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College Volleyball Prep Coach Las Vegas Based Coach April's Clinics

Upgrade your volleyball skills with expert college volleyball prep coach Las Vegas based April Chapple creator of the Breakfast Club for College Players. 

Photo of original Breakfast Club members for high school players Dayana Raygoza and Karime Raygoza with Coach April creator of the Vegas based Boot Camp Class and Breakfast Club and Breakfast club for College Players Training sessions.Photo of original Breakfast Club members for high school players Dayana Raygoza and Karime Raygoza with Coach April creator of the Vegas based Boot Camp Class and Breakfast Club and Breakfast club for College Players Training sessions.


In the competitive world of prep volleyball, the jump from high school to college can feel like you're

  • leaping across the Grand Canyon
  • over an ever widening gap between two ledges and
  • you have to jump from one ledge over this gap to the other ledge 

hoping all the while that you can land safely and on your feet. 

As the leading college volleyball prep coach in Las Vegas, I've spent over 15 years bridging that gap for ambitious goal-oriented players who want to go from high school to college to play at the next level.


I'm Coach April, and my unique approach to college volleyball preparation has helped countless athletes not just make it to the collegiate level, but thrive there.I'm Coach April, and my unique approach to college volleyball preparation has helped countless athletes not just make it to the collegiate level, but thrive there.

I'm Coach April, and my unique approach to college volleyball preparation has helped countless athletes not just make it to the collegiate level, but thrive there.


The Breakfast Club: A Legacy of Excellence

I didnt design The Breakfast Club to be an average summer clinic experience because I wanted to create something that didn't and still doesn't exist in Las Vegas.I didnt design The Breakfast Club to be an average summer clinic experience because I wanted to create something that didn't and still doesn't exist in Las Vegas.


As a pro volleyball player I would come to Vegas during my time off to visit my parents who moved here from Los Angeles after my father retired. 

I'd become familiar with the local high school volleyball scene and visit some campuses to watch games before flying back out to Italy or Europe where I was competing. 

Over time I noticed several trends prevalent among local Vegas volleyball high school teams 

  • For as many times Las Vegas hosted big national name tournaments like the Durango Classic, the Las Vegs Classic and others, Vegas teams were never in the top 20, 30 or even 40 top finishers. 
  • Many collegiate coaches had a preconceived notion about the quality of skills and training Las Vegas high school volleyball players lacked and did not recruit them
  • The few standout Vegas prospects that were recruited often returned home early because they got injured early in the season or in their playing career or they quit because they weren't emotionally and psychologically prepared for the rigors, pace and intensity required to play collegiate volleyball. 

I decided that if I were to become a trainer I'd specifically be a college volleyball prep coach in Vegas with higher standards that high school players would have to meet in order to train with me.

I was the first coach to implement a regular strength and conditioning component to all my Boot Camp class practices which included stations where basic skills were taught at two stations and strength and conditioning exercises were taught at a third and players would rotate through all three stations in a 90 minute period. 


I was the first coach to implement a regular strength and conditioning component to all my Boot Camp class practices which included stations where basic skills were taught at two stations and strength and conditioning exercises were taught at a third and players would rotate through all three stations in a 90 minute period. 


Fun Fact:

Before there was CSAM Training there was Coach Dermot Thomas who I hired to work with me at the sold out Coach April $5 Volleyball Voice Boot Camp classes held first at the City of Las Vegas Recreation Center three to four times a week and then hosted at other City of Las Vegas Parks and Recreation locations in Vegas.  



With the success of the Volleyball Voice Boot Camp classes I decided to kick up the pace, intensity and focus required to complete a 90 minute varsity level and invitation only high intensity volleyball training class. 


One of my biggest inspirations for starting the Breakfast club was that my 8th grade regular Boot Camp and private clients made varsity as freshmen nearly all of them and I was attracting insanely talented young players like 12 year old Kami Miner starting junior setter for Stanford and Youth USA National Team member and U-18 National Team Gold medalist pictured here with All Nevada State middle blocker and WSSU middle blocker in college.One of my biggest inspirations for starting the Breakfast club was that my 8th grade regular Boot Camp and private clients made varsity as freshmen nearly all of them and I was attracting insanely talented young players like 12 year old Kami Miner starting junior setter for Stanford and Youth USA National Team member and USA Girls National Team Gold medalist pictured here with All Nevada State middle blocker and WSSU middle blocker in college.

Ten years ago, I launched what would become a Vegas volleyball institution which I called "The Breakfast Club."


