ArmSwing.png

Arm Swing Clinics

Sign Up for a Clinic Near You!

Hit harder after just one session.

Learn to attack with more power and consistency in a way that will keep you healthy all season long.

So much more than a volleyball camp.

Physical Assessment & Training

To build something big, you need a strong foundation - which is why we start all our clinics with physical assessments for the spine, scapula, and shoulder. This lets us identify mobility limitations, unstable areas, and differences from side to side that can turn into injuries. If we find any limitations, we can improve them during the clinic with specific exercises and leave the athletes with a plan to overcome them for good.

Upgrade Your Technique

We break the arm swing down to the most important aspects and make sure every athlete masters the essentials. Then we rebuild the mechanics from the ground up, helping each athlete hit the ball in a more efficient, powerful, and pain-free way through a variety of attacking and spin-serving drills.

Access to Arm Swing Specific Workouts

Athletes feel a change in just the one session - but this only scrapes the surface of where they can get to. After the clinic, everyone gets access to workout programming pulled from our online Arm Swing Academy so they can develop more mobility, strength and power in a way that translates directly into their attacking velocity and longevity.

The power of video analysis.

See slow motion breakdowns of your attacking mechanics to identify exactly where to find the biggest improvements - then use video as you train to track your improvements.

“AWA's arm swing work with our TEAM BC program this past year was amazing.  I have long been a proponent of arm swing work, and AWA took it to a whole other level, teaching our athletes how to build a healthy and powerful arm swing from the ground up.  I would highly recommend AWA's arm swing camp as it will not only put you on the path to hitting with more velocity, but also give you a foundation to create healthy patterns that will allow you to play the sport we all love for longer!”

Ryan Adams - Head Coach, Team BC Selects Women 2021/2022

Types of Clinics

  • Designed for clubs who want their athletes and coaches to develop their skills.

    Features:

    • 2-hour Arm swing Clinic with each team

    • Coaches workshop

    • Coach access to our Arm Swing Academy for Coaches for continued education, drills, warm-up, etc.

    • Athlete resource with arm swing drills and physical preparation completed in clinic

  • Designed for clubs, organizations, or individuals who want to bring us out to run clinics in their area.

    Features:
    - 2-hour Arm swing Clinics

    • 2-hour Arm swing Clinics

    • Optional Coaches workshop

    • Discounted and priorty registration for host’s athletes

  • These are clinics planned a organized by us and open to anyone who wants to register!

    Features:

    • 2-hour arm swing clinic

    • Follow-up arm swing specific workout resources

  • Small group clinics exclusive to Arm Swing Academy members.

    Details coming soon…

Contact for Details

Inside the Clinic

Throwing & attacking drills to improve your technique

Exercises to build shoulder mobility and rotational power

Keys to success - how to train to see the fastest changes

Video Analysis to create more efficient changes

Technical progressions focusing on different positions, spin serving, and hitting angles

Education to build better understanding of where we are going with your arm swing and why

  • "I’ve increased my velocity by over 30km/h."

    Ethan Berardocco - 17U Setter

  • "I went from 90km/h to a personal best of 104km/h."

    Alex Emery - 18U Middle

  • "My old PB was 114km/h which I hit once last year and just hit 117km/h yesterday, a new PB!"

    Cory Schoenherr - Middle, Trinity Western University & Canadian Men’s National Team

  • "I got a season high 114km/h serve today with no pain."

    Matt Shand - Outside Hitter, University of Alberta Golden Bears

  • "I am averaging about 5km faster than I was before."

    Drew Dykstra - 18U Setter

  • "I went from never hitting 100km on my spin serve to now serving 111km in game."

    Joao Cunha - Outside Hitter, Keyano College (2024 CCAA Player of the Year)

  • "Body has never felt this good playing volleyball, and my vertical is up 7 inches from this time last year."

    Griffin Duncalfe - Outside Hitter, Nipissing University

  • "Body has been amazing, best it’s ever felt, truly am jumping the highest I’ve ever been!"

