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Are You Ready To Train With The Best?

Athletes First will make every athlete a contender at whatever level they are willing to strive for. We will not just practice until we get it right, we will practice until we rarely get it wrong.

Naveed

NAVEED NIZAM, FOUNDER

Accomplished volleyball coach bringing 20 years of experience guiding, mentoring, and developing athletes. Driven and adept at helping players to reach the highest levels of the sport and developing training regiments that match players’ abilities while creating strong competitive teams. Passionate about mentoring junior athletes to build sustainable training habits, supporting healthy lifestyles.

Program Vision

Student-athletes can build character and skills through sports. I believe in promoting discipline, fundamentals, team play, and meeting obstacles head on. My goals for student-athletes are to support their development of self-discipline, knowledge, good judgement, intelligence, responsibility and accountability for one’s actions, desire to improve, and a positive-attitude. I am committed to the core values of excellence, teamwork, and integrity.

INSTRUCTION

  • Lessons cover a full range of volleyball skills.
  • Lessons are available from individual training to groups sessions.
  • Year round training.
  • Qualified and experienced coaching.
  • Customized lesson plan.

CONSULTING

  • Provide technical feedback and recommendations for your program.
  • Coaching Clinic for your staff
  • Guest coaching provided

RECRUITING

At Athlete's First, we believe that no student-athlete should have to navigate the recruiting process without expert guidance. We strive to help every student athlete get the information they deserve and play the game they love at the next level. At Athlete's First, we will help families connect with college coaches as well as provide insider knowledge of the recruiting process.

CAMPS

  • High -performance volleyball clinics- ages 12-18
  • Specialized skill clinics
  • All- skills clinics
  • Team camps - High school and Middle school
  • Collegiate Coaches Series- run by college coaches
  • Experienced coaching staff

TRAINING LOCATIONS

TESTIMONIALS

SOCIAL MEDIA

Congratulations to @LakeCentralSB on winning the Class 4A Sectional 1 championship. They will play Tuesday at LC against the winner of sectional 2 at 4:30 PM.

Freshman Ben Perschon just won the Regional Championship in the 1600!

Congratulations to Josh Adamczewski & Hunter Snyder for being named 2023 North All-Stars. They are the 15th & 16th players from Lake Central selected for this prestigious event which started in 1975. This year the event will take place in Lafayette from June 23-25.

Congratulations to LC Volleyball players; Erdembileg Amarsaikhan, Storm Czarnik, Hunter Carroll, Drew Perschon, Ryan Florida, Dominic Rizzo, Joshua Lopez, Braden Whitney, Ben Difilippo and Brody Snyder for being nominated for IBVCA Academic All-State. @LCIndians

Varsity finishes up regular season play with a 13-3 win @ Warsaw. Final regular season record 23-4.

Z. Nicola, B. Smith, J. Flores, A. Cuevas did the work on the mound.

J. Adamczewski-2B, HR, 6RBI, 3R
H. Snyder-2B, 2 Hits, 2R, RBI
G. Weber-3 Hits, R, RBI
G. Tobias-1 Hit, RBI

Let's all go eat some pies at McDonald’s and give to a good cause. Miles was a student at LC who passed away at too young of an age. His sister Caroline is an Alum of the LC Volleyball Progam. @LCIndians @lcfanssection @LCHSBoosters @LCHSnews @LCIndiansBball @LCHSnews

Tomorrow our LC Boy’s Volleyball Program are playing their first Sectional match at Bishop Noll @ 10 am. Championship 4 pm. Come out show your support for the “LC Volleyball Program”. Roll Tribe! @LCIndians @lcfanssection @LCHSBoosters

What a great night of volleyball LC Boy’s Volleyball celebrated their first Senior Night honoring 9 incredible Seniors in the “Final” home match with a win over the Merrillville Pirates. 14-1 overall. Roll Tribe! @LCIndians @lcfanssection @LCHSBoosters

Congratulations Alexandra! twitter.com/LCHS_Guidance/…

Congratulations to senior Alexandra Crenshaw who was recognized as an Indiana Academic All-Star. She is pictured with Associate Principal, Mr. Moore. Alexandra was selected as an All-Star out of thousands of nominees from around the state. What an incredible honor!

LC Boy’s Volleyball Program continues to roll in the DAC with another impressive win over the Crown Point Bulldogs. Both JV/Varsity keep their unbeaten streak alive. Roll Tribe! @LCIndians @lcfanssection @LCHSBoosters