2007 |
Coach - Nagel Middle School Silver 8th grade
girls.
FAVC Buckeye Division - 2nd place. |
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2006-07 |
Coach - JO volleyball regional team for M.E.
Lyons YMCA 15 and under girls. OVR final ranking of 148th out of 185
teams in Ohio.
IMPACT certified with USAV. (What is IMPACT? -
click here) |
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2006 |
Coach - Nagel Middle School Silver 8th grade
girls.
FAVC Cardinal Division - 1st place. |
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2005 |
Coach - Nagel Middle School Silver 8th grade
girls.
FAVC Cardinal Division - 3rd place . |
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2004 |
Coach - Blanchester High School JV girls.
(8-8). |
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Volleyball Philosophy |
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Everybody should have fun
on a volleyball court. Meet other players and share
a laugh. Quads has more action for post-college
players. |
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Organized Playing |
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1970 |
Player - Santa Monica College Co-ed varsity.
Position - hitter (6'1" 165lbs) |
| 1971 |
Player - Santa Monica College Co-ed varsity.
Position - hitter (6'1" 165lbs) |
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1972 |
tendonitis in both knees - did not play...
this was a bad year |
| 1973 |
Player - Cal State University Northridge Co-ed
varsity. Position - hitter (6'1" 175lbs) |
| 1974 |
Player - Cal State University Northridge Co-ed
varsity. Position - hitter (6'1" 175lbs) |
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Ancient History |
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1992 - 2008 |
Indoor adult leagues (Coed
quad "B") at Cincinnati Sports Express during the
winter and outdoor sand leagues (Coed quad "B") at
Milford's Cincinnati Sand Volleyball. |
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1992 |
Referee - MS girls in Cincinnati area and adult
sand volleyball at Milford's Cincinnati Sand Volleyball. |
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1981 |
Referee - HS girls in Yakima Valley area of
Washington. Line judge in WA State HS Finals. |
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1981 |
Coach - MS girls for a district NW of Yakima
(Selah) 7th grade. |
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1981 |
Asst. Coach Women's traveling USVBA team in
Yakima Valley area of Washington. |
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Some volleyball thoughts |
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I grew up 9 blocks from the beach in Santa
Monica, California. I learned a beginning form of volleyball in 5th grade (1959) from Al Scates who
was the PE coach at Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa
Monica, CA. Al
later became the UCLA men's volleyball coach which he is until
today. I did not play team volleyball in high school (1966-1970)
even though we did have a boys team that was made up mostly of
basketball players. I played the summer of 1970 and tried out for
the SMC coed volleyball team and made the team. We played the season and I got hooked
(team practice daily, play after classes, play evenings at Rec
centers, play weekend afternoons at UCLA in Pauley Pavilion). I
never seriously played outdoors in the sand back then - the game was
just too different and slow. In those days I could find an open gym
with competition on any evening and play doubles for free. I have played in
church leagues, rec leagues, indoor leagues and sand leagues. I'm
slowing down on the court and not jumping so high anymore. I look
more to being a setter and moving into the coaching side of
volleyball. |
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Why I play |
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I have always met the nicest people on the
volleyball court. The mean, selfish players do not last long on a
volleyball team. They quit or we played 'around' them. No matter the
score, the game memories are always of fun times with friends. That
is why I want to pass my love of the game on to new players. |
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8/4/2009 |
