- Howard Vernick and Jeff Stephens have over 30 years of combined coaching experience with high school and club teams. They are currently coaching club volleyball for the Push The Rock. They have taken 5 teams to the Junior Olympic National Championships.  Jeff has been a part of 3 PIAA District 11 championship programs.  Prior to Push The Rock, Howard Vernick founded the Court Authority Volleyball Academy. They have received training from some of the best including Doug Beal (CEO USA Volleyball, former US Men's National Team coach), Toshi Yoshida (former coach of the US Women's National Team), and Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa. 

Training in the Latest Skill and Playing Techniques

State of the art athlete tools & equipment

- We integrate several state of the art pieces of equipment such as the Aircat from Airborne Athletics and the SoloSpike LS2000 from Solosport Advanced Technologies into our program. These tools allow us to be very precise in the placement of the ball for improving passing, setting, spiking, tipping, digging, and blocking. Expert coaches agree that athlete improvement occurs most rapidly with a high level of repetition of proper technique. The Aircat has received exclusive endorsements from USA Volleyball, Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP), Toshi Yoshida and Karch Kiraly (voted the top volleyball player of the 20th Century).  The Solospike LS2000 is used by some of the top NCAA  programs including USC and 2007 National champion University of Nebraska.

Videotaping

- Athlete Advantage offers videotaping in several of the programs. Playback will be immediate via an on-site monitor. This enables us to achieve a high level of effectiveness in our approach to instruction and improvement. First the athlete's current skill set will be taped and reviewed. Technique improvement areas will be explained. Then a coach will work with the athlete to set improvement goals. As instruction progresses, retaping will be done to assess and observe improvement, and to verify achievement of goals.