Arm Swing Clinics
Hit harder with less pain in just 1-session!
Not Your “Typical” Volleyball Clinic
We recognize that making changes to the arm swing does NOT always stem from a technical “fix”. This is why our clinics build awareness, knowledge, physical prerequisites AND technical changes!
What does the arm swing look like at the highest level? Why does it allow for more velocity and why is there less pain? Before they even touch the ball, athletes will get fully immersed in the arm swing and its makeup, often for the first time ever.
Next, we assess and train the physical prerequisites for the arm swing. The arm swing is a technical skill that is made up of strong, powerful, dynamic movements of the body. Our body has to be capable of doing pretty cool things to get into the positions that the best in the world get into. So we assess athletes movements and then work towards developing higher functioning shoulders and better rotational patterns through their bodies. This way when we put them in situations to maximize rotation as they attack, their bodies will be ready and able to do so!
We’re still not quite ready for regular “volleyball” yet!
Now we are on-court with our athletes. But instead of having a volleyball in their hands, they will have a wiffle ball. To work on the efficient patterns of attacking, we first get athletes to be efficient throwers. Why? Because we want our volleyball players to look more like baseball pitchers except they’ll be flying through the air! Baseball pitchers produce the fastest hand speed in the world, if you want to hit harder, move your hand faster and you’ll shock yourself with the power that you put into the ball.
Finally, it’s time for “volleyball” to happen. Using the new knowledge, physical abilities, and efficient throwing patterns, we apply everything into changing the patterns as athletes attack and hit their spin serves.
Our attention to the body, mind and technique is why we are able to create lasting changes in athletes who have never been able to progress before.
Why choose our Arm Swing Clinic?
Learn to hit harder
Leave with less pain
Upgrade your technique
And gain the tools and resources to continue to make impactful changes!
Inside the Clinic
Throwing & attacking drills to improve your technique
Exercises to gain more strength and ownership over your shoulders and spine
Keys to success - how to train to see the fastest changes
Video Analysis to create more efficient changes
Technical progressions focusing on different positions, spin serving, and hitting angles
Education to build better understanding of where we are going with your arm swing and why
What Our Athletes Say
Bring a clinic to you
Choose between Hosting us or Partnering up with us to bring us to your area!
Host a Clinic
We work with clubs, organizations, coaches and other individuals who want to bring us into their area to run our Arm Swing Clinics.
How does it work?
We coach the arm swing clinic with the athletes, with you acting as our host
As the host, you will be in charge of setting up the clinic:
Provide access to courts and volleyballs
Responsible for signing athletes up for the clinic
Depending on the size of the clinic we may need assistant coaches to help on the courts
Athletes within your organization will receive a discounted rate for the clinic
We will support you in marketing the clinic
A minimum number of athletes must be reached for the clinic to run, this number will be based on a number of factors discussed while we set things up
Club Partnerships
We partner with clubs, working with your coaches and athletes to set you up to make arm swing improvements all season long. This means more velocity and healthier athletes for your club!
How does it work?
We run arm swing clinics for teams within your club and a coaches workshop for coaches within your club
Our coaches workshop focuses on theory and the practical component is completed on-court as coaches attend their teams arm swing clinic
Coaches get access to the Arm Swing Academy for Coaches, packed with resources, education, drills, warm-ups, cool-downs, and chat support for personal use and development throughout the season
This is the cheapest option per athlete that we offer
We Develop The Body
The arm swing is a technical skill made up of big ranges of motion moving with fluidity, strength and power. So in every clinic we expose athletes to new ways to gain ownership over these positions. When we later put them into technical drills that require lots of rotation, they have the ability to rotate freely without restrictions!
How We Get Results So Quickly In Clinics
We Change Patterns
We don’t just throw athletes into attacking over the net and expect them to make changes. We give the body and brain repetitions in simpler ways and then build them up, increasing in complexity. This is how we have clinics with 40+ kids all leaving with new, more efficient, more powerful, and healthier arm swings in just a few hours!
We Address Mindsets
We make athletes aware of the patterns we are trying to create and develop their understanding of WHY they are about to try new things. We put them in situations that allows athletes to be very intentional and deliberate with each and every rep. We celebrate the little wins along the way. And we encourage patience as change requires mistakes to happen and this can be tough on the mind. This opens athletes minds to a state READY FOR CREATING CHANGES!
It’s not just about the on-court experience. Athletes will be given access to an online resource so they have the tools to continue making BIG changes!
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Our AWA Coaches
Helping athletes succeed is our passion. We know first hand that the foundation of an athlete’s well-being can be the key to a long-lasting volleyball career or its untimely end. We’ve been through this path ourselves as athletes, coaches, and trainers, and we started AWA because we see so many athletes and teams suffering and underperforming - simply because they haven’t been taught the necessary tools to thrive under the demands of high performance volleyball.
Mischa Harris, Co-Founder
Former Team Canada Beach Athlete
15+ Years Coaching Team BC & Team Canada Beach Volleyball
Former Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Volleyball Canada’s Centres of Excellence, Canadian Youth National Volleyball Teams, and Canadian Olympic Teams in Beach Volleyball, Soccer, and Field Hockey
MSc in Experimental Medicine, UBC
Registered Kinesiologist
Nick Del Bianco, Co-Founder
Former Team Canada Volleyball Athlete
USports Player of the Year 2015 and 3x All-Canadian
Former Professional Volleyball Player in Germany, France and Switzerland
Canada West University Sports Hall of Fame
Head of Player Health for Trinity Western University Spartans Men’s Volleyball Team
Arm Swing Coach/Consultant for University of Alberta Golden Bears, McMaster Marauders, University of Saskatchewan Huskies, Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack
Former Team Canada Beach Athlete
Movement Coach at Archetype
Neall Murphy, Coach
Former College and Alberta Provincial Team Athlete
Health and Fitness
Sports and Performance Specialist
John Moate, Coach
Former University of Windsor Athlete
Team Canada, Taiwan (2017) and Italy (2019) FISU Games
Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (NSCA-CSCS)
Bachelor of Human Kinetics
Former College and Alberta Provincial Team Athlete
Health and Fitness
Sports and Performance Specialist
Attend a Clinic & Receive Discounted Access to the
ARM SWING ACADEMY
The Arm Swing Academy is the most comprehensive virtual program you’ll find for creating changes to your arm swing! It’s the perfect resource to continue making improvements post-clinic, and because of that we will give you a discounted rate for attending our clinic.