Volleyball Academy – Extended day

Smithers Secondary Volleyball Academy offers opportunities for Grade 9 and Grade 10 students to develop their volleyball skills in a structured training environment. This yearlong academy will focus on fundamental techniques through drills and gameplay. Athletes will learn and refine the skills of serving, passing, setting, attacking, and blocking while also working towards more advanced tactical skills like court awareness and defensive strategy. Beyond technical abilities, the academy will encourage athletes to cultivate their leadership, discipline, and sportsmanship in a supportive and growth-minded environment.

Volleyball Academy Peer Tutoring 11/12

Smithers Secondary Volleyball Academy offers opportunities for Grade 9 and Grade 10 students to develop their volleyball skills in a structured training environment. This yearlong academy will focus on fundamental techniques through drills and gameplay. Athletes will learn and refine the skills of serving, passing, setting, attacking, and blocking while also working towards more advanced tactical skills like court awareness and defensive strategy. *Grade 11 and 12 students can apply for a Peer Tutoring Role in this Volleyball Academy. Grade 11/12 Peer Tutors will be working to develop their leadership and coaching skills while supporting the academy.

High school athletes typically struggle to manage the demands of being a student with the expectations of being a high-performance athlete. Long hours of training can lead to less time for homework, rest and recovery. Over time, this can cause a decline in health and performance in the classroom and on the playing field.

The Canadian Sport School, designed by the Canadian Sport Institute in partnership with local school district SD 54 in Smithers, ensures that athletes in Grades 10, 11 and 12 on the high-performance pathway have the time, support and resources to balance school and training.

Engage Sport North in partnership with School District 54 in Smithers, offer the Canadian Sport School – Bulkley Valley to student-athletes in Grades 10, 11 and 12 on the high-performance pathway to help ensure students have the time, support and resources to balance school and training.

A student-athlete on a high-performance pathway is one who is dedicated to their sport and who is committed to partaking in the daily demands and responsibilities of a high-performance athlete that involves the daily academic and training tasks that will lead to the achievement of long-term growth within the student athlete’s academic and athletic experiences.  Often this growth is in the physical, mental and emotional realm.  Athletes do not need to be local or provincially identified prior to application.

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