Naveed Nizam

CAP I, CAP II and IMPACT Certified

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Skills Training

Athletes First offers group and private volleyball lessons every day of the week. Our coaches take pride in focusing on the details while teaching the bigger picture of the game.

Individualized Instruction

We understand that every player learns differently. We utilize everything from video review to pure repetition and everything in between.

Maximize Your Potential

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.

Camps and Clinics

Athletes First offers an array of class options for young athletes. These classes range from the All-Skill Volleyball Clinics to clinics that focus on a specific skill or position.

Athletes First VBA

Premiere Volleyball and Training and Consulting Services

Testimonial

This is our daughter Jenna’s first experience receiving private lessons from Naveed and we are extremely impressed. Naveed has decades of involvement at all levels of competition and has a vast knowledge of the game. He is not only teaching her the fundamentals and techniques of volleyball, but also strategic game situations, improving as an individual player and a teammate. Naveed is also patient and encouraging during her sessions while being clear in his instruction. We would without hesitation recommend Naveed

-Jay and Carrie Mayden

Naveed Nizam, Founder and Director

Naveed is a veteran coach in the volleyball world. He has served with the USAVA High Performance Training Camps in Colorado Springs, Colorado as a High Performance assistant coach.

Naveed spent five years as the Varsity Coach for Bishop-McNamara High School in Illinois before coming to Northwest Indiana where he led Munster High School to several Sectional Championships. In addition, he was the Women’s Assistant Coach at St. Xavier University, and coached the boys program at Marist High School.

Naveed has CAP I, CAP II and IMPACT Coaching Certifications and spent his early club career coaching the elite girls and boys teams from 2nd City Volleyball Club. He helped increase club volleyball's popularity in Northwest Indiana by running his own club, Northwest Elite. He led the Michio Volleyball Academy’s 17-National Team to a 6th Place finish at the 2013 USAV Girls Junior National Championships in Dallas, TX in the USA Division. In 2012, he led the Michio 17-National Team to a 3rd place finish in the AAU Junior National Championship and received an honorable mention in 2012 from PrepVolleyball.com