We have been hard at work in the gym acquiring new skills and honing old ones. We have been getting to know new teammates and new challenges. It is finally time to take all the new stuff out for a drive! It is finally time to play!
Listed below are the locations for Front Range teams for both Power #1 for the even age groups (1/22/12) and Power #1 for the odd age groups (1/29/12).
To see the complete list of teams in this event, download the appropriate PDF. (click here for 1/22/12) (click here for 1/29/12) If you need directions, click
here. All sites have unique rules that govern their use (you can download many of those rules here); most sites do not allow coolers in the gym. Please represent Front Range well by being sure to obey the rules of the facility, as well as the tournament director. If you have any questions, please contact
your coach.
Power #1 Even (1/22/12)
Black: Coach Jim Miret |
NORCO |
Silver: Coach James Beasley |
NORCO |
Blue: Coach Jim Stone |
Fort Morgan HS |
Red: Coach Steve Colpus |
Colorado College |
White: Coach Craig Kingsley |
Rampart HS |
Cardinal: Coach Dave Youngblood |
Big House |
Amber: Coach Bob Poulter |
Momentum |
Royal: Coach Eduardo Fiallos |
Fort Morgan HS |
Boys 14s: Coach Rolando Buted |
Big House |
Scarlet: Coach Jen Pokraka |
Fort Morgan HS |
Pink: Coach Joe Brand |
Highlands Ranch HS |
Rose: Coach Deb Keller |
Highlands Ranch HS |
Power #1 Odd (1/29/12)
Silver: Coach James Beasley |
Big House |
Red: Coach Steve Colpus |
CSCS |
White: Coach Craig Kingsley |
Momentum |
Cardinal: Coach Dave Youngblood |
Momentum |
Amber: Coach Bob Poulter |
Pomona HS |
Royal: Coach Eduardo Fiallos |
RMAC |
Scarlet: Coach Jen Pokraka |
NORCO |
Navy: Coach Michelle Hoffner |
NORCO |
Pink: Coach Joe Brand |
Club 5280 |
Good luck, teams!
Returning to the Factory after the Holiday break, you're likely to find that the competitive atmosphere in the gym has heightened. Your team is now gearing up for Power League competition leading up to the Qualifier season. You're now competing with other team members for starting positions on your team. Every position is up for grabs! One of the things that makes Front Range unique is that no one's position is guaranteed; everyone is expected to keep working hard for her position all season long - no sloughing off.
As you compete for your position on your team, and compete against other teams this winter and spring, you may find a number of uncomfortable feelings coming up. On one side, when you're competing successfully, you may feel excited, confident, self-assured, strong, competent, proud, in short, a winner. On the other side, when you're struggling, you may feel scared, disappointed, weak, incompetent, doubtful, unsure of yourself, in short a loser.
When struggling, we find ourselves thinking these feelings are bad and wanting to repress, deny or avoid them. We want volleyball to just be fun again. We want our positions to be guaranteed. We want to be free of the pressure and fear we're feeling. We want to be assured that we're winners.
Unfortunately that's not how competition and, for that matter, life works. So, what's the solution? Maybe it's time to stop seeing these uncomfortable emotions as enemies or as bad. Instead, great athletes look at this discomfort as a worthy opponent that needs to be taken seriously, confronted, and conquered. Great athletes welcome the challenges that worthy opponents provide because it forces them to improve and become even tougher to beat.
The gift that uncomfortable emotions are offering us is the chance to develop our physical, emotional and mental skills and become even better volleyball players. In addition to wanting to play and win, don't you want to become a better player? This season, welcome the competitive pressure, knowing that confronting it is the way to improve.
(Hint: the See, Execute, Evaluate routine and the serve and serve/receive routines you're learning are your best friends as you learn to conquer the uncomfortable emotions that every great athlete confronts in competition.)
Tim Engels, M.A., sports psychology consultant to Front Range Volleyball Club, is a sports psychology consultant and counselor in Denver, CO. You can contact him at (303) 956-5691 or tim@timspractice.com.
