Pulse Volleyball
Pulse Volleyball was created to provide more variety and opportunity to athletes that love the game of volleyball. Lets be honest...there are a variety of volleyball clubs out there. So why choose Pulse? First and foremost it is an opportunity for athletes to receive instruction from coaches that have a vast knowledge of the game. Pulse Volleyball's coaching staff has a combined 30+ years of coaching experience. Our coaches are former and current collegiate athletes as well as respected coaches of some downriver area high schools. Constantly updating their skills set in how to teach the game of volleyball, our coaches pride themselves on the love for the game they have developed over the years. This passion will be what allows your daughter to grow as a player in our club.
February Mini Club Clinics
White Level ONLY
We are only running white level clinics this winter. What qualifies you as white level? Any athlete new to the game with very little to NO experience playing!
When?
Clinics will begin on February 7, 2023 and run through February 23, 2023. They will run every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:45pm - 8pm
Where will clinics be held?
Clinics will be held at the Downriver Gymnastics Building in Southgate. The address is 13777 Eureka Road, Southgate, 48195.
Cost
February clinics will be $90 per athlete for the six sessions. Click the button below to pay online.
Pulse Volleyball Club Clinics
Levels
Pulse Volleyball is excited to bring a twist to their standard clinics. We are now offering different levels of skills for our Serving and Mini Club Clinics.
You will see three different levels of each clinic being offered. Please pay attention to the skill level attached to each level. There will be three levels: Blue, Orange and White
We have evolved the levels of training over the past few months. Athletes may not qualify for same clinic level every month. It is dependent on the other talent level committed to that month of training. We want every athlete to excel when they attend the clinics. This means that your athlete may qualify for blue level one month because they matched the talent of blue level that month. However, the next month blue level may be highly accelerated and your athlete may or may not be that level. We will then place your athlete at the orange level.
We need parents to understand we are here to help your athlete's grow. We know you want what's best for your athlete. But please understand...so do we! If we do not see your athlete is technically sound to move to the next level, we will not move them. This is to encourage proper development of your athlete. It is not personal. We are doing what's best for your athlete. You are paying for us to train your athlete's...please trust us to do that!
Blue Level
At this level athletes should be able to:
- maintain performance consistency = 75-100%
- able to complete all skills at 75% or better
- maintain proper skill mechanics performed at all times
- have team playing experience (including school or club)
Orange Level
At this level athletes will:
- demonstrate performance consistency = 50-75%
- develop more fluid skill development
- have limited game/team experience
- limited minutes in a game
- limited touches on the ball
White Level
At this level athletes will:
- demonstrate performance consistency at less than 50%
- have limited skill development and/or limited proper skill mechanics
- have limited game/team experience
Who determines the level?
All levels will be determined initially by the athlete and parent according to our requirements established. If the athlete is unable to compete on the first day of the clinic, they will be notified at the end of that clinic. The parent will then be called and the athlete will be placed in the proper clinic that fits their talent level.
Mini Club: Blue Level
Qualifications for the Blue Level
- Consistently over hand serve 75-100%
- All skill mechanics are fluid and natural
- Consistently pass to target 75-100%
- All skill mechanics are fluid and natural
- Strong platform
- Proper contact on forearms
- Correct hand position
- Thumbs flat to the ground
- Hitting
- Proper foot work on approach
- Proper landing and take off on approach
- Keep ball in front of you
- Able to connect with setter/live hitting 75-100% of the time
- Setting/Overhand passing
- 75-100% consistent with skills development
- Ready position
- Correct footwork
- Hand placement
- 75-100% consistent with skills development
Goals of Blue Level:
- Teach and understand zone serving
- Teach and understand jump serving
- Teach and understand serve receive and ball placement (where to pass 2nd ball too)
- Able to consistently hit with proper approach at all times 75-100% of the time
- Understand the six positions on the court
- Understand how to transition from first pass to second ball
- Understand short court goals
- Understand full court goals
How this works:
- Pick a session that works for you and your athlete (session 1 or session 2)
- Look for the button on the online store that fits the description of the session you want
- Pay the fee
- You will then receive an email within 48-72 hours completing the registration process
- All December clinics will take place at Taylor Sport Plex
Mini Club Clinics: Orange Level
Qualifications for the Orange Level
- Consistently over hand serve 50-75%
- Need to correct one or more of the fundamentals of serving
- Consistently pass to target 50-75%
- Need to correct one or more of fundamentals for passing
- Strong platform
- Proper contact on forearms
- Correct hand position
- Thumbs flat to the ground
- Strong platform
- Need to correct one or more of fundamentals for passing
- Hitting
- Need to correct one or more of fundamentals
