Welcome to the Virginia Beach Volleyball Academy!
Founded in 2006, we provide serious athletes with a competitive indoor volleyball experience. Our goal is to train players to compete at the National, and eventually the collegiate level, in an environment emphasizing responsibility, sportsmanship and teamwork. We have built an effective and winning program since our opening, sending teams to USAV Junior Nationals and helping our seniors earn scholarships to play in college.
So check us out! We'd love to have you as a part of our VBVBA family.
News
Dateline: Tuesday, July 27
This just in!
14s have been added to the tryouts this weekend:
Saturday, July 31st: 11:30-1:30
Sunday, August 1st: 3:30-5:30
Dateline: Sunday, July 25
Tryouts times for this weekend; Tallwood High School both days:
Saturday, July 31st
17s - 9:00-11:00
18s - 11:30-1:30
16s - 2:00-4:00
Sunday, August 1st
18s & 17s - 1:30-3:30
16s - 3:30-5:30
Dateline: Wednesday, July 21
Parent's Informational Meeting for the 2010/2011 Season: Friday, July 23rd from 8:00 – 8:45 PM at Kellam High School in the Gym
In the interest of streamlining the process for parents, this meeting will be for both VBVBA and Beach Elite, so parents who have players trying out for either club (or both!) should plan to attend.
Here are the times for the Tryout Previews/Meet the Coaches for this weekend only; there will be other dates for the final tryouts.
The tryout cost is $35.....covers all days of tryouts.
Location: Calvary Church
Saturday July 24th:
(please show up a half hour early for registration)
18s - 11:30am - 1:30pm
16s - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
15s - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
14s - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Sunday July 25th (same location)
(please show up a half hour early for registration)
17s - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
13s - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
12s will be at a later date TBD.
Players, if you did not try out -OR- play for a USAV club last year (as current USAV memberships are valid until October), please go to the USAV site and get a temporary registration; the cost is $10. All players have to be USAV members before being allowed to try out.
Dateline: Sunday, July 18
Congratulations to Hannah Coleman who will be playing at the University of Miami this fall!!
Tryout dates and times will be posted soon, as well as Fall Clinics at the Field House. Stay tuned!
Dateline: Monday, July 5
Check out 18N Fiero on the local news!
Also, highlights of 12N and 18N at Nationals can be found on our "Road to Reno" page.
Dateline: Sunday, June 20
Misty May-Treanor gives words of wisdom to players and coaches during her book signing at Borders on June 17th.
Dateline: Monday, June 7
Fundraiser announcements for teams going to Nationals:
- Yard Sale -- Sunday, June 13 at Landstown High School from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Anyone wishing to donate items, please come by on Sunday or contact coaches or parents of 12N, 13N or 18N.
- 13N Raffle for DVD Home Theatre System or 6 hours of Professional Home Cleaning Service (see flyer for details).
Dateline: Wednesday, June 2
12N Beach Fire wins Gold (First overall) at the East Coast Championships in Pittsburgh!
13N TNT wins Bronze (Third overall) at the East Coast Championships in Pittsburgh!
Congratulations to 18N Fiero for a 6th overall Finish ("Beast of the East" division) and 14N Venom for Bronze (3rd overall Finish) at the East Coast Championships!
Kudos also to the other East Coast Championship teams:
15N Rage for 1st in Silver (7th overall);
16N for 11th overall;
17N IMPACT for 11th overall finish.
Selected shots from the East Coast Championships can be seen here.
Congratulations to all our teams who competed in the South Atlantic Championships over the Memorial Day Weekend:
13R KOs for for their 15th place finish in the 14s age group;
14R EN Fuego for finishing 6th overall;
15R Chaos for their 13th place overall finish;
16R Surge who finished 18th.
Dateline: Wednesday, May 26
Congratulations to Megan Sawyer of 18N Fiero who will be playing at Chowan University in the fall!!
VBVBA is proud to announce that we have come to agreement with the
Virginia Beach Field House to be the premier club to operate out of the
Field House. Beginning with the next Junior Olympic season, VBVBA will be
conducting all practices, camps, clinics and tournaments out of the Field
House. We are very proud to call this state of the art training facility
home of Virginia Beach Volleyball Academy. Check out their website and
adult league opportunities at
www.beachfieldhouse.com.
Dateline: Saturday, May 15th
13N TNT wins Gold at the ODR Regional Championships!
12s Beach Fire and Black Widows play in an all-VBVBA Final at the ODR Regional Championships; take First and Second place!
Dateline: Thursday, May 13
Congratulations to 13N TNT for receiving a bid to USAV Nationals in Reno, Nevada!!
Due to bid reallocation, TNT (who finished 2nd in the ODR Regional Bid Tournament) will play in the American Division in Reno, June 25 -28!
Looks like VBVBA's players' and coaches' hard work has paid off! We now have 3 teams going to Nationals!
Dateline: Wednesday, May 5
Congratulations
to 18N Fiero for receiving a bid to USAV Nationals in Reno, Nevada!!
USPAV (winner of the ODR USAV Qualifying tournament in April) received an Open bid at the Show Me National qualifier, thereby opening up the ODR National bid to the runner up Fiero!
While VBVBA has sent a team to Nationals every year since its inception, VBVBA is honored, for the first time, to send two incredibly talented teams to represent us at Nationals! Good luck Ladies -- we are all proud of you!
