Rally Together - North Country Region Volleyball

Last week, Brigitte Greywater, Head Volleyball Coach at Valley City State University shared with us her insightful article titled Volleyball, the Unknown and Mental Health .  Today we are following up with several helpful and extremely practical tools and worksheets that Coach Greywater and her staff have created for their players and are now graciously sharing with all of us.  Take a moment to look through these and more importantly, put them to use ! Who Am I Without Athletics?   Athlete's Daily Planner Creating a Daily Routine Habit Tracker Gratitude Letter Fight or Flight Stress Exploration   Stress Management Tips Stress Management Supporting Someone with Depression #RallyTogether #BetterTogether

High Performance Video Submission Deadline is TWO days away! #Repost One of the most exciting yet highly unknown opportunities offered to volleyball players by USA Volleyball is their High Performance Program.  This is  not a camp,  although there are excellent High Performance Camps available as well;  this is a development program for launching region players into the National Pipeline and on an advanced Path to the Podium.    North Country Region is in the process of growing High Performance here in our Region, with the long term goal of forming North Country Region High Performance Teams which will compete against High Performance Teams from other Regions across the nation - giving our region players the opportunity to be evaluated on a national level - so exciting! Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the majority of girls' High Performance tryouts across the nation had to be canceled for this year.  The  GREAT NEWS  is that USA Vol...

Yesterday we provided links for five volleyball specific conditioning workouts to utilize while we #StayHome.  Today, let's look at some daily options for volleyball specific SKILLS training.  Taking time each day for a conditioning workout and adding a skills workout to that repertoire will prepare us in the best possible way for that moment when we get to step back on the volleyball court with out teammates!  Check out some of the following links for some at-home skills training workouts and ideas:  PASSING Ball Control Movement with Coach Alfred Reft SETTING Setting Drills at Home with Asics KIVA Volleyball SERVING How to Better Your Volleyball Serve at Home with Storm Performance Volleyball BLOCKING Blocking Transition Workout with Coach Alfred Reft ATTACKING Volleyball Approach and Landing with Reid Hall Pass on any other great skills training videos you are using and/or creating.  North Country Region would love to share them with our me...

Move It Monday is here, and it's a beautiful day to be motivated and pressing forward!  North Country Region has an incredible playlist of volleyball specific condition workouts on our YouTube channel - enough to fill an entire week.  Start today and give this line-up a try this week: Monday Motivation: Train with Dalianliz Rosado   Tuesday Training:   Workout with Kalei Mau Wednesday Workout:  Train with Sara Macek Thursday Training:  Workout with Daly Santana Friday Fitness:  Train with Milton Marrero A direct link to the North Country Region At-Home Conditioning Workout playlist on our YouTube channel can be found here: North Country Region YouTube Five challenging workouts created just for you - check them out and get moving today! #RallyTogether #BetterTogether

Set a reminder for 7 pm CST TONIGHT when Salima Rockwell ( Junior Volleyball Recruiting Association ) & Lindsey Berg ( The Cuore Project ) will be hosting another Women's National Team Athletes webinar !  This will be the second in this heartwarming series that you really do not want to miss.   I tuned in last Friday night and was truly captivated listening to the Team USA line-up just being real and sharing from their hearts.  Viewers could really get a sense for who these individuals are and take away mountains of practical advice and insight.   Tonight's Team USA panel is packed with talent, experience and inspiration: Lauren Carlini  Megan Courtney Chiaka Ogbogu  Kelsey Robinson  Register prior to the event on the #VolleyOn Events page: USA Women's National Team Athletes Series .   A video link for last week's panel which included Annie Drews , Micha Hancock , Jordan Larson and Haleigh Washington can be found...

Brigitte Greywater, Head Volleyball Coach at Valley City State University, shares excellent insight on Mental Health in today's Rally Together daily blog:  Volleyball, The Unknown and Mental Health Brigitte Greywater April 21, 2020 Valley City State University Head Volleyball Coach As I write to you today, recognize I have been serving in a counselor role for the past eight years as well as head college volleyball coach. I just recently had the opportunity to change direction a little bit to only serve as a head college volleyball coach. That being said, mental health is important, and we should never “push it aside”. Mental health should always be a priority; however, without our outlet of volleyball it may be haunting us more than ever. Volleyball is our positive coping mechanism. Volleyball was there on the bad days to distract us from emotional pain. And now, we were forced to take a break. It is not gone forever, but we need to figure out what we are going to do...

Looking for a new Wednesday Workout?  An at-home training video created specifically for the North Country Region membership by Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bear standout middle blocker, Sara Macek, is the perfect fit.  Sara , a member of North Country Region all throughout her club playing days , has assembled a solid conditioning workout incorporating some volleyball specific reps ~ you definitely want to give this one a try! Before joining the nine-time NCAA DII National Champion Concordia-St.Paul Golden Bear Volleyball program, Sara Macek graduated from Monticello High School (Monticello, MN), where she was a four year Varsity letter winner, named Mississippi 8 All Conference for four consecutive years, was a two year captain, and twice named Best Offensive Player and team MVP.  Sara competed with Minnesota Select during the club season.  During Sara's career at Concordia-St. Paul, she played in a total of 100 matches, despite missing the majority of her sopho...