- Proper foot work on approach
- Proper landing and take off on approach
- Keep ball in front of you
- Able to connect with setter/live hitting 50-75% of the time
- Need to correct one or more of fundamentals
- Setting/Overhand passing
- Need to correct one or more of fundamentals of setting
- Ready position
- Correct footwork
- Hand placement
- Need to correct one or more of fundamentals of setting
Goals of the Orange Level:
- Build serving skill to 75% or > consistency
- Build passing skill to 75% or > consistency
- Build hitting skill to 75% or > consistency
How this works:
- Pick a session that works for you and your athlete (session 1 or session 2)
- Look for the button on the online store that fits the description of the session you want
- Pay the fee
- You will then receive an email within 48-72 hours completing the registration process
- All December clinics will take place at Taylor Sport Plex
Mini Club: White Level
Qualifications for White Level:
- Serving
- Unable to overhand serve
- Need to develop serving fundamentals
- Toss
- Hand contact
- high elbow
- Passing
- Need to learn and develop passing fundamentals
- Ready position
- strong platform
- proper contact on forearms
- correct hand position
- thumbs flat to the ground
- Move to the ball
- Square hips to target
- Tracking ball into forearms
- Need to learn and develop passing fundamentals
- Setting/Overhand Passing
- Need to learn and develop setting fundamentals
- Ready position
- correct foot work
- correct hand placement
- above forehead
- window on the forehead
- start position = bent elbows
- Need to learn and develop setting fundamentals
- Hitting
- Need to learn and develop hitting fundamentals
- Proper approach
- Keep ball in front of you
- Proper jump landings
- Need to learn and develop hitting fundamentals
Goals of White Level:
- Able to over hand serve consistently 50% or less
- able to overhand serve 3-5x in a row
- Passing (with proper technique):
- able to pass 10-15 balls in a row against the wall
- Setting (with proper technique):
- able to set 10-15 balls in a row against the wall
- Hitting (with proper technique)
- able to complete a spike approach
How this works:
- Pick a session that works for you and your athlete (session 1 or session 2)
- Look for the button on the online store that fits the description of the session you want
- Pay the fee
- You will then receive an email within 48-72 hours completing the registration process
- All December clinics will take place at Taylor Sport Plex
Serving Clinics: Blue Level
Qualifications for the Blue Level:
- Athlete can overhand serve consistently 75-100%
- Athlete has proper skill mechanics
- leads with correct foot
- consistent toss
- good contact with ball
- Athlete has experience overhand serving in games for school and/or club teams
Goals of Blue Level
- Learn a variety of serves (jump, float, top spring)
- Work on hitting zones with new serves learned
December Clinics:
December 2022:
- Session 1: 7-8pm Mondays and Wednesdays from November 28, 2022 through December 15, 2022
- Cost for session 1: $90 for 6 sessions
- Session: 2: 7-8pm Tuesdays and Thursdays from November 28, 2022 through December 15, 2022
- Cost for sessions 2: $90 for 6 sessions
How this works:
- Pick a session that works for you and your athlete (session 1 or session 2)
- Look for the button on the online store that fits the description of the session you want
- Pay the fee
- You will then receive an email within 48-72 hours completing the registration process
- All December clinics will take place at Taylor Sport Plex
Serving Clinics: Orange Level
Qualifications for the Orange Level
- Athlete can overhand serve consistently 50-75%
- Athlete needs to correct one or more of the following:
- leads with correct foot
- consistent toss
- good hand contact with ball
- Athlete has limited experience overhand serving in games for school and/or club teams
Goals for the Orange Level:
- Consistently perform proper skill mechanics
- leads with correct foot
- consistent toss
- good contact with the ball
- Athlete able to consistently and efficiently overhand serve with proper mechanics over 75% of the time.
How this works:
- Pick a session that works for you and your athlete (session 1 or session 2)
- Look for the button on the online store that fits the description of the session you want
- Pay the fee
- You will then receive an email within 48-72 hours completing the registration process
- All December clinics will take place at Taylor Sport Plex
Serving Clinics: White Level
Qualifications for the White Level
- Athlete is unable to consistently overhand serve over 50%
- Athlete needs to develop all of the following:
- leading with correct foot
- consistently tossing the ball
- consistently have good contact with the ball
- Athlete has not overhand served in a school/club game.
- OR athlete has never played on a team in a game
Goals of the White Level:
- Work towards a 50-75% consistency in overhand serving
- Improve on ALL serve mechanics:
- leading with correct foot
- consistent toss
- good hand contact with the ball
How this works:
- Pick a session that works for you and your athlete (session 1 or session 2)
- Look for the button on the online store that fits the description of the session you want
- Pay the fee
- You will then receive an email within 48-72 hours completing the registration process
- All December clinics will take place at Taylor Sport Plex
Small Group Training Sessions
Small Group Training Session
Sometimes finances don't allow you to do private training sessions. Pulse is able to offer small group training session with two to four athletes. The cost for these sessions is $30/athlete. There has to be a minimum of two athletes to run a one hour semi private training session.