Dateline: Monday, May 2 <updated May 5>
Great work to13N TNT for their winning their age group, 1st place Gold, 14R En Fuego for their 3rd place in Gold (3rd overall) and15R Chaos for their 5th place overall finish in the Revolutionary Rumble over the Weekend!
Congratulations also goes to the following teams for their fantastic finishes at the Rumble:
12N Beach Fire for their 1st place (Silver, 7th overall) finish (13s age group)!
12R Black Widows for their 2nd place (Bronze) finish (13s age group)!
13R KOs for their 11th place overall finish!
16R Surge for their 9th place overall finish!
Dateline: Friday, April 24
Congratulations to 12N Beach Fire for qualifying for USAV Nationals in Reno, Nevada!!
We would also like to
congratulate all the other VBVBA teams that competed in Richmond this past
weekend at the ODR Bid Tournament. The final finishes for our teams:
12N – 1st place!!!!
13N – 2nd out of 4
14N – 3rd out of 8
15N – 7th out of 13
16N – 5th out of 16
17N – 7th out of 12
18N – 2nd out of 12
A great showing by all teams!!! Great job!!
Dateline: Friday, April 16
Congratulations to Taylor Cannon, who just signed a full Volleyball scholarship to UNC Charlotte!
Dateline: Wednesday, April 7
Congratulations to Leanne Burton, who committed to Meredith College and Kate Pleasants, who will be playing at Colby College in the Fall.
Dateline: Tuesday, March 30
Congratulations to Emily Shea who will be playing for Mary Washington University in the Fall!
Dateline: Tuesday, March 17
Over the weekend, 6 of our teams went to
Orlando, FL for the Asics OVA Invitational. All 6 teams represented VERY
well there and the results are:
13N – 22nd of 32 winning the Bronze Bracket
14N – 1st of 32 to win the GOLD
15N – 1st of 34 to win the GOLD
16N – 9th of 38 teams
17N – 3rd of 24 teams
18N – 1st of 20 to win the GOLD
That’s 3 first place finishes out of 6 teams. GREAT JOB to ALL teams that
went to Florida!!!
We had 3 teams travel to Roanoke, VA this past weekend to compete at the
Shamrock Festival Tournament. The results are:
14R – 5th of 48 teams
17N – 20th of 90 teams
18N - 5th of 90 teams
Nice work to all!
Dateline: Sunday, March 7
Congratulations to 3 or our teams for placing 1st in the OVA Invitational in Orlando: 14N Venom, 15N Rage and 18N Fiero! Nice work teams!
Dateline: Monday, January 18 <updated> January 23
Great job to all teams in the Monument City Classic and congratulations to 12N Beach Fire for winning Gold (First Place)!
Updated results:
12N - 1st of 8
12R - 5th of 8
13N - 9th of 23
13R - 19th of 23
14N - 15th of 24 Open Division
14R - 13th of 24 Open Division
15R - 15th of 32 Club Division
15N - 15th of 24 Open Division
16N - 15th of 24 Open Division
16R - 21st of 24 Open Division
17N - 10th of 24 Open Division
18N - 10th of 32
Please see the Monument City Classic site for more info.
Dateline: Wednesday, January 13
VBVBA would like to congratulate all of ours 14s – 18s on their successful “College Day Experience” at VCU this past weekend. This program was at no additional cost for our members and was designed to give our athletes the experience of going through a Division I college practice, understanding what is expected at the next level.
VBVBA would like to thank James Finley
and his VCU staff for their help and continued support.
Good luck to all of our teams at Monument City Classic this weekend in
Richmond.
Dateline: Sunday, December 27
VBVBA would like to wish all our members and the rest of the volleyball community a Happy New Year and hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season! We look forward to seeing everyone on the courts in 2010!
Dateline: Wednesday, December 15
VBVBA
would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to all of our teams for their
participation in Operation
Holiday Spirit. Working with the USOHR, each of our age groups
sponsored a military family (6 families all together) and helped to fulfill
their wish list for Christmas this year. This was a great opportunity for
our girls to give back to these military families that give so much of
themselves to us. Great job to all teams as you have made this Christmas
even more special for these families!
Dateline: Thursday, December 3
For those looking for Boys Juniors Volleyball, look no further than Seven Cities Volleyball Club, the premier boy's club in the area -- they will be conducting tryouts for boys ages 14 to 18 this weekend at First Colonial High School:
Friday, December 4th: 6pm – 8pm (14s & 15s)
6pm – 9pm (16s, 17s, 18s)
Saturday, December 5th: 4pm – 6pm (14s)
5pm – 7pm (15s & 16s)
5:30pm – 8:30 pm (17s, 18s)
Please see their website for more information.
Dateline: Sunday, November 29
VBVBA would like to thank the 190+ players who tried out with us this year! Due to interest and the quality of players trying out, we have decided to expand to 12 teams this season. This is a tribute to you, the VBVBA family, that we continue to grow and excel at all age groups.
To those who will not play with us this season, we thank you for your interest and wish you luck in the upcoming year -- see you at Monument City!
Once again, thanks to all athletes and parents that have decided to join or stay with VBVBA; we will constantly strive to make this the best volleyball experience possible, so we are confident you have made the right decision. Get ready for an excellent season!