Brazos Valley Juniors: Welcome
Brazos Valley Juniors is a USAV club volleyball program serving Junior Olympic volleyball players in the Brazos Valley area. Brazos Valley Juniors is a non-profit 501(c)(3) club and is based out of Bryan-College Station, Texas. The club strives to provide quality volleyball training and competition, to female athletes from 10-18 years of age in Bryan, College Station and all surrounding cities.
Here are the details:
All Clinics will be held at A&M Consolidated Middle School in College Station and are open to any interested volleyball player (they do not have to be a current BVJ player).
Clinic schedule is as follows:
Friday January 1:
Session 1: 12:00-1:45 Hitting (12's & 13's)
Session 2: 2:00-3:45 Setting (All Ages)
Session 3: 4:00-5:45 Hitting (14's & Older)
Saturday January 2:
Session 4: 12:00-3:45 (counts as two sessions, relative to pricing) Total Ball Control/Defense/Passing (All Ages-courts will be separated by skill level)
*This 2 session combination is for players of ALL positions. This clinic will focus on Passing/Serve-Receive, Floor Defense, Emergency Moves and Non-Setter Setting. A great technique double session!
Session 5: 4:15-5:45 Blocking & Serving (All Ages)
Patrick Nicholas, the Head Coach at University of North Carolina at Greensboro will lead the clinics and will be assisted by his current Assistant Coach at UNC-G and Former Big 12 and Oklahoma Sooner star Laura Tomes. Additional Biographical information can be found by clicking on the title of this article. Kallie Pence, currently playing at Rutgers University in the Big East and former All State Player at Bryan High will also assist in setting and defensive training.
Clinic sizes are limited so enrollment is first come, first serve! Each of the past two years, all sessions have sold out!
Pricing is as follows:
2010 Pricing: 1 Session = $40.00; 2 Sessions = $75.00; 3 Sessions = $105.00 and 4 Sessions = $130.00.
So, if you are looking for that one last unique Christmas gift for your daughter maybe this is it! The pricing structure if you commit to participating by Wednesday, December 30th, is as follows:
1) Any one session: $40
2) Any two sessions: $75
3) Any three sessions: $105
4) Any four sessions: $130
5) All five sessions: $150
Any walk-ups (if space is available) will be $50 per session (remember that Session 4 is a double session).
If you would like to participate, please send an email to Jacky Pence at skittle@suddenlink.net by December 30th and state which session(s) that your daughter is going to participate in. We will collect payments at the door at the beginning of each session. Preregistration is very important so that Patrick can plan for the clinics appropriately.
Take advantage of this great opportunity to be trained by one of the most passionate, intense, but fun coaches that exists in our game!
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| BVJ 12 Mizuno Wins Gold! |
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All 15 Brazos Valley Juniors teams participated in the Texas Tornados Warm-Up tournament in Houston this past weekend and after only three team practices, we made a great first impression!
Congratulations to all of our coaches and players for getting off to terrific start. Highlights from the weekend included 12 Mizuno going undefeated and winning the 12's Division. Gold Medals to start the Season! 14 Mizuno also had a successful weekend finishing third in 14 Open.
Other top ten finishes were 13 Mizuno and 17 Mizuno finishing 5th overall, 15 Navy finished 9th in 15 Club and 13 Navy finished 10th. Congrats to all!
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| BVJ 14 Mizuno Finishes Third! |
Monday, December 14
Brazos Valley Juniors will host optional skill sessions for current players on December 20th at Bryan High and December 27th at AMCMS.
The schedule is as follows:
December 20th at Bryan High:
Optional skill sessions for setters and middles
2:00-3:00 12/13's setters
3:00-3:45 14's/15's setters
3:45-4:30 14's/15's setters and middles
4:30-5:15 16's-18's setters
5:15-6:00 16's-18's setters/middles
December 27th at AMCMS
First gym: same as December 20th (see above schedule)
Second gym:2:00-3:00-Serve and pass 14's-15's
3:00-4:00-Serve and pass, 12's-13's
Coaches will vary and may or may not be from your own team.
