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Cilene has a passion for volleyball that shows in her great resume as an Olympic and Professional athlete and also in her coaching life where she keeps receiving outstanding feedback from parents and athletes. She played in two Olympic Games and professionally for 16 years. She was coached by several top international coaches including: Jose Roberto Guimaraes (Head Coach Brazil Women's Volleyball team- 3 Olympic Gold medals), Bernardo Resende (Head Coach Brazil Men's Volleyball team- 1 Olympic Gold medal, 3 Olympic Silver medals and 2 Olympic Bronze medals ), Marco Bonitta (Head Coach Poland Women's Volleyball team), Giovanni Caprara (Head Coach Russia Women's Volleyball team). Most recently, as a coach, Cilene participated in the training of the USA Youth National team in 2009 and the Brazilian Youth and Juniors National teams in 2008. Cilene has been invited to coach in clinics around the USA, and has provided consulting for clubs in Texas and Florida. Cilene developed our Instinct System. This system draws from all the experiences she acquired as a World Class Volleyball player and her network with the best players and coaches in the world. Cilene oversees the training of all our teams and actively participates in the training sessions along with our head and assistant coaches. She has great professional relationships with the top college programs in the US including Penn State, Nebraska, Hawaii, UCLA and many others as well as great connections with the top leaders in the USVA and the Brazilian Volleyball Federation. In 2010-2011, Cilene and her team, Instinct 17 Tigers National, became the National Champions in the Girls Junior National Championships held in Atlanta. This was Instinct's first National Championship in only its 3rd year of existence and first year fielding a team at this age group. In 2011-2012, Cilene led the 17 Tigers National to a second place finish in the National Championships held in Columbus, OH. She also helped our 18 Lions obtain a bid to the Nationals. In 2012-2013 Cilene focused on developing our 12 Lynxes Wild which made incredible progress throughout the season and advanced to the Gold Bracket at the AAU National Championships. Cilene is a well known clinician around the country and has presented for 150+ coaches in several occasions. In 2012, Cilene was a featured speaker at the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) during the NCAA Final 4 in San Antonio. read more...
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May 23, 2017
Dynamic ball control drill
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April 08, 2017
Reaction time training drill
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March 27, 2017
Cilene Drewnick: ‘Block and release’ drill
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October 04, 2016
Constant motion drill improves accuracy
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August 29, 2016
How do you deal with discipline? Is there a code of conduct for players? Parents?
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August 17, 2016
Encourage fast feet with ‘chase drill’
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August 12, 2016
Elastic digging drill trains players to stay low
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August 05, 2016
How important is peripheral vision for volleyball players?
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July 22, 2016
A lot of athletes have passion. What helped create your edge to be better?
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July 02, 2016
How do you instill competitiveness into your athletes?