Are you ready for the Fall 2011 season?

Programs start this coming week!

If you didn’t already turn in a hard copy of the Player Medical Registration form, please make sure to bring it on the first day.

If you didn’t already turn in a hard copy of the Volunteer Application form, please make sure to bring it on the first day along with your identification.

We are always in need of coaches and assistant coaches.  If you haven’t volunteered yet, please consider coaching!

The schedule is exactly as that of your child.  You have a volleyball instructor at every practice and game who shows you what to do.  Most of all, it’s fun and you are helping your program!

If you would like to coach or assistant coach, give us a call at 1-888-988-7985!

If you are concerned about not having time or enough experience to coach a team, here’s a little information that will change your mind!

The time you will be coaching is the same schedule as that of your child and you get to coach your child’s team.  If you don’t want to coach your child’s team, you can coach a different team.

The experience we are looking for is ability to follow directions, keep the team organized and run practices under the supervision of a Clinician (volleyball instructor). 

You may not know that every site has a trained Clinician (volleyball instructor) that guides all volunteer coaches on the day’s practice, how to do it and how to run it.  They are also there to help you with demonstrations and anything you need!

Coaching for the USYVL is easy, fun and low pressure!

If you are interested in being a coach or an assistant coach for a team this season, give us a call at 1-888-988-7985. 

The series of USYVL summer camps just finished.

Summer leagues in Elgin, IL and Pittsburgh, PA just completed their season with a record number of players.

Four Washington sites, Edmonds, Everett, Marysville and Snohomish are getting ready for their final day this weekend.

You may say the season is complete, yet, 55 fall programs are ready to start playing!

If you haven’t registered, make sure to do so by September 1^st!  Go to www.USYVL.org or give us a call at 1-888-988-7985.

The Refer a New Friend program is one of the best ways to spread the word about USYVL!

The form is available on our website by clicking on the Refer a Friend button.

Remember to put your name in the Refer a New Friend section!

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Wow, it's almost the end of January and soon we will be gearing up all the sites for the spring season! Balls will start bouncing, confirmation packets will start hitting doors and parent meeting and coaching clinics will start the excitement of the season.

Volunteering to coach a team is what many parent and family members do every year at USYVL. It's a tradition, part of the seasonal activities of thousands of families.

Come join the fun, volunteer to coach!  It is easy, fun and you will get so much more out of it.  Remember that the time commitment and schedule is the same as that of your child, you have the support of your volleyball instructor (Clinician) at every practice and game and you even get a cool red polo shirt and whistle!

Having Fun on Final Day

It's a tradition in Newbury Park, that volleyball, especially USYVL, is the best sport in town.  

The kids learn how to play, have fun and make new friends. 

The last day of the season is usually one filled with "oh no, it's the last day of the season", but for these kids it's just the start of a lifelong sport! 

When you think of Laurie McCarter, you think of Moorpark USYVL and vice versa. Laurie started her extensive volunteer career with USYVL the first year Moorpark USYVL opened as a volunteer coach. From there, it’s all a whirlwind as the program has grown to a popular youth sport under her direction. We are very honored that Laurie chose USYVL to donate her time and talents and we will dearly miss her positive outlook and excitement she brought to the sport. She is like a ray of sunshine and we look forward to seeing her staying involved through the USYVL board and coaching.

 We were not the only ones that noticed how special she is! The City of Moorpark honored her with a special recognition award for ten years of service to her community. Thank you Laurie and you will always be special in our hearts!

Incorporating the toss, footwork and then contacting the ball takes a lot of skill and coordination.

USYVL players start early.  On the first day of practice they jump serve.

Once they get to the higher age division, just as this player at one of the Ventura Game Days, they have perfected the Jump Serve.

At every site, we have a Clinician (Volleyball Instructor) that guides all coaches on how to set-up the volleyball drills for their team and teach the skills correctly.  For those coaches that don't feel comfortable demonstrating the skills, this a great time to use your Clinician and show off how much he or she knows. 

Before the season starts, your Clinician runs a two hour coaching clinic which covers volleyball skills, running practice and everything you will need to know for the season.  

If that wasn't enough, we do provide you with a USYVL Curriculum Handbook that has a daily agenda for practices and games.  Also, we have a video on our website that goes over everything covered in the coaching clinic. 

Consider being a team coach.  It's the most fun you will ever have and you get a red polo shirt and a whistle!

Don't forget to register for Spring Season.  We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces again next season.  Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Now that we have completed another volleyball season.  We want to look back and thank ALL the great volunteers that were committed to making the Fall Season such a succes!! We couldn't do it without you!  Thank you!

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Doing a passing warmup before the game can help loosen up the muscles, as well as, help get your mind prepared for the game.

This past Wednesday one of our sites hosted a Costume Game Day.  Tons of kids came dressed up in their funnest Costumes.

The International Olympic Committee offered USYVL the opportunity to host two International Coaches this past week.  We had the honor of showing our USYVL program to Size Verdhan (South Africa Coach) and Inguna Minusa (Latvia Coach).  They were given a tour of the National Headquarters and an in-depth explanation of how our program works.  They also got to visit Manhattan Beach (the birth place of Beach Volleyball) and see the plaques of the past winners of the Manhattan Beach Opens.  After a busy day they finally were able to see Hermosa Beach’s USYVL program in action.  They were very impressed. Inguna explained that she has been in competitive Volleyball so long and always saw determination in the player’s eyes.  She said, “It is so nice to see the pure joy of children playing the game I love so much.” Size commented on how well thought out the program details are, from the USYVL curriculum to the custom Park & Sun net system. Size said, “When you join USYVL you can see how amazing the game of Volleyball is.”

A quote from our Latvia Coach:

“Pats jaukả rais vi reedeẻt bẻnnu precígảs tejas! Un too fums isdodas” – Inguna Minusa

We had a very succesfull UCI / USYVL Game Day / Auction / Raffle / Free Clinic.  USYVL players had their regular game day, while new players participated in a Free Clinic.  There were over 500 participants.  Thanks to all, who participated in making this a fun day!