High Performance Camp

I'm currently in Toronto at Humber College as part of the u18 High Performance Camp coaching staff. This is in preparation and to make selection for the u18 provincial team which I will also be assistant coaching for all throughout July.
The head coaching staff on the boys side is comprised of Dave Preston (McMaster), Steve Leknois (RMC), Chris Lawson (Waterloo) and Kerry McLean (Ottawa Mavericks and my former regional team coach). This means I'm getting a lot of exposure with some of the best coaches in the province and really learning many different things. To make it an even better learning environment, there is also a Level 3 coaching clinic going on, so many skills are broken down even further and taught. I'm not with the level 3 clinic for their classroom sessions but I'm learning much from being around their on court sessions.
As for the athletes, they're definitely making it tough on us to choose a team! One major difference right now is that most of the coaches who are here have seen most of these players all season through club volleyball. This is my first look at all of them and whether it is good or bad I had not formed any opinions about players coming in. Every player in my eyes has to earn a spot. There are no freebies. I think and hope that the players understand that. The work ethic in every drill and really on every contact is nothing short of remarkable. So far we've had three and half training days with competition starting tomorrow. It should be interesting to see if there are any playings that step up even further when it's game time.