Pat Powers,Pat@VBClinics.com,http://www.vbclinics.com/
AZ Sky is now offering additional Training Opportunities
AZ Sky is now offering additional training opportunities to enhance our athletes performance on the court. Volleyball Plyometrics is designed to increase vertical jump and improve hand speed. This program will enable muscle to reach maximum force in the shortest time (speed). Plyometrics along with a dynamic weight training program (strength) is the recommended method to achieve maxiumum results. Strength + Speed = Power. For more information click on our strength and conditioning link for training times and details.
Coach Teddy Liles hosts a clinic Superbowl Sunday, February 5th
AZ Sky 16 Open coach Teddy Liles will host a skills clinic the morning of the Superbowl, February 5th. Teddy will focus on the fundamentals of passing, hitting and blocking. For more information please click on our camp/clinc link. Space is limited so sign up early.
AZ Sky 15 Booya wins Fiesta Classic 16 Club Division
Congratulations to Coaches Norm and Kathy Anderson and the 15 Booya team for outstanding play in the Fiesta Classic. They went undefeated in three days of play and beat Dinamo in the final match 2-0. Great team effort on the court girls, we are very proud of your accomplishments this weekend!
Kudos to Beth Lemke, Jim Campbell and the 14 Adrenaline team for finishing 7th overall in the 16 Club Division. This extremely talented team is fun watch and will challenge all opponents they face on the court this year.
14 Elevation Takes 2nd and 12 Green Lantern Finish 3rd in the AZ Kick Off
Coaches Chris Coleman and Ryan Dimal and the 14N2 Elevation team battled in the finals of the Gold Championship Division of the competitive AZ Kick Off. Congratulations on an excellent tournament and 2nd place finish. AZ Sky 14R2 placed 2nd overall in the club division and had a fantastic weekend of play. 12N1 Green Lantern placed third in a competitive 12s division and showed tremendous teamwork on the court. Awesome josb girls!
Skylar Wine attends High Performance Holiday Camp
Skylar Wine (14N1), was invited to participate with the top 48 Select Athletes from across the country at the USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp, December 26-30th. The camp was held at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. They were treated like any other athlete training for the Olympics and practiced 6-8 hours a day. We are very proud of Skylars accomplisments and wish her the best of luck with her HP endeavors.
Congratulations to AZ Sky Players and Coach for ALL State Recognition
Congratulations on your All State recognition with the Arizona Republic, we are very proud of you and your accomplishments this high school season and the recognition was well deserved. You are talented young ladies who positively impact our program and those around you. We thank you for being part of our AZ Sky family.
Coach Lemke, you are a game changer, thanks for making a difference in the lives of student athletes. We are blessed to have you on staff.
Kudo's also goes out to Northwest Christian Co-Coach Jackie Switzer for an outstanding varsity season with an overall record of 25-9. Beth and Jackie led the team to back to back state championships.
Small School Coach of the Year: Beth Lemke
All State Division l, Second Team: Lexi Anderson, Horizon,L
All State Divison II, Second Team: Ali Svorinic, NDP, S
All State Honorable Mention:
Division ll: Alison Spencer, Sunnyslope,S
Division ll: Rachel Reeder, Shadow Mountain, OH
Dvision ll: Brittany Bruning, Deer Valley, OH
Division lV: Lauren Homrich, Scottsdale Christian Academy, OH
Jaci Horwood, Northwest Christian, OH
AZ Fear Boys VBC
AZ Fear Boys VBC practices out of Kingdom Courts when in season. They have implemented a developmental program for boys interested in learning the fundamentals of volleyball . For more information, please see their camp flyer attached below.
15 Magic Win The American Division
at Junior Olympics in Atlanta
AZ Sky sent five teams to compete in the Junior Olympics in Atlanta this summer. Our 12N1, 13N1, 13N2, 15 Open and 17 Open all qualified in Arizona to participate in this presitgious tournament. We congratulate our student athletes and coaches for their acheivements, teamswork and sportsmanship shown and earned on the court.
We are extremely proud to announce that our 15 Magic team won the American Division going
undefeated throughout the tournament to take the gold . Jordan Anderson, Madeline
Mertz and Alexis Patterson were selected to the All Tournament Team and Madeline
Mertz was named the Tournament MVP. What a tremendous accomplishment for these
young ladies! This is the second gold medal at the national level for Coaches Norm and Kathy Anderson
and we are so very grateful for their dedication to our program. They continue to develop leadership skills, good fundamentals and court awareness in all their players but most of all they share their passion and love for the game. Congratulations to our 13N1 team for placing 17th overall, to win the Bronze Division. All our teams represented Arizona well and had a strong presence among the best teams in the nation. See photo below!
Welcome 
GOLD is the club's primary color representing SKY and our striving to get to the gold division in tournament championships. Gold is also one of the more prominent, pronounced colors that can be easily used as reference by college recruiters and our own family, especially at a large event. We encourage our team members to proudly wear their GOLD color jersey at tournament events.
