On behalf of our coaches, staff and myself, thank you for being part of our Beach Cities Volleyball family this past season. Beach Cities Volleyball’s Corporate Mission Statement for our 26 years has always been to “Teach volleyball skills and life skills to young people from 8 to 18 years of age”. Our Volleyball Mission Statement is “To develop Beginning players into Intermediate players, Intermediate players into Advanced players, on the path to college careers.” Succeeding at our Mission Statements is our guiding force all year.

This was a wonderful, exciting season for Beach Cities Volleyball. We introduced our Mental Training and Beach Programming in addition to the normal Indoor Volleyball training, which we also offered at the highest level possible. Our college program has expanded; we initiated our “local college tour” program, and twenty players will be starting college careers when completing high school. Phil Spazek’s Future Stars program is growing and developing beginning player’s skills in volleyball each year. For young players with Future Stars experience and want to get involved in team competition, we also have started a “New Wave” team for nine &/or 10-year-olds. 20 Beach Cities Volleyball teams are competing in year-end National tournaments; 13 Beach Cities Girl’s teams just got back from Phoenix, Chandler Stager’s Boys 13 Black team is currently competing in the AAU Nationals in Orlando, Florida, and six Boy’s teams start competition in the United State Volleyball Association’s Nationals next week. Max Garris & his team won the 18 Boys USAV National Championship last year.

We have exciting summer plans this year. Delineated below are the programs coming up between now and late July. All are at the LA Galaxy Courts.

➢ Indoor Summer Camps, 5 days/week, 9 to 11 AM, 12-2 &/or 3-5 PM started June 29 & will run until Aug 14.

• Beginner Camps for players starting or with limited volleyball experience.

• Intermediate Camp for players with some experience, like one year Club, or Beach involvement. Players will build skills, intending to make & be a force on their 7th & 8th Grade school teams. Beginning jump serve training included.

➢ Middle School High Performance programs: For experienced, hardworking players ready to take the next step toward strong high school careers. 5 days/week, starting July 13, will run until August 14, noonto two &/or 3 to 5 &/or 6 to 8 PM. Players should have strong club &/or beach experience. Emphasis on positional training, high level skill development & conditioning. This will be a tough skill producing program pushing the player’s volleyball work ethic.

➢ High School Pre-Tryout Clinics for High School girls, designed to get players ready for High School Club team tryouts. July 23rd & 24th, 5-7 PM.

➢ Girls High School Tryouts start Saturday, July 25th, Orientation/Sign Up Meeting Sunday, July 26th.

➢ High School Boys & Girls High Performance Clinics, emphasizing advanced fast paced positional training, conditioning & team competition, for players getting ready for strong High School careers & well on their path to college careers. Monday – Thursday, 12-2, 3-5 & 5-7 PM. Program runs July 13th- August 14th.

➢ Friday night Open Gym program, Boys and Girls invited. 7-10 PM, runs July 10 – 8/14.

➢ Coming up: September Sundays, Boys Tryouts & fourteen & Under Girls Tryouts, Make up Tryouts.

We always endeavor to provide programming that is fun, provides development of volleyball skills, and produces wonderful memories. Again, thank you for being part of our Beach Cities Volleyball family this season & we hope to see you this summer and next season!

See you on the court!

Chip Schulte, President

Beach Cities Volleyball