Caio Maciel

Hello,

My name is Caio. I played volleyball for more than 15 years. I played competitive volleyball in Brazil at a high level as well as 4 years in college. My highest achievement was winning the volleyball national championship in 2008. I have been coaching for a club in Overland Park for 2 years and I'd say it has been a magnificent experience.

I was a professional Brazilian volleyball player. I have been playing volleyball since I was 10 years of age. The Brazilian men's national team has won more Olympic medals than most countries. In the last four Olympic Games, Brazil has respectively won 2 gold medals and 2 silvers. As a volleyball player I had the honor and the opportunity to share and to play with most of the Brazilian men's Olympic volleyball champions. 2005 when I was 19 years old I was granted a full ride scholarship to play and study from Park University. I played and honorably defended Park University from many years. The top of my volleyball career in America was in 2008 when we won the national championship respectively winning 31 games and losing 1 throughout the season.

I tend to focus primarily on each player position. For example, if I'm coaching a Libero I would direct my training on passing and defense as if I am coaching a middle I would direct my focus toward blocking and hitting. However, I would prefer to let it open to each parent or athlete what would they'd like to be coached at. I am more like a hands on coach. I believe that athletes learn better by constantly repeating and being determined to learn. At the beginning of the section I prefer to show athletes how to stretch out so we would avoid any injure prior to the section. Afterwards, I will walk through footwork, approach positioning and so on.