Camp Director Mike Welch
NCAA
USA Volleyball National Team Development Program
Camp Director Mike Welch was an NCAA Head Coach at 3 universities for 17 seasons. NCAA Division I schools Idaho State University and Morehead State University (Kentucky) for 11 seasons. NCAA Division II (now NCAA Division I) University of North Florida for 6 seasons. He was also an assistant coach at San Diego State University under former Olympian and Olympic Coach Rudy Suwara. Mike led teams to 6 nationally ranked seasons, advanced to 4 NCAA Tournaments, NCAA Sweet 16, NIVC post-season appearance, 5 conference championships, and over 250 collegiate wins.
USA Volleyball National Team Development Program
USA Volleyball National Team Development Program
Camp Director Mike Welch coached future Olympians and USA National Team players, USA team captains, and Gold and Silver Medalists, and 5 National Players-of-the-Year honorees. Mike was a Head Coach in the US Olympic Festival (NTDP Women 21U) in 1995, and an Assistant Coach in 1994. Additionally, he was the Head Coach of the USA Youth National Team (NTDP Girls 17U) in 1993 and 1996, and Assistant Coach in 1992. The 1996 USA YNT included bringing players to share the Olympic experience through the Olympic Visitation Program during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The 1993 YNT won a Gold Medal in an international tournament in Regina Canada. At Peak Volleyball Camps, we are guided by our values of excellence, integrity, and teamwork. We strive for excellence in everything we do, operate with the highest level of integrity, and work together as a team to achieve our goals.
American Volleyball Coaches Association
Camp Director Mike Welch has been a member of the AVCA since 1990! He formerly served on the NCAA Division I and II National Poll Voter Committees, NCAA Division I Regional Ranking Advisory Committee, NCAA Division I and II All-Region Committees, and the AVCA Publications and Education Committee. He also presented at the AVCA National Convention 3 times, and has published 10 articles. Mike received a Victory Club award for achieving his 200th career victory, a win over University of Oregon in Eugene OR. Additionally, Mike's teams were awarded numerous AVCA Team Academic Awards, and one year tied for highest team GPA in the nation out of all NCAA Division I volleyball programs. We are passionate about giving back to the volleyball community, which is why we donate a portion of our profits to support volleyball programs for underprivileged youth. We believe that everyone should have access to the opportunity to play and enjoy the sport of volleyball.
California Beach Volleyball Association
Camp Director Mike Welch was formerly the Vice President of the California Beach Volleyball Association while running outdoor volleyball tournaments in San Diego. He owned and operated a grass volleyball tournament series that was one of the largest in the country, and included a $10,000 Pro-Am Series. The CBVA, at that time, included grass volleyball in the association. Mike served on the CBVA rules committee, and during an internship with USA Volleyball, consulted in the writing of USA Volleyball's first beach volleyball rule book. The CBVA beach volleyball rules were adopted by most pro and international organizations at that time. Additionally, Mike helped develop the grass volleyball player rating system (similar to the beach rating system), and was a AAA rated player as well.
About Us - Mike Welch
Mike Welch, Camp Director and Head Volleyball Coach
- As a college head coach at the NCAA Division I and II levels, Mike Welch has led teams to 6 nationally ranked seasons, advanced to 4 NCAA Tournaments, NCAA Sweet 16, NIVC post-season appearance, 5 conference championships, and over 250 collegiate wins.
- As a former USA Volleyball National Team pipeline head coach (2x Head Coach for Girls USA Youth National Team and US Olympic Festival Team), helped develop foundations for players who have become 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Olympic Silver Medalist and Beijing Olympics Best Scorer, numerous USA team captains, many USA National Team members, 5 National Players-of-the-Year honorees, and College and High School All-Americans.
- Former Head Coach at Idaho State University, NCAA Division I (8 seasons)
- Former Head Coach at University of North Florida, NCAA Division II (6 seasons)
- Head Coach at Morehead State University, NCAA Division I (3 seasons)
- Head Volleyball Coach of the Girls USA Youth National Team (A1) for 2 years, team won a Gold Medal championship in Canada, as well as Assistant Coach for one year.
- Head Coach in the US Olympic Festival winning a Silver Medal, and assistant coach one year
- National Top 30 USA Today ranking as Head Coach at Helix High School in San Diego, California (6 seasons)
- National presenter multiple years at the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Convention. Proud member since 1990.
- Former NCAA Division I National Ranking poll voter
- Former Vice President of the California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) and a AAA rated player
- CAP Level III certified by USA Volleyball earned at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
- Positive Coaching Alliance certified coach
- Camp Director of volleyball camps since 1990
Our Team
About us? It's about you. Helping you become your personal best. Pursuing your dreams. Overcoming challenges.
Individualize. Personalize. Compassion. Empower.
Our coaches are dedicated professionals. We have led as college head coaches, college assistant coaches, and been decorated college players. Our staff has reached their peak earning national rankings, NCAA Tournament appearances, Conference Championships, Coach-of-the-Year awards, and coached numerous All-Americans and USA Olympians.
Every coach has been carefully selected to work alongside with Mike Welch. We are so proud of the amazing people that are a part of our cadre of coaches.
Peak Volleyball Camps has coached over 10,000 players and hundreds of high school teams throughout the West in California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, up to the very top in Alaska; across the continental US in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida; and even down to the US Virgin Islands on St. Thomas and St. Croix. We have been been honored to share amazing volleyball experiences with Peak Volleyball Camps since 2007, Team Retreat Camps since 1996, VBcamps since 1991, and our Satellite Volleyball Camp experiences. We have been privileged to share these memorable moments with such a wonderful and diverse volleyball community.
