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Hi

Just a quick note today. It was great to be back in the school this past Wednesday. The locker room looks great! The newly re-finished floor looks great! It's summer - everything is great in the summer... well, it is when the sun is shining.

I hope you are all doing well and practicing your vb stuff at home. I will see you all in a few days.

Steve

Don't Forget!

We are meeting at The AT&T Sports Center this week!

Younger Group - 4:30-6:00 pm
Older Group - 6:00-7:30 pm

Hopefully some of you are taking in the Northern Lights camp this week. I might have to pop in and see what is happening one of these days.

OK it's time for some random initials

JD - Where's the love? why is "Steve Sez" so far down on the page anyway? you would think with all the wonderful Steve's in your life, more respect would be shown! : )

KB - Happy Birthday!

KV and MM where are you?

See you all on Wednesday!
Steve

Summer and Volleyball

There needs to be more of both summer, and volleyball around here! Summer has been beautiful so far and hopefully it will continue. Volleyball, well we are having to take a week off right now due to a huge basketball camp, but it's OK when we return to our summer-long camp it will be time to really make serious strides toward bigger and better things.

The Summer-long camp has been a lot of fun so far for me and I suspect it will continue to be. I love getting to know all the new girls and of course seeing the ones I already know is always fun too.

Remember to continue working on things we have talked about that you can do at home!

Also remember to check the Palmer Volleyball blog often . Jayme puts new information and other random stuff on it all the time.

I'll attempt to write on a more regular basis starting now. Ha-ha I say that but I get busy and I don't always get the job done.

Cheerio!
Steve

Signs of Spring

Hello!

With the beginning of Daylight Saving, the end of Spring Break, Club Volleyball in it's final weeks, this can only mean one thing. Winter is going to end! Spring will come again!

I'll try to get some OPEN GYM scheduled soon so we can all get in the gym and play a little volleyball. There are a lot of spring sports starting up, and they all use the gym until the weather improves so be patient.

Once spring really gets here and school wraps up we will be doing our SUMMER SESSION. Some of you participated in this last summer and others may want to think about it this year. It is open to all high school aged girls (entering 9th grade - 12th grade). I'll have Jayme post the informational page on the Palmer Volleyball Blog. The basic information is - we meet once a week all summer long beginning the last week of May. We miss a couple days here and there for gym maintenance etc. but it's a good chance to get lots and lots of reps in over the summer. Since it goes the entire summer it is not uncommon for people to miss a couple meetings because of vacations or family events. We have kept the cost on the low side to hopefully keep it affordable and well worth the money. Cost is $125 this year. The schedule is not set yet but you can expect to get 7-9 sessions over the course of the summer.

The team I've had for the club season has been WONDERFUL ! I have really enjoyed spending time with - of course my Palmer girls MM, JA, DP, and NC , but also with SI and LM from Colony. A little farther across town my new fav's from Wasilla ST, AC, RS, and KP Technically two of those are Tech School girls. Thanks for a fun club season so far. There are two weeks left, one final test, and a final tournament.

Cheerio!
Steve

Season End

What a season! We didn't have quite the finish we might have all hoped for, however winning the Region III Championship was certainly a worthy accomplishment. I refer to it as Region III still because I, and others who have been around awhile, liked it when it was Region III rather than the "Northern Lights Conference"

We had our end of the season awards banquet pretty darn close to the end of the season which made for some serious scampering to get ready in time, but it was a good time with a slide show, a really cool video, and of course the best part... Mr Thiede presenting the team with the new banner which i believe is supposed to be hanging in the gym now for all to enjoy. Thanks Mr Thiede!

Club season is now underway - but only just barely. I will be coaching a team for the first time in many years and am looking forward to it. We have picked a team and had one semi-official practice, although it was kind of impromptu and a couple of girls were not able to attend. J and I are looking forward to getting started for real soon.

Random things from the end of the high school season. Hm let me think... MM's hand is still in a cast following a bad set. Let this be a lesson to passers and setters everywhere. 1) we don't pass the ball to the setter by way of the ceiling! 2) setters - we don't set balls that come to us by way of the ceiling! we pass those. To my varsity team - Thank You! from all of us "coach types"

I'll see all you basketball players soon at a home game- until then Steve

Not Much

Thanks for checking in. I don't keep this page as current as I did in the off-season. Jayme has been keeping the main Palmer Volleyball Page well stocked with information and photos, so if you haven't checked it recently you should. palmervolleyball.blogspot.com Thanks Jayme!

We play twice this week which seems light after last week. It will be good to get some uninterrupted practice in later in the week.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow

Again if you want lots of volleyball info check the main page

Steve

Colony vs Palmer

OK, I know i have been terribly bad about updating this page, but here we go!

Chugiak Invite was last weekend. Jame covered it nicely on the main Palmer Volleyball Page, so i will move to last night's 5 game thriller with Colony at their place.

Both teams played pretty evenly throughout. There were plenty of long rallies, great plays. and stressful moments. Here are some of my favorites in no particular order

Someone shanked a dig into the net MM got down below it waited for it to come out from the bottom of the net and passed up a perfect "2" set for a waiting KS. really a pretty play and a good example of patience during a play. The same MM teamed up with NC for many good blocks - unfortunately for Palmer - Colony covered their hitters very well! We blocked Colony's SH a bunch but it didn't matter they just kept picking it back up and setting up some new play. darn them anyway!

JA and DP were sensational from the serving line serving 25 and 26 points apiece very nice work there ladies. I was pleased to see the extra serving DP did after practice pay off like that.

Hitting- Everyone was hitting pretty well, and taking turns being the hot hitter KV bombed a few great shots. CG as well- we all like the CG cheer after the kills best of all. NC had the most kills for the night but MM thundered a "4" that was pretty darn spectacular. This makes me wonder who had the biggest thunderbolt last night? Hm.... I know KV had one that was pretty incredible, so di CG, NC and MM, JA too! hm ok I have no idea who i would give the huge hit award to

Setting- all three setters had their moments of brilliance MM"s was a "1" set to NC I think that was my favorite just because it was so pretty. JA put up some "4's" that i wished I'd been hitting and DP had some great backsets. Good performances from all three I'd have to say.

Many games are on the horizon for us so I am anxious to see what the team will do next. Keep working hard, and let's see where we can go.

Steve