Letter from Vern

 I am looking forward to working with you again. In fact I am honored.  We will begin our off-season training next Monday, January 25, 2010. For the rising seniors you will be beginning your fourth year of training. This is a terrific advantage that none of the groups before you have had. The experience and accumulation of training will enable us to work more specifically on your individual needs. I also expect you to be leaders and help with then underclassmen. We will workout Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays. Be in the weight room ready to start at 2:30.  Monday will be total body and leg day, Tuesday will be upper body and core day and Thursday will be combined. I will do my best to keep the workouts 55 minutes or less. Some of you will get home work assignments to work on individual areas of need. As many of you have learned this homework consisting of remedial exercises is as important to your progress than the actual weight room workouts. Our goals as a group are quite simple. 1) Improve our basic strength levels. Improve our functional jumping ability – that is the types of jumps we need in the match, not necessarily testing. 3) Improve quick speed to improve our court coverage. 4) Improve our overall fitness for volleyball. We pride ourselves on our physical preparation. This is the foundation for better skills. Last years seniors set a high standard for you to follow. I am sure you will embrace the challenge and take Venice Volleyball to new heights. I will be gone most Thursdays so I will designate leaders among you to run the workouts and report the results to me via email. Lets focus on doing everything we do with intensity, concentration and championship effort