Greetings!
We are going through exciting times at Pakmen! The launch of Gettin' Better, our new website, as well as the revamp of this issue has been keeping us busy! Have fun reading this month's eNewsletter!
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Winners Make Good Company  Legendary Mayor Hazel McCallion recently took some time out of her busy schedule to meet with Canadian National Beach Volleyball Champions Joraver Sangha and Manpreet Chatha. The mayor told the boys about her plans for more sports facilities in the future and even invited their input and their coach's input on one of her committees. |
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GTA Premier League - Jr High 
Our GTA Premier League for high school girls is SOLD OUT, but we still have spots available in our Junior High program. If interested, give us a call and your fee will be prorated. The GTA Premier League - Junior High is a high performance training program and league for girls in grades 7 and 8 who are starters (top 8) on their school team. Our coaches are the most decorated coaches in Ontario, bar none. The program is held Sunday afternoons, 2:30 to 4 pm.
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Gettn' Better - Better than playing Rep? 
Our Gettn' Better program is the talk on Ontario Volleyball with rep players and serious middle and high school players coming from as far as Scarborough and Hamilton to partake. But is it better than playing rep ball? Well, maybe not Pakmen rep ball ... but in terms of athlete development even in rep practices players rarely have more than 200 quality 'touches' in a practice. Gettn' Better guarantees you 500 - and last week the players got 700! Why? Few players, high coach to player ratios, and no wasted time on scrimmaging, positioning, strategies and tactics. If you just missed out on making that rep team or want to make one next year, or make your upcoming school team, or simply become a better player there is no program which will improve your skills more. And our coaches? The most decorated around, bar none.
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Volunteer this Summer 
Collect your community service hours while volunteering for the Pakmen Volleyball camps and playing the game you love!
We are constantly looking for applicants for our summer volunteer program, however spots are limited and early application is to your advantage.
Click here to contact David Zanchetta, Pakmen Summer Programs Coordinator to apply! |
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Coaching Tip of the Month
Submitted by 3-time coach of the month Kelly Smith
Players need to learn to hit balls which are set far off the net. Players also need to learn to set balls when the setter cannot get to the ball in time. A great drill to teach both these skills is to have one player bounce the ball in the middle of the backcourt straight up with both arms, wait for it to come up, and then set the ball to left side, very loose, outside the attack line, where a teammate is waiting to hit the ball over the net. The hitter should face the player setting the ball, keeping his body open to him and not towards the net. At first he or she should not jump but concentrate on contacting the ball at this angle. When he/she is able to do this, they should start jumping and swinging.
I remember having a fairly weak, poor passing team. We practice this drill each practice and everyone learned to set and hit this ball. We went undefeated that season.
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| Featured Profile Pakmen Coach Jonathan Turalinski
Jon is one of our 13U rep coaches and he coaches SPIKES, Development League and Technique Tutoring on Saturdays and the GTA Premier Leagues and Gettn' Better on Sundays. He is also one of the program coordinators of our popular Pakmen Volleyball Camp and beach volleyball programs.
Jonathan is intellectually gifted and is studying to become a registered psychologist.
His players admire his technical knowledge of the game and his knack for correcting errors and running great drills. They appreciate his patience and the positive attitude he always brings to the gym.
We have very fortunate to have Jonathan in our club!
Jonathan Turalinski is one of our most popular and successful coaches. As a player, he has the distinction of winning both an indoor and beach National Championship title!
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