Summer Camp
Directors
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Abram | Camp Director/Head Coach | oliviaabram@gmail.com |
Summer Camp 2025 Learn-To-Play 2025
Co-Ed, Ages 13-16 Co-ed, Ages 8-12
9:00 am - 3:30 pm daily 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm daily
2 weeks to choose from:
August 11-15 or August 18 - 22, 2025
Living Waters Christian Academy (5 Grove Dr W, Spruce Grove)
2024 Details
A summer camp for athletes hoping to improve their volleyball skills, build long-lasting friendships, and develop mental and physical skills required to be a competitive volleyball player. Includes small group on-court technical training, team-building games and challenges, off-court games, classroom and on-court sessions with our in-house high performance mental training consultant, summer camp T-shirt, prizes, and a final-day tournament, complete with pizza party!
+PLUS ! This camp includes the Signature 2-hour Arm Swing Clinic with renowned Athlete Wellness Academy (aka video analysis, physical assessments, movement training, progressive throwing and attacking drills, recovery strategies, and video resources to revisit again and again), with former Trinity Western Spartan, pro volleyball player, and AWA co-founder Nick Del Bianco. (learn more about AWA here!)
Fees:
Option 1: 1/2 day: $300/week (+Volleyball Alberta membership, if not already registered)
Option 2: Full-day: $500/week (+Volleyball Alberta membership, if not already registered)
Weekly Schedule:
*this schedule is subject to change and is included to give potential registrants an idea of what to expect.
NEW: Learn-to-Play Summer Sessions 2024
Living Waters Christian Academy (5 Grove Dr W, Spruce Grove)
Co-Ed, Ages 8-13*
4 pm - 6 pm daily
August 12-16, 2024
Daily summer sessions for athletes wanting to learn the technical and strategic basics of volleyball, build long-lasting friendships, and develop mental and physical skills required to be a volleyball player. Includes on-court small group technical training, cooperative volleyball-based games, and a final-day triple ball competition day!
Fee: $250/week
Weekly Schedule:
*this schedule is subject to change and is included to give potential registrants an idea of what to expect
SUMMER CAMP Registration NOW Open! Click ME!
Everyone MUST have this VA membership: Volleyball Alberta Youth player - see below:
VA (Volleyball Alberta) Membership and Payment Requirement:
Volleyball Alberta Registration
All Athletes MUST Register with VA as a Youth Player and show proof of payment.
Cost is $19.70 plus admin. fees
Instructions:
1. Click Volleyball Alberta Registration above
2. Click: Choose: 2024 Youth Recreational Player - Indoor
3. Click: Register
4. Click: Sign Up and fill in your information
5. Click the box:
6. Click: Register
7. Pay page
8. Complete all required information.
Tips: Region: Black Gold/Yellowhead
Team Code: Leave blank
Submit and Proceed
9. If you have problems, please contact Julie VA @ 780-415-1730
Thank you!
About Our Coaches:
Coach and Camp Director: Olivia (Liv) Abram
Liv has been head coach and coordinator for our summer camps for the past three years, and this year, she’s taking on the role of director, as well! We are so thrilled to have this incredibly talented coach and athlete, technical libero, back with us again. As an NCCP certified Advanced Development Coach (formerly called Level 2, coaching up to U21), she specializes in planning purposeful sessions, delivering specific technical and tactical feedback, and injecting energy into the gym! In university, she played two years as a nationally-ranked libero in the CCAA with the GPRC Wolves, and recently returned to varsity sport, finishing up her career by lacing up for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for the 2019/2021 season.
Liv is the Head Coach for the Pursuit Volley Female Libero School and has mentored athletes from Jr high to post-secondary preparatory programs in both indoor and beach while working with various clubs, camps, and Team Alberta Volleyball. She has a keen eye for technical adjustment and uses this ability to produce excellent results in her athletes, whether learning the sport or preparing for university sport. Outside of volleyball, Liv is currently working on her PhD in Indigenous literatures and living in Germany! Welcome back, Liv!
Coach and High Performance Mental Training Consultant: Dr. Danielle Cormier
Danielle, originally from Edmonton, is an instructor and Mitaks fellow in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Alberta. She is passionate about encouraging athletes to build on their character strengths - rather than focusing on their weaknesses. She is particularly interested in the study of grit and self-compassion in athletes competing at both elite and developmental levels. Danielle fills two roles for us, as a head coach and performance consultant, running classroom and on-court session mental training sessions.
Danielle has coached volleyball for almost 13 years and has been affiliated with the Pandas and Nooks Volleyball Clubs, Ardrossan Jr. Sr. High, and Jasper Place High School teams. As head coach Danielle led her Bishop James Mahoney Sr Girls team to a silver medal at the 2019 Provincial Championship. She has also been involved as the Director of the Volleyball Alberta Jasper and Sylvan Lake volleyball summer camps. Danielle has an incredible presence with teenagers and continues to find new interesting ways to connect and help them think and process positive thoughts and outcomes. We are thrilled to have such a well-researched and experienced coach with us! Welcome back, Danielle!
Coach Kalysta Knappett
Kalysta has spent the past 5 years as a libero for the University of Alberta Pandas, who finished 3rd in Canada West & 2nd at Nationals this past year. She grew up in Calgary playing for Canada West & Jr Dinos during her club years. She has spent the majority of her past 5 summers coaching volleyball camps around Alberta & assisting with the Jr Pandas camps here in Edmonton. Outside of volleyball she loves camping, travelling and a good book.
Check back for more information about the rest of our 2024 coaching team!
