Consulting
Colleges - Professional Teams - National Programs
Arm Swing Academy is trusted by:
Helping athletes stay healthy, powerful, and available when it matters most.
At the elite level, performance and availability go hand in hand. Our consulting process combines on-court mechanical optimization with off-court physical assessment and development, giving teams a complete system to reduce injuries and sustain high-level play throughout the season.
We work directly with coaching staffs, strength & conditioning coaches, and therapy teams to integrate everything we do into your existing systems — ensuring the impact continues long after we leave.
Read more about our on court and off court approach:
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For most athletes, the root of shoulder and back pain doesn’t start in the weight room — it starts in how they move on the court. The mechanics behind the arm swing determine how force is transferred, where load is distributed, and how much stress the body absorbs on every swing.
Our on-court consulting identifies and corrects the inefficiencies that quietly cause breakdown over time. By improving sequence, timing, and energy transfer, we help players:
Reduce the strain going through their shoulder and spine
Sustain high-velocity outputs throughout long seasons
Generate more power with less effort
We integrate this work directly with your coaching staff — aligning language, cues, and progressions so athletes receive consistent feedback in training, matches, and rehab settings.
This collaboration helps teams establish long-term development systems that improve athlete health, performance, and availability across the entire roster -
What happens off the court determines how well an athlete can maintain their mechanics under load.
Our off-court process starts with assessment — not guessing. We measure the specific strength, range of motion, and capacity qualities that our data and research have shown to be directly related shoulder and overall health of volleyball athletes.From there, we design individualized and team-wide strategies that target what each athlete needs most:
Shoulder and trunk control: Building the ability to absorb and redirect force efficiently
Rotational strength and sequencing: Developing the kinetic chain that powers the arm swing
Capacity and load tolerance: Preparing the body to handle the demands of high-volume training and competition
We integrate closely with your strength & conditioning and therapy teams to align physical preparation and recovery strategies. This ensures that every session — whether it’s in the gym, on the court, or in the treatment room — supports the same outcome: keeping athletes healthy, powerful, and available when it matters most.
The Result
When mechanics and physical qualities are aligned across the entire performance team, athletes stay healthier and more available for the big moments in the season.
Programs that work with us see measurable reductions in shoulder and back pain, and greater athlete durability deep into the season
If your College/University, Professional Team, or National Program is looking to help your athletes stay healthy and reduce common injuries - we’re here to help.
Reach out today to learn how we can elevate your team's health and performance.
Let's build better swings together!
Teams we work with
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Brock Davidiuk
University of Alberta Men’ s Head Coach
Working with Nick from AWA over the last number of seasons has been very beneficial for our attackers. We’ve seen significant changes in arm swing mechanics resulting in improved velocity and health through biomechanics. His understanding of the arm swing and rich volleyball history have proven to be a game changer in the evolution we are seeing in Western Canada when it comes to how athletes utilize their arm and how coaches coach the arm swing.
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Matt Jones
UC Santa Barbara Women’s Head Coach
Nick was a pleasure to work with. He is polite and professional and has a very specific lens when it comes to arm swing mechanics. I believe individuals and teams at any level can benefit from his knowledge.
He worked flawlessly with our athletic trainer and strength coach. It felt like a true partnership for the day or two he was on our campus. He has been very responsive with follow up since returning to Canada. We are very happy with the improvements we are seeing and look forward to having him back with our team in the future.
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Becky Garner
Columbia Bible College Women’s Head Coach
Arm Swing Academy has supported our athletes so well by providing them with new and better ways to do the important things in their lives, while helping them on their journey to staying healthy and maintaining their ability to do what they love—volleyball.
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Sean McKay
University of Saskatchewan Men’s Head Coach
Nick's work helped both our athletes AND staff take our game to the next level. His teaching methods made the science so accessible for our athletes and we saw massive buy in right off the hop. Velocity and shoulder health were a huge plus, but I think the biggest benefit was in the elevated attention to detail and mindset that our team adopted after his intervention
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Adam Schreimer
Trinity Western University Men’s Head Coach
Nick’s innovative training methods have significantly increased our atheletes’ physical tolerance, allowing them to train more often with far less pain. His expertise in arm swing mechanics is nothing short of genius.
He stands at the forefront of training high level volleyball players and modern athletes.
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Pat Hennelly
Thompson Rivers University Men’s Head Coach
We have had Nick Del Bianco work with our team twice over the past two years. Nick is a consummate professional and found the time to work with each player as well as team sessions. The drill progressions and technical feedback were excellent for all levels of arm swings. I would recommend working with Nick for any level of player or program. Nick also identified and helped multiple players with chronic injuries, from back pain to knee pain and shoulder.
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Ryan Adams
Team BC Coach
Nick’s arm swing work with our TEAM BC program this past year was amazing. I have long been a proponent of arm swing work, and Nick took it to a whole other level, teaching our athletes how to build a healthy and powerful arm swing from the ground up. I highly recommend Nick’s arm swing camp as it will not only put you on the path to hitting with more velocity, but also give you a foundation to create healthy patterns that will allow you to play the sport we all love for longer!
