skill labs
skill labs
Focused Reps. Real Growth.
Our Club W Skill Labs are focused, high-quality training sessions designed to help players level up specific areas of their game.
Each lab series targets 1 key skill, giving athletes the time and repetition they need to make meaningful improvement. With small group sizes and intentional coaching, players get direct instruction from professional coaches. The goal is to make upgrades during the session, but more importantly to come away with an increased understanding of how to continue to improve those skills at subsequent team practices or competitions.
From serving and passing to setting, attacking, and defense, each Skills Lab is designed to create smart, powerful, adaptable players ready for the next level of play.
**Sessions are open to both current Club W players and non-Club W players. Sessions are conducted by Joe & Erin Trinsey.
Featured Programs
Our U12 All-Skills clinic is for players 10-12 years old (4-6th grade) who want to improve all aspects of the game. This clinic mixes stations-based individual instruction with small-group competitive games to develop each of the 6 fundamental skills: Serving, Passing, Setting, Attacking, Blocking, and Digging. The goal is to help players develop a well-rounded game and get personal instruction in each foundational area.
Tuesday Series: April 14, May 5, May 19
Session Times: 6-7:30pm
Location: St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church (Activity Center/Gymnasium)- 612 College Road, Wilmington NC 28403
$75 per series for all current Club W Athletes (Indoor, Beach, Mini Volley)
$135 per series for non Club W Athletes
*Each series includes 3, 1.5 hour sessions (dates listed above)
**Please fill out the form and then continue to your cart in the upper right to complete checkout. Registration is confirmed upon payment receipt.
These are 60-minute, position-specific training sessions designed for focused reps, detailed feedback, and real skill development in a small-group setting.
Each evening has a specific skill focus, with one time slot allocated for middle schoolers (current 6th-8th graders) and one time slot allocated for high schoolers (current 9th-12th graders). The sessions available are:
SETTING
Working directly with Erin, athletes learn our method in the three foundational aspects of setting: handwork, footwork, and eyework. The key for us is building repeatable patterns that allow the athlete to not just “set the ball” but learn to play the position of setter at a high level. We keep these sessions limited to 3 athletes in a group.
HITTING
Hitting sessions have a dual focus. Part of the session works the athlete through throwing and controlled attacking reps to improve armswing mechanics. Improving their armswing allows players to hit harder, with more control, and put less stress on their shoulders. The other part of the session teaches the foundational approach footwork patterns for attacking in serve receive and transition. These sessions are limited to 6 athletes in a group.
DEFENSE
Defensive small-group sessions are focused less on team systems and more on individual defensive skills that can be applied to any team system. Players learn how to push and drive to the ball, dig underhand and overhand, and how to extend and play the ball with the different floor skills that are important for us. These sessions are limited to 4 athletes in a group.
SERVE AND PASS
We train these skills together, with athletes alternating between individual serving instruction and individual passing instruction. Passers work on how to form their platform, how to track and move to the ball, and how to create good angles to control the ball to target. Servers work on their toss, footwork, and contact to deliver a serve with power and accuracy. These sessions are limited to 4 athletes in a group.
Dates:
April 20th: Hitting and Setting (sign up for one, groups are split for part of the time and setters work with hitters for part of the time)
May 4: Defense
May 11: Hitting or Setting (sign up for one, groups are split for part of the time and setters work with hitters for part of the time)
May 18: Serve and Pass (both skills trained together)
June 1: Defense
June 8: Hitting and Setting (sign up for one, groups are split for part of the time and setters work with hitters for part of the time)
June 15: Serve and Pass (both skills trained together)
Session Times: MIDDLE SCHOOL 6:30 - 7:30PM, HIGH SCHOOL 7:30 - 8:30PM.
Location: 3112 Kitty Hawk Road, Wilmington, NC, 28405
$20 per session for all current Club W Athletes (indoor & beach)
$40 per session for non Club W Athletes
*Please fill out the form and then continue to your cart in the upper right to complete checkout. Registration is confirmed upon payment receipt.