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Volleyball clinic to open Monday

The Adam Johnson Volleyball Club Winter Clinic Series will begin a new session Monday at the Thurston Middle School gymnasium.

The clinics, which run through April 14, are designed to provide youths with the basic fundamental skills of indoor volleyball and give them “a great foundation to move forward in the sport and in life,” said Johnson, a former member of the United States National Team.

Four practice sessions are scheduled for the clinic. The clinic series schedule is as follows:

Girls and boys, second- and third-grades, 4-5:30 p.m. each Monday.

Girls and boys, fourth- and fifth-grades, 4-5:30 p.m. each Wednesday.

Girls and boys, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades, 5-6:30 p.m. each Friday.

Due to the high volume of participants, second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students must sign up on the appropriate clinic days. Each clinic is limited to 15 participants on a first-come, first-served, basis. For early registration, e-mail adam.johnson@cox.net.

The cost is $160 per youth. Fees will be prorated if a player joins a session already in progress. Paper work will be available at the first session, or can be obtained online at ajvolleyball.com, listed under “club entrance.”

Johnson, a Laguna Beach resident, is a five-time U.S. Open champion, two-time Manhattan Beach Open champion, named “King of the Beach” in 1994, a world champion in 1992 and a silver medalist at the 1987 Goodwill Games. His 44 victories puts him at No. 9 on the Assn. Of Volleyball Professional’s all-time wins list.

He’s the club director and coach for the Adam Johnson Volleyball Club. He coached the Nike Laguna Beach 14’s girls’ Open Division team to a fifth-place finish at the 2004 United States Volleyball Assn. Nationals.

Johnson and his coaching staff will conduct the clinics.

Local tennis teams looking to fill roster

Laguna Beach Breakers Junior Team Tennis is seeking boys’ and girls’ players to compete on its 12-and-Under and 14-and-Under division teams during the upcoming spring season.

A player can be as young as 8 to compete in the 12-and-Under division.

The spring season begins in March.

Junior Team Tennis is a co-ed league featuring singles and doubles play against teams of similar abilities throughout south Orange County.

For more information, contact Julie Heussenstamm, a United States Professional Tennis Assn. teaching pro at allcourttennis@hotmail.com. Please include the player’s name, birth date and playing experience in your e-mail.

Pop Warner Football accepting registration

South Coast Pop Warner Football and Cheer is accepting registration for its 2006 season.

The program, open to youth ages 5-to-15, also is accepting applications for football head and assistant coaches. Prospective coaches need not have a child participating in the league.

South Coast Pop Warner Football is listed among the top-10 ranked programs in the state and is an official Positive Coaching Alliance Local Partner.

Visit the website, https://www.SCYF.com to sign up or download an application, or call (949) 465-6609.