University and College Consulting
Customized training and strategies to help your team hit harder and prevent injuries.
Supporting You, Your Staff and Your Athletes.
Our main goal is to support you in the way that you’re the most in need of our support. We don’t have a cookie cutter, one size fits all recipe for you. By getting to know your team, your goals and what resources you have access to we will come up with a solution that works best for you.
Typically our support begins with an immersive in-person experience over 1-3 days. During this time we work on and off the court with the team all together, in small groups, or in 1-on-1 situations. We get to know you and your support staff better, and work together to come up with solutions that will work for your program moving forwards.
We are usually brought in to accomplish either one or both of these goals:
More arm swing velocity amongst attackers and spin servers.
Better longevity and availability so athletes are healthy even at the end of long seasons.
Depending on your needs we may set up follow-up in-person experiences or virtual support for you and your athletes. Whenever possible this is the ideal set up as we know things come up, things change, and continued check-in points throughout a long season sustain the momentum of change!
Who We’ve Worked With
Consulting Plug-And-Play Options:
Virtual Follow-up
Video resources with warm ups, arm swing drills, arm swing weight room exercises, and recovery strategies throughout the season. Also an option for 1-on-1 Zoom sessions with high priority or injured athletes to continue progress all season long.
Off-Court Work
Working with the full team or individuals to keep them healthy, efficiently rehabilitate from injuries and increase velocity with strategies and exercises off-the-court. We will assess and address the limiting movement or capacity issues we find and fill in the gaps between traditional rehab exercises and team workouts.
On-Court Sessions
In-person sessions including video analysis, physical and technical assessments, progressive throwing and arm swing drills. This can be done with your full team or in small group sessions.
Coach Consulting
From resources, text support and phone calls to help problem solve and keep the momentum going with the changes your program is making! Things come up, we are only a message or phone call away to help.
Integrated Into Your Support Staff
We are not coming in with the goal to step on toes and confuse athletes. We work with all parts of your support staff to get on the same page and deliver a clear, unified message to the athletes. Integration is an INTEGRAL part of our success as consultants and we want to make sure all members of the program feel supported!
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What Our Coaches Say
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Working with Nick from AWA over the last number of seasons has been very beneficial for our attackers. We’ve seen significant changes in arm swing mechanics resulting in improved velocity and health through biomechanics. His understanding of the arm swing and rich volleyball history have proven to be a game changer in the evolution we are seeing in Western Canada when it comes to how athletes utilize their arm and how coaches coach the arm swing.
Brock Davidiuk, Head Coach Men's Volleyball
University of Alberta Golden Bears -
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“AWA’s arm swing work with our TEAM BC program this past year was amazing. I have long been a proponent of arm swing work, and AWA took it to a whole other level, teaching our athletes how to build a healthy and powerful arm swing from the ground up. I would highly recommend AWA’s arm swing camp as it will not only put you on the path to hitting with more velocity, but also give you a foundation to create healthy patterns that will allow you to play the sport we all love for longer!”
Ryan Adams, Head Couch
Team BC Selects Woman
2021/2022 -
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"We have had Nick Del Bianco work with our team twice over the past two years. Nick made an immediate impact in terms of arm swing and velocity. Nick is a consummate professional and found the time to work with each player as well as team sessions. The drill progressions and technical feedback were excellent for all levels of arm swings. I would recommend working with Nick for any level of player or program. Besides the arm swing improvements, Nick also identified and helped multiple players with chronic injuries, from back pain to knee pain and shoulder. This was a pleasant surprise, given that we have a full-time rehabilitation, strength, and Physiotherapy team at TRU. I also watched Nick work with age class athletes from ages 12-18 and strongly recommend his program for any athlete that is serious about volleyball. I have always felt like arm swing mechanics are one of the most difficult to change technically, but Nick does a great job of identifying the issues and explaining the solutions."
Pat Hennelly, Head Coach Men's Volleyball
Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack -
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“Before AWA, we kept patching our team together and it wasn’t until we got to nationals that we realized we were playing in survival mode. We realized we had failed our team in not providing them with the tools they needed to succeed. Our past 4 seasons we have been working with AWA and our team is more resilient and ready for every game.”
Ben Josephson, Head Coach
Former Trinity Western University Spartans Men’s Volleyball Coach -
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"AWA has supported our athletes so well by providing them with new and better ways to do the important things in their lives, while helping them on their journey to staying healthy and maintaining their ability to do what they love—volleyball."
Becky Garner, Head Coach Women's Volleyball
Columbia BIble College Bearcats -
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"AWA is the whole package. They have figured out how to walk the path from self-discovery, to habit change, to high-performance across all areas of developing the whole athlete and person. Without their help, we would not have the success we do."
Brent Hall, Head Coach Women's Volleyball
Camosun College Chargers -
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"Over the past year, AWA has worked with our team to develop habits to build resiliency physically, mentally and emotionally. Their personal, holistic approach to identifying the needs of each individual athlete, combined with their professionalism and knowledge of the body and its systems have helped to create transformative rhythms in the lives of our athletes."
Jason Warkentin, Head Coach Men's Volleyball
Columbia Bible College Bearcats
PREFER A VIRTUAL OPTION?
If you’d rather get started right away implementing our systems for decreasing injuries and increasing attack velocity, check out our Arm Swing Academy for Coaches with all the exercises and drills you need to get the ball rolling!