    Michael Dowhaniuk - Outside Hitter, Professional Volleyball Player

  • "I feel less pain and less effort to create power."

    16U Club Athlete

  • "Focusing more on the rotation of my body takes a physical load off my shoulder. When I implement the mechanics I learned I feel looser and like I can hit harder without any extra physical effort."

    18U Club Athlete

  • "I noticed that i was able to keep a looser hand which allowed me to explode with more power when attacking."

    15U Club Athlete

  • "I notice I have a lot more power with less effort."

    18U Club Athlete

  • "I used to have pain while hitting but the pain in my shoulder has stopped. My back does not hurt anymore as well since I started rotating as I attack."

    18U Club Athlete

  • "I have more power when I hit."

    13U Club Athlete

  • "I have less pain and more power."

    14U Club Athlete

Upcoming Clinics

Sign Up for a Clinic!

What exactly do we cover in the camps?

  • INTRODUCTION:

    • Introduction to the archetype of the arm swing - video examples of top attackers from around the world

    • What we’ve learned from top athletes all around the world in multiple sports about generating velocity without overloading the shoulder

    • Getting clear on what factors are universally present in the top arm swings and how to cultivate them

    TRAINING THE PHYSICAL FOUNDATION

    • Mobility and Control assessments for the spine, scapula, and shoulder

    • Specific exercises to improve spine and shoulder range of motion

    • Warm up routines to develop maximal torque through the torso

    • Stabilization work to create a bulletproof shoulder

    REBUILDING THE TECHNIQUE

    • Throwing mechanics from the ground up - learning how to develop rotational power using your entire body

    • Shoulder control work to learn how to relax the shoulder and arm to create a whip-like, elastic arm

    • Attacking training through situations of increasing complexity

    • Jump spin serve training

    • Extensive use of video analysis and feedback for each athlete

    POST-CAMP

    • 1 month of our Arm Swing Academy training program (a value of $49 USD on its own).

    • Weekly progressions through workouts to continue developing optimal mobility, control, strength, speed, and mechanics.

    • Chat support anytime you need it through the AWA App

  • Our youth specific camps aim to introduce young players to the type of attacking mechanics that will form the foundation for the rest of their volleyball career.

    These camps stem from the same philosophy as everything we cover in camps for older athletes, but are more play based and less focused on video analysis and specific corrections.

    With a strong focus on biomechanics and developing efficient ways to create a fast arm, athletes will leave our camp more confident than ever that they can serve and attack with consistency and speed.

Helping athletes succeed is our passion. We know first hand that the foundation of an athlete’s well-being can be the key to a long-lasting volleyball career or its untimely end. We’ve been through this path ourselves as athletes, coaches, and trainers, and we started AWA because we see so many athletes and teams suffering and underperforming - simply because they haven’t been taught the necessary tools to thrive under the demands of high performance volleyball.

 Our AWA Coaches

More about us

Mischa Harris, Co-Founder

  • Former Team Canada Beach Athlete

  • 15+ Years Coaching Team BC & Team Canada Beach Volleyball

  • Former Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Volleyball Canada’s Centres of Excellence, Canadian Youth National Volleyball Teams, and Canadian Olympic Teams in Beach Volleyball, Soccer, and Field Hockey

  • MSc in Experimental Medicine, UBC

  • Registered Kinesiologist

Nick Del Bianco, Co-Founder

  • Former Team Canada Volleyball Athlete USports Player of the Year 2015

  • Former Professional Volleyball Player in Germany, France and Switzerland Canada

  • Canada West University Sports Hall of Fame

  • Wellness Coach for Trinity Western University Spartans Men’s Volleyball Team

  • Former Team Canada Beach Athlete

  • Fascial Stretch Therapist

  • Health and Human Performance Coach at Archetype

John Moate, Coach

  • Former University of Windsor Athlete

  • Team Canada, Taiwan (2017) and Italy (2019) FISU Games

  • Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (NSCA-CSCS)

  • Bachelor of Human Kinetics

Team Partnerships