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Mike Linderman has been Coaching and Competing for over 20 years. His love for the sport started early on in his life playing indoors, but later in his career he gradually shifted to the sand court. It’s there that he fell in love with being outside and competing in a different environment. Mike started his volleyball career playing indoors at high school, college, as well as competed in USAV events. It is there that he also started coaching and got his USAV indoor CAP certification while coaching USAV indoors teams and Highline College in Seattle Washington. Mike also has coached at South End Juniors Volleyball Club in Seattle and has a lot of experience at the young level as well at the college and professional level. Mike has and still competes in the Alki Volleyball Association, and California Beach Volleyball Association in the open Division in Seattle and California for almost a decade with wins throughout his career.

“Sand volleyball is a place that requires all skills and you have to be able to do all of them with your partner it really is a joy to push yourself to be great in all areas of the game this is the reason why I moved more towards the sand scene.”

Has been Coaching and Competing for over 20 years, his love for the sport starting early on in his life playing indoors, but later on in his career he gradually shifted to the sand court. It’s there that he fell in love with being outside and competing in a different environment.

Mike started his volleyball career playing indoors at the high school level, he went on to play at the colligate level at Washington State as well as competed in USAV events. Its is there that he also started coaching and got his USAV indoor CAP certification while coaching USAV indoors teams and Highland College in Seattle Washington. Mike also has coaching at the club level at Club Juniors in Seattle and has a lot of experience at the young level as well at the college and professional level.

Mike competed in the AVA league in the open Division in Seattle for almost a decade with wins throughout his career there at the highest level. He then moved to California in 2015 where he continued to competed.

“Sand volleyball is a place that requires all skills and you have to be able to do all of them with your partner it really is a joy to push yourself to be great in all areas of the game this is the reason why I moved more towards the sand scene.”

Mike moved to California in 2015 with his loving wife and 3 kids that now play volleyball as well, Mike now is enjoying teaching his kids the sport that he fell in love with.

Mike looks forward to sharing his passion, skills and experience on the beach scene with the next generation.

Coming soon!

Jolene Burdick Biography

MEET JOLENE

Jolene coached in the 15 Elite age group for two seasons and  the 12’s age group at Forza1 for four seasons. She also assisted the 12UA team at the 2017 Festival.  She enjoys building the fundamentals of young players which you can see in her attention to detail on the court.

Jolene teaches Physical Education at GOHS. At Great Oak, she is the girls JV coach and the head coach of the new Boys Volleyball program. She loves coaching and spending time with her players. She focuses on the importance of teamwork and mental toughness and tries to pass on the positive experiences she had growing up playing volleyball.

Jolene grew up watching her brother and sisters play volleyball and developed a passion for the game. She was raised in Wildomar and attended Elsinore High School. There, she had the privilege of playing volleyball for Chip Roberson and other inspiring coaches. She was a setter and defensive specialist throughout her high school career.

Jolene attended BYU-Hawaii for two years and finished her undergrad at BYU Provo. She graduated with a degree in Health Science. She also completed her Masters in Educational Administration at Concordia University. Jolene is the proud mother of two beautiful girls, Luana and Leah, who also play at Forza1.

Gretchen Johnson’s Biography

Gretchen was introduced to Forza in 2016 when her oldest daughter first played volleyball on the Elementary School League.  Seeing her daughter’s passion for the sport, it inspired her to get involved with coaching.  The 2017-2018 club season was her first year as an assistant and head coach.  In 2018/2019 she head coached the 13 Elite Red team and assisted on the 11UA team. She is also a coach for our Forza For All School Leagues. In 2019/2020 she head coached 13 Elite and coached the 12UA team.

Playing Experience

Gretchen started playing volleyball her Freshman year at Cope Jr. High in Redlands, CA.  Not seeing much court time her first year, she was motivated to improve as she enjoyed volleyball.  After receiving Most Improved Player 3 years in a row and making all Citrus Belt League her Senior year, she continued her volleyball career in Hempstead, NY where she received a full scholarship at Hofstra University.   As a middle blocker she had many achievements such as being ranked in the NCAA Division 1 for service aces, making the America East Conference 1st Team, and receiving All Tournament at University of Kentucky and American University.  During her time on Long Island, Gretchen would help coach the local volleyball summer camps and get children excited about volleyball.   She graduated Hofstra in 2000 with Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.

Gale Johnson’s Biography

MEET GALE

Gale has been a volleyball player and coach for the past 23 years. She is also the Varsity coach at Chaparral High School. In 2015, Gale was the head coach of Forza1 14-1s that finished 11th overall in SCVA and 5th at Regionals. Along the way they finished 6th at the Fiesta Classic and 5th at the Volleyball Festival. In 2016, Gale head coached the 14-1 team where they competed in the Gold division of SCVA battling with the best and won a bronze medal at the 2017 USA Nationals! In 2018 she assisted the 15UA team to 15th place in SCVA!  In 2018 Gale helped coach the 12UA team. In 2019/2020 she helped coach 13UA. Gale has 3 daughters that play at Forza1. Her twin daughters Morgan and Liz both will be playing college ball in the fall; Morgan at BYU and Liz at St Rose in Albany.

Gale’s club coaching career began in Utah as a top 15s and 16s Elite coach. After a few years, Gale took a break to start a family and then recently rejoined the coaching ranks here in Temecula as a local coach. It didn’t take long for Gale to return to the Elite level though and in 2014 she head coached a 13-1s to a 5th place finish at the JO Qualifier in Anaheim and a 9th place finish at the VB Festival.

Gale was an All-American volleyball player at BYU and in college she was a four year starter and only the third player in BYU history to record more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.  Some of her other awards include: AVCA All-American, ’96 Volleyball Magazine All-American, 1996 WAC Player of the Year, ’96 WAC Tournament MVP, and was 1st Team All-WAC and Academic All-WAC multiple years.  In 1993, Gale started as a freshman on BYU’s Final Four Team.  To advance to the Final Four, her team beat #1 UCLA at UCLA in straight sets.  Gale led both teams in kills that match as a freshman.

Before college Gale attended Diamond Bar High School.  While at DBHS she was MVP of the Sierra League, All-Inland Valley and All-CIF. Gale’s high school inducted her into the Hall of Fame.

After BYU, Gale played professionally for the Utah Predators and began her coaching career as the Head Volleyball Coach at American Fork High School.  At AFHS, she taught History and Government, and earned a Masters Degree in Teaching (MAT) from Grand Canyon University.

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