WHY PRIVATE LESSONS?
Team practices are important, but athletes don't always get enough repetitions or individual feedback to focus on their specific needs. Private training gives players dedicated time to work on the skills, mechanics, and decisions that can make the biggest difference in their game.
Customized Training
Lessons are designed around the athlete's goals, experience, position, strengths, and areas needing improvement.
More Repetitions
Smaller training environments allow athletes to get more touches, more feedback, and more opportunities to correct technique.
Position Development
Setters, hitters, liberos, defensive specialists, and all-around players can focus on the skills required for their role.
Build Confidence
Focused instruction and immediate feedback help athletes understand what they're doing well and what they need to improve.
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
✓ Players learning a new position
✓ Athletes working toward more playing time
✓ Beginners building fundamentals
✓ Players needing additional repetitions
✓ Athletes preparing for school volleyball
✓ Advanced players sharpening specific skills
LESSON OPTIONS
PRIVATE
Maximum individual attention with a training plan built entirely around one athlete.
SEMI-PRIVATE
Great for teammates, friends, or athletes who benefit from training alongside another player.
SMALL GROUP
Combines individualized instruction with competitive repetitions and game-like situations.
GROUP TRAINING
Some Flight coaches may offer larger group sessions focused on specific positions or skills.
HOW PRIVATE LESSONS WORK
Flight Academy private lessons are arranged directly with the coach of your choice. This gives families the flexibility to choose the coach, lesson type, training focus, and schedule that best fits their athlete.
CHOOSE YOUR COACH
Review our available coaches and choose the best fit based on specialties, lesson options, and pricing.
CONTACT THE COACH
Contact the coach directly to discuss your athlete's goals, availability, and lesson options.
SCHEDULE YOUR LESSON
The coach will coordinate the date and time based on availability and training space at Flight HQ.
TRAIN & IMPROVE
Meet your coach at Flight HQ and get to work with focused, individualized volleyball training.
Lesson fees are paid directly to the individual coach. Pricing, availability, lesson length, and lesson options vary by coach.
FLIGHT HQ — GROVER BEACH
Private lessons are scheduled at Flight HQ based on coach and facility availability. Your coach will coordinate the reservation and confirm the lesson time directly with you.
MEET OUR PRIVATE LESSON COACHES
Browse the coaches below to learn more about their training specialties, lesson formats, pricing, and contact information.
JAMES BUENO
Volleyball
Please email to be added to the lesson schedule.
ELLA HARTFORD
- Setting
- Defense
GABBY RIVERA
- Foundation development for pins and middles
- Passing and defense
- Blocking
- Building volleyball IQ
- Building confidence on and off the court
ERIN ALVES
- All-around volleyball fundamentals
- Passing
- Setting
- Hitting
- Serving
- Jump serving
CALEB FERGUSON
- Attacking
- Training for middles and pins
- Setting
- Passing
- Defense
TREY TEMAKI
- Basic offensive footwork
- Advanced arm swing mechanics
- Offensive versatility and game IQ
- Footwork adjustments for setter versatility
- Fundamental plyometrics and core strength for accelerating approaches
- Beginning to intermediate setting fundamentals
- Advanced serving techniques, including the topspin jump serve
- Beginner-level platform fundamentals
- Defensive platform angles and hand passing
NATALIE MARX
- Fundamentals of all volleyball skills
- Serve receive
- Hitting
- Serving
- Defense
- All-around skill development
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