Volleyball Coaches Clinics

The volleyball coach clinics now have locations. The Beginner's clinic scheduled for Saturday, February 12th will be at St. George from 9-1:00. The Advanced clinc scheduled for Sunday, February 13th will be at St. Joseph in Seattle from Noon to 4:00. Information regarding CYO Athletics Volleyball may be found on the volleyball page on our website.

2011 CYO Athletics Volleyball

We have updated our volleyball website with a new score sheet that doesn't include the "libero" since we do not use a libero in CYO Athletics.

Also, we have finalized the dates for our volleyball coach clinics - Beginner's Clinic on February 12th and Advanced Clinic on February 13th. Please check back to see where they will be located, right now we are still finalizing the locations.

Remember: CYO Athletics Volleyball Team Registrations are due to Ross Brownell by this Friday, January 28th. Team Registrations should be sent in by the parish/school Athletic Director and the form can be found on the Athletic Director page on our website. Registrations received after the deadline will not be accepted. Parents interested in registering their children should contact their parish to see if there is any more room to sign-up.

FREE Basketball Coaches Clinic at Seattle University with Coach Joan Bonvicini

Coach Joan Bonvicini and Seattle University have invited CYO Athletics coaches to their coaches clinic on October 23rd. Visit Coach B's website at http://www.coachbonvicini.com/ or click here for a PDF of the brochure.

Soccer Coaches Clinic Set for 8/21

Soccer coaches: The CYO Athletics Soccer Coaches Clinic is scheduled for Saturday, August 21st from 9:00 to 10:30am at Lower Woodland #7. The clinic will be lead by CYO Soccer Commissioner and Seattle Prep Varsity Soccer coach Andy Hendricks. The clinic is great for new coaches to CYO Soccer, and can also be valuable for coaches who may be coaching at a new grade level. The clinic is free, and all CYO soccer coaches, head and assistant are encouraged to come. For more details around CYO Soccer please visit the Soccer page on our website.

SU Soccer Coaches Clinic CANCELED

The Soccer Coaches Clinic scheduled for Saturday, March 6th with Seattle U has been canceled. We were unable to get the minimum number of pre-registered coaches for SU to hold the clinic. We will work with SU's men's soccer team to schedule a coaches clinic another time.

VB Beginner's Clinic Location Changed

The Volleyball Beginner's clinic tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 6th, is no longer at St. Matthew. It has been relocated to St. Louise in Bellevue. The time frame is still 9am to noon.

Volleyball Coaches Clinics - Beginner and Advanced

There are two FREE coaches clinics available for CYO volleyball coaches.

The first clinic, for Beginner coaches will be this Saturday, February 6th at St. Matthew in Seattle, from 9:00am to noon. This Clinic is led by Head Volleyball Commissioner Paula Lavallee, and is highly recommended for all first time CYO volleyball coaches.

The second clinic is the more Advanced clinic, and will take place Monday, February 8th at St. Catherine in Seattle, from 7:00 to 9:00pm. This clinic is led by the Seattle University Head Volleyball coach, Shannon Ellis, and is recommended for all CYO volleyball coaches.

Each year, coaches ask if they can go to both, and YES this is a great way to get some of the basics, as well as some of the more advanced coaching skills.

For more information around CYO Volleyball, visit our website.

Basketball Season is Rapidly Approaching

CYO Athletics, in partnership with Seattle University, would like to invite all CYO basketball coaches to attend our FREE pre-season coaches clinic with Tom Newell at the Connolly Center on November 8th from 1:00-3:00pm.

The clinic will go over:

• Drills for Skills
• Offensive Motion Made Simple/Defensive Drills for Inviduals
• Passing Drills/Shooting Drills/Change of Speed Drills
• Shooting Techniques taught and made EZ for kids...plus Shooting Drills for Skills
• Being a Teacher First...Coach Second when coaching basketball

"It is really important that we as an organization (CYO/Best Effort Camps & Clinics) work together to ensure our children are being taught the proper fundamentals and disciplines necessary for the kids to have a good experience and fun while participating in the organized league. . . we can prepare them to learn how to dribble properly, pass and cut with purpose and play with zeal and passion at all times with their Best Effort" - Tom Newell
Address for the Seattle University, Connolly Center: Corner of 14th Ave and Cherry St.
To RSVP for the clinic, please e-mail Scott Bailey at scott.bailey@seattlearch.org

Soccer Clinics After SU Men's Soccer Games

Seattle University Men's Soccer has 4 more home games this season, and is offering player clinics for CYO athletes after two of them.

October 25th, the team plays San Jose State at 1:00pm, with a free postgame clinic with the SU men's soccer team.

Also, November 1st, the team plays Air Force at 1:00pm, and again there is a free postgame clinic for CYO athletes.

There will also be an opportunity for anyone who comes to these games to get autographs with the players.

The other two homes games on the schedule will not include clinics, but those are Friday, Oct. 23rd vs. Sacramento State at 2:30pm and Sunday, Nov. 8th at 1:00pm vs. Cal State Bakersfield.