Boot Camp Classes were regularly attended by future state champion finalists, Gatorade Player of the Year winners like Sydney Berenyi and USA U-18 Gold medalist Stanford starting setter Kami Miner. (photo Thursday Night Boot Camp class June 2018)Boot Camp Classes were regularly attended by future state champion finalists, Gatorade Player of the Year winners like Sydney Berenyi and USA U-18 Gold medalist Stanford starting setter Kami Miner. (photo Thursday Night Boot Camp class June 2018)

This intensive year-round training program was designed to give high school players a taste of college-level volleyball training.

One of my biggest inspirations for starting the Breakfast club was that many of my 8th grade regular Boot Camp and private clients made their varsity high school teams as freshmen which started a trend that just kept continuing with my Boot Camp or Breakfast and later Volleycats Elite VBC players. 


At Silverado High School incoming freshmen and three year Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and Breakfast Club members OH Sydney Berenyi (future Gatorade Player of the Year) and libero/DS Kaylynn Smith made varsity as incoming freshmen.At Silverado High School incoming freshmen and three year Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and Breakfast Club members OH Sydney Berenyi (future Gatorade Player of the Year) and libero/DS Kaylynn Smith made varsity as incoming freshmen.

That was my goal.

At the time the NIAA had a rule which stated that freshmen couldn't make a varsity team.

At Arbor View High School incoming freshmen and incoming sophomore, multi year Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and Breakfast Club members sisters setter Aly and AJ libero/DS made varsity as incoming freshmen.At Arbor View High School incoming freshmen and multi year Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and Breakfast Club members sisters setter Aly and AJ libero/DS made varsity as incoming freshmen.

That made absolutely no sense to me since freshmen players were making varsity teams all over the country and Gatorade was sponsoring a Freshmen Player of the year category for outstanding freshmen who made an impact on their varsity teams. 


At Palo Verde High School incoming freshman, three year Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and Breakfast Club member and later Volleycats Elite VBC OH made varsity.At Palo Verde High School incoming freshman, three year Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and Breakfast Club member and later Volleycats Elite VBC OH made varsity.

The question I kept asking myself was "Why was Vegas always last to jump on board to position players to compete among some of the best national talent in the country?"

So with that mindset I continued to train my young players predicting that at tryouts they would be so good that the varsity coaches could not say "No" to them.

They had to put them on their team. 

And they did. 

At the same time my other motivation was that I was attracting insanely talented young players to train privately ...like 12 year old Kami Miner, currently the three year starting junior setter for Stanford (who started as a freshman) and USA Girls Youth USA National Team member Gold medalist. 


I introduced my clients and players who were in my Boot Camp class and who joined my Volleycats Elite club to their very first USA High Performance pipeline to their first tryouts. That's how Kami Miner at the age of 13 was introduced into the USA High Performance pipeline where she began to be noticed by D-I coaches who saw her natural talent and the potential for her to potentially make future national teams.I introduced my clients and players who were in my Boot Camp class and who joined my Volleycats Elite club to their very first USA High Performance pipeline to their first tryouts. That's how Kami Miner at the age of 13 was introduced into the USA High Performance pipeline where she began to be noticed by D-I coaches who saw her natural talent and the potential for her to potentially make future national teams.

After introducing Kami Miner and Sydney Berenyi to the USA Volleyball High Performance they continued to move through the High Performance pipeline each year being named to better teams which was due to the preparation and training that supplemented their improvement here in Vegas.After introducing Kami Miner and Sydney Berenyi to the USA Volleyball High Performance they continued to move through the High Performance pipeline each year being named to better teams which was due to the preparation and training that supplemented their improvement here in Vegas.

What started as my novel idea has evolved into a proving ground for serious athletes aiming for NCAA success.


As a college volleyball prep coach in Las Vegas, whose coached summer camps and clinics on over 31+ D-I college campuses, I structured The Breakfast Club to mirror the intensity, pace, intensity level and expectations of a D-1 collegiate program. Photo With Karime Raygoza and Dayana Raygoza longtime and original Boot Camp class and Breakfast club members.As a college volleyball prep coach in Las Vegas, whose coached summer camps and clinics on over 31+ D-I college campuses, I structured The Breakfast Club to mirror the intensity, pace, intensity level and expectations of a D-1 collegiate program. Photo With Karime Raygoza and Dayana Raygoza longtime and original Boot Camp class and Breakfast club members.

I didnt design The Breakfast Club to be an average summer clinic experience because I wanted to create something that didn't and still doesn't exist in Las Vegas.

As a college volleyball prep coach in Las Vegas, who has coached summer camps and clinics on over 31+ D-I college campuses, I structured The Breakfast Club to mirror the intensity, pace, intensity level and expectations of a D-1 collegiate program.

Players who join us for these sessions quickly learn that college volleyball demands a new level of commitment, skill, and mental toughness.


Not everyone can join because of its pace and intensity and focus and physical requirements. 


Email: info@improveyourvolley.com

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