What We Do
About us: Peak Volleyball Camps are a great match for players going into 5th-12th grades with experience from beginner, intermediate, through advanced levels; and school teams. We offer players a positivity-based environment to have the ultimate safe space to grow, explore, and experiment without the judgement of try out or playing time evaluations.
- Beginner players get a great start by having access to highly experienced coaches that can help them develop a foundation for their journey towards success.
- Intermediate players have a great opportunity to receive expert training and quality ball touches before their season begins.
- Advanced players with club experience benefit from working with our coaches that have extensive college coaching experience.
- We group participants by experience to offer the appropriate level of stretch (challenge with confidence) in training. Our coaches are excellent at personalizing with each player.
Core Values to Reach Your Peak
- "Be my best." Become the best version of you! Compete against yourself. Become a better you. One up yourself. Be your best self.
- Growth mindset. Open to new ideas. Make changes and improve through hard work, focus, and dedication.
- Believe. Confident in your focus and effort. Know that you are on a path to success. Caring for your teammates and having confidence they are giving their best.
- Mastery Path to Success. If it works, repeat it. If it doesn’t change it.
- Positive Cumulative Effect. Improve 1% each day. In 100 days you will be 100% better, twice as talented. 1 key personal goal per day. Commitment, dedication, perseverance, and focus on improvement.
PEAK performing at the top of your game. It's about giving and being your personal best.
- P is for Positivity. We coach with optimism, positive coaching and positive reinforcement.
- E is for Enjoy what you do with passion. Our goal is to fuel our player's passion to participate and excel in volleyball.
- A is for Achieve your personal best. Our coaches work hard to help players become their personal best and pursue their goals.
- K is for Knowledge of performance to play smart and improve. We coach with a "carry forward" process, which allows players to learn the game and continue to improve after the last session of camp is finished.
Highlights include:
- Experienced staff with the ability to help players of all levels their game.
- Positive and motivating atmosphere. Our staff adjusts to being more nurturing for beginners, to keeping it challenging, positive and moving forward for the more advanced players.
- Skills, position training, situational scenarios, performance enhancements, and games that progress from establishing a solid foundation to building effective and efficient competitive play.
- Camp Tournament
- Improve during camp and after too. Our "carry-forward" training enables our participants to know their key words with skills to continue to improve when they are on their own.
- Digital video, images, and analysis demonstrations with software that allows us to visually cue the keys to successful execution.
- Speed radar gun to improve power in serving and hitting. We teach arm swing mechanics, then unleash them with the speed radar gun. Nothing makes a person hit harder than clocking the speed.
- Fun fast-paced music to get warmed up moving and energy in the gym right from the start.
- We are team building experts. Volleyball is the ultimate team sport. We teach how to be amazing teammates on and off the court. It is built into everything we do.
Volleyball Performance
Key Words
Technology and Speed Radar
Visual Teaching
Learning should be clear and easy to follow. Improve your volleyball performance. With just a few key words, players who attend our volleyball camp program can easily implement and self-correct their skills. Instruct a player who has attended our camp to demonstrate: 1. Wide base, 2. Medium posture, and 3. Shrug platform to target. They c
Learning should be clear and easy to follow. Improve your volleyball performance. With just a few key words, players who attend our volleyball camp program can easily implement and self-correct their skills. Instruct a player who has attended our camp to demonstrate: 1. Wide base, 2. Medium posture, and 3. Shrug platform to target. They can immediately show you great looking passing technique. Our key words are simple, fast, clear, visual, and initiates recall to what they have learned.
Whole to part training. Retention is much higher when doing complete skills and tasks (whole). Using key words directs focus to a part of a skill or task while completing the whole activity.
Visual Teaching
Technology and Speed Radar
Visual Teaching
Courtside Videos
We have created video demonstrations specifically for our volleyball camps, and use video telestrator technology to emphasize key learning points. We have created short videos for all fundamental skills, and team systems training activities.
Courtside Volleyball Images
We have exclusive volleyball images that are quick glanc
Courtside Videos
We have created video demonstrations specifically for our volleyball camps, and use video telestrator technology to emphasize key learning points. We have created short videos for all fundamental skills, and team systems training activities.
Courtside Volleyball Images
We have exclusive volleyball images that are quick glance pictures with sayings that immediately draw attention to skill keys and concepts to be successful. We have created memes for keys in the fundamental skills. Additionally, we have memes for core values, and concepts for improvement.
Technology and Speed Radar
Technology and Speed Radar
Technology and Speed Radar
We use cutting edge technology at our volleyball camps that top colleges use to improve in your development.
We have a paperless system with daily check-in, agendas, videos on tablet cast to a LED/laser projector, bluetooth sound system, video analysis software, speed radar and more.
We can use split-screen video analysis so players can v
We use cutting edge technology at our volleyball camps that top colleges use to improve in your development.
We have a paperless system with daily check-in, agendas, videos on tablet cast to a LED/laser projector, bluetooth sound system, video analysis software, speed radar and more.
We can use split-screen video analysis so players can visually see what they do great, and where they should focus for improvement.
We will use speed radar and arm swing mechanics training to develop more overhead power. Your overhand serve will improve on the first day! We know a tough serve gets you in the line up and scores points!