TWO ONE-DAY CLINICS
The VERT Performance Lab brings decades of experience in movement training, analysis and research to volleyball’s youth athletic market. Each clinic is led by Performance Lab Director, David Gil
Day 1 Clinic:
Vertical Performance
2 HOURS each session
Improving both the
UP and the DOWN
Day 2 Clinic:
Horizontal Performance
2 HOURS each session
Setting up to maximize
range on the court
Athletes will be tracked with state-of-the art VERT technology to measure jump height, power, landing impact and first step explosiveness for objective, actionable results.
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Three Primary Objectives
Improve
Performance
Prevent
Injury
Drive Club
Revenue
Day 1: Vertical Performance
GOALS:
Arm players and coaches with practical knowledge that leads to immediate and lasting improvements in jump height, vertical speed, and landing impact.
METHOD:
Coach Gil will start with foundational instruction on how the body transforms elastic energy into vertical power. He will explore the critical connections from the feet to the fingertips and how each part of the body contributes to launching off the ground during a volleyball attack or block.
The athletes will be led through a mobility circuit focused on thoracic, ankle and hip mobility along with arch support.
Finally, athletes will perform unique, volleyball-specific drills to work on jump AND landing performance. Every jump and landing will be measured live for real-time feedback and changes that can be objectively demonstrated.
TESTING:
Athletes will be tested following their training for a maximal jump score. Testing results will be live to promote effort, competition and comradery.
Day 2: Horizontal Performance
GOALS:
Achieve the same goal—improvement in movement efficiency—this time focused on the first step toward the ball.
METHOD:
TESTING:
Athletes will be tested on their first-step explosiveness, measuring peak speed and the angles at which they achieve that speed. This testing is a completely novel approach to understanding how an athlete accelerates to the ball, and what changes can be made for objective improvement on the court.
Your coaches and athletes will learn from experts in the details that enable athletes to improve performance and most importantly, improve durability to ensure stronger seasons and longer careers.
VERT PERFORMANCE LABS
CLINIC OVERVIEW
CLINIC INCLUDES:
- Day 1 – Vertical Training (Jump AND landing)
- Maximum 25 athletes per session
- 2 hour session, up to 3 sessions max per day
- Day 2 – Horizontal Training(first step, agility)
- Maximum 25 athletes per session
- 2 hour session, up to 3 sessions max per day
- $75 per athlete, per clinic (recommended athletes do both clinic regardless of position)
- Club has autonomy to establish final pricing
- At least two club coaches must be present per session (more are welcome!)
- Custom marketing materials (design/landing page/POS/social)
- EXCLUSIVE VERT Performance Labs Clinic
About Coach David Gil
Coach David Gil, BS, MA
Managing Partner,
Performance Lab Director
VERT Sports
David Gil has a diverse background in exercise science, physiology, and communications. His passion for applied anatomy and human biomechanics has driven him to lead research and development at VERT Sports, a pioneer in IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) performance monitoring. He also consults for companies across the sports performance, military, and rehabilitation sectors. Additionally, David manages the analysis data for VERT’s extensive portfolio of more than 500 national, professional, and elite collegiate clients.
Beyond product development, David oversees video and biomechanical analysis for VERT’s premier programs, ensuring optimal athletic performance and injury risk reduction. Leveraging the versatility of IMU platforms, he has designed and implemented athletic assessments that are now used by top collegiate and professional programs to gain actionable insights into sports performance and identify inefficient movement patterns.
David regularly travels across the country, sharing his innovative approach to coaching and education through clinics for coaches and players. His programs emphasize the details of both vertical and horizontal movement, helping participants make immediate and lasting improvements in performance and health.
David’s work, along with that of his team, has significantly influenced how volleyball is trained worldwide.
Before joining VERT, David owned a fitness facility specializing in Olympic lifting, mobility, movement mechanics, and physiotherapy.
His primary focus has always been, and continues to be, helping athletes stay in the game they love by teaching proper movement and health habits from a young age. For elite clients, David emphasizes training load strategies to minimize overuse injuries and optimize performance.
Day 1 VERTICAL (2 Hour Session)
Vertical (2 Hour Session)
** Order and structure may change dependent on session size **
DAY 1:
Introduction: 5-8 minutes
Warm-up: 10 minutes
Tech Review: 5 minutes
- Overview of VERT Team System (VTS) – athletes sample and see jumping and landing measurements
Mobility: 15 minutes
- Ankle
- Hip hinge (possible hamstring stretch)
- Thoracic rotation
Standing vertical technique: 15 minutes
- CMJ (spring example)
- CMJ with block
- Static jump
- Static jump w/block (talk jump speed)
Landing technique: 20 minutes
- Land how you load
- Snap Downs
- Depth drops (box in front of wall or net)
- Single leg swing broad jumps
- Hop to skaters
TESTING PART 1: 5 minutes
- Test standing vertical jump and landing
Approach technique: 15 minutes
- De-constructed approach vertical – 10 minutes
- Review each step, 3 step approach, why the heel strikes on penultimate step, last leg has virtually no eccentric load
- Approach vertical practice – 5 minutes
- Look for arms, depth, foot position, horizontal displacement and landing (pick no more than 2 things with each athlete to focus on)
- De-constructed approach vertical – 10 minutes
TESTING PART 2: 5 minutes (should be at 1hr 40 minutes at this point)
- Test approach vertical and get competitive!
Knee and ankle strength circuit: 12 minutes - The lunge circuit, start with 45 seconds on each side and go through each progression
- Test approach vertical and get competitive!
Open up to questions and/or preview the next day and reinforce individual pointers that were discussed.
Day 2 HORIZONTAL (2 Hour Session)
Horizontal (2 Hour Session)
** Order and structure may change dependent on session size **
Day 2:
Introduction: 10 minutes – ‘First Step’ Powerpoint
Warm-up: 10 minutes
Tech Review: 5 minutes – have athletes try a few first steps to see what we see
Mobility: 15 minutes
- Ankle
- Hip external, internal mobility
- Couch stretch
Defensive Stance review: 15 minutes
- Review the basics of being low, weight distribution and stance width
- Will discuss the importance of the ankles again
- All about your first 1-3 steps!
- How do you like to stand? Totally flat or slightly staggered
First Step Series: 30 minutes
- Parallel stance launches
- Scare from behind drill
- Ball drop test, drop a VB and athlete must grab it before it bounces again
- Slightly staggered stance launches
- Ball drop test
- Kick back, work on driving the weaker leg back, leaving the front leg in place and launching simultaneously
- Looking here for hip or torso movement up or back
- Hold foam roller over head
- Split and go!
- Coach will call out to DROP, athletes will keep torso still but split into a staggered stance
- On GO! They push off with both feet simultaneously
- Designed to help with body control and stable reaction for distance digs
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