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Kansas Volleyball looking for new recruits. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: April 22, 2010 | Todd Chamberlain

Kansas university interested in Canadian athletes. I am Todd Chamberlain, the assistant coach at Kansas University for the women?s volleyball program. I am emailing you because we are trying expanding our recruiting scope to Canada. I was hoping you would have some information on potential players that are interested playing volleyball and getting an education in the United States.

Kansas University is Division I program that competes in the Big 12 Conference, arguably the strongest conference in the nation. With this in mind do you know of any players that would be able to compete at this level?

If so, any contact information on the players would be greatly appreciated! Furthermore, if there are players we would love to get to watch them play. This could be either by emailing video, send a DVD to the address below, or dates of tournaments that I would be able to come and recruit.

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Selects on their way to national crown? View Full Story Minimize

Posted: April 09, 2010 | nmva

River City U15s have their sights on a national championship. For the complete story please see the link.

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Colby College looking for new recruits. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: March 25, 2010 | Carey Jones

Colby Community College, Kansas now looking for two athletes. My name is Carey Jones. I am the Head Volleyball Coach at Colby College in Colby, Kansas. We are a Division 1 Junior College in the Jayhawk Conference.

The Jayhawk conference has 3 or 4 nationally ranked teams every year and is one of the most competitive conferences for overall sports in the nation.

At Colby, family is important to us. One of the things in my day to day coaching philosophy that I try to stress the most is the importance of being a family on and off the court.

My family lives here in Colby and they take each of my players in as if they were there own as well. We look out for each other, do things together and most importantly play as a family.

Our class sizes at Colby are small and the professor’s are great about working with the team. Being a Trojan is not only about being a member of a volleyball team, it is about learning to be a great student-athlete.

We are not only teaching drills and technique on the court, we are also teaching time management and skills that will be used every day of our player’s lives after college graduation.

The girls are required to do 5 hours of mandatory study hall a week and turn in grade check sheets every Friday. We are constantly working with teachers to make sure no one is falling behind.

A really neat aspect of Colby academics is that we do have Tutors available almost any time to work with the girls on any subject they may need help. Our girls can also tutor other students if there is a subject they are really strong in as well.

This past season we had 6 players that made All Conference Academic Team, 2 players that were nominated to be All American All Academics Players of the Year and a 3.35 overall team GPA that helped make us an All Academic Team of the Year. We value our education and academics are a major part of the program.

Another great aspect of being a Trojan is the sense of pride the community and school has in our program. We see a lot of people at our matches – this year was a record year for us.

The other athletes are there to support us just like we are there to support them. And as for the Colby Community, I have never seen such excitement from a community! The girls have really bonded with the community and start the season by going out and introducing our new faces to the community businesses. We find this brings a lot of fans to our home matches.

The cost of school at Colby College with a full scholarship (books & tuition) is $1056 for fees and $4300-$4690 for room and board. We believe this to be very reasonable for the high level of education you are receiving. At Colby, with the average class being about 20, you are not only a number, you are a name.

I am currently looking to add 2 International Students to my roster for 2010. I am looking for those two girls to be very strong hitters – outside, middle or rightside – and make an immediate impact on our program. The Scholarships for International students are the same but we like to find host families to offset the cost of room & board.

I am writing to find out if you have any players who might be interested and capable of coming into this level of play and making a big impact.

I appreciate your time Coach and look forward to hearing from you!

Carey Jones Head Volleyball Coach Colby Community College 1255 S Range Colby, KS 67701 www.colbycc.edu / www.twitter.com/colbyccvb (785) 460 - 5473 Office (316) 204 - 5605 Cell (785) 460-4691 Fax

Volleyball Prospect Camp - Assinibioa. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: December 31, 2009 | nmva

Volleyball camp coming on February 6 & 7. If you are planning on pursuing a college/university education and play volleyball at a competitive level you should consider playing volleyball at a post-secondary level.

One of the best ways to get to know college/university coaches is to attend a prospects camp where coaches can see athletes play and speak to athletes and parents directly.

There are generally 50 or more coaches in attendance at the camp which allows for plenty of oportunity for athletes to get started when considering post-secondary volleyball.

The camp is about opportunity. The American schools can offer athletic scholarships that range from $18,000 to $28,000 US per year. The economic incentives aren't as rich from the Canadian schools but they offer chances for the athletes to play at home along with having their tuition paid.

Bill Fong, who organizes the camp, said this year's edition has drawn representatives from NCAA, CIS and NAIA universities along with junior colleges.

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VolleyBlast Camp a huge success! View Full Story Minimize

Posted: December 31, 2009 | nmva

Christmas skills camp has more than 120 participants. Saskatoon "VolleyBlast" Christmas Skills Camp was a three-day volleyball sxperience for all its 124 participants and 14 coaches.

Participants cames from all over Saskatchewan, and included athletes from Alberta and two from Brandon, Manitoba.

VolleyBlast camps were started 12 years ago by Leo van Dam, founding member of Saskatoon Volleyball Association.

In 2010, the NMVA will partner with VolleyBlast to offer volleyball skills camps from Ontario to Alberta.

Stay tuned for announcements on upcoming VolleyBlast Camps.

Saskatoon joins NMVA. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: October 28, 2009 | nmva

Saskatoon Volleyball Association new member. The National Minor Volleyball Association is pleased to announce that the Saskatoon Volleyball Association has joined the national organization as its newest member.

The new member will work closely with the NMVA to launch nationally branded programs by this coming summer.

With the new member on board the NMVA is taking the opportunity to review its nationally branded programs and may re-launch some of the programs over the upcoming months.

The NMVA is excited to now have a presence in Saskatchewan and is looking forward to working with the Saskatoon Volleyball Association to grow the sport of volleyball in their community.

Coaching Videos go Live. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: September 23, 2009 | nmva

Coaching resources now include training videos. The NMVA is committed to assisting all community coaches including school coaches, house league coaches and phys ed staff by providing as many coaching resources as possible.

These resources may include coaching clinics, online resources and online training videos.

In fact, the NMVA has just launched the first of its online training videos. Any school coach, phys ed staff or coach within our program (indoor league and club coaches) can access these private pages by contacting Chris Marshall, the Executive Director of the WMVA, and requesting a user name and password.

These are the first of our training videos and much was learned during their production. We are confident that future videos will only get better and we look to all coaches to provide suggestions on themes or other ideas on how to make them better.

New Head Coach for Club Program. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: September 08, 2009 | nmva

Luc Tremblay returning to Winnipeg to head the launch of "River City Volleyball Club". Luc Tremblay, the founder of WMVA and a founding member of the NMVA, will be returning to Winnipeg as Head Coach of the River City Volleyball Club.

Luc will return in December and will remain until the conclusion of the season in May. He will be responsible for training all "River City Selects" teams from U14-17. These are the club's elite athletes and the first team selected in each age class.

To support all our club coaches Luc will also make himself available to each club coach to assist with their season.

The WMVA is excited to have Luc return during the club season and know that his involvement will have an immediate impact on the performance of our athletes.

Junior Club experiment ends. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: September 08, 2009 | nmva

The NMVA ends its relationship with JrB Volleyball inc. After two years, the NMVA has withdrawn its partnership with JrB Volleyball inc. and its association with the University of Manitoba Women's Volleyball program.

The NMVA staff had hoped that the Junior Bison Program would develop into a model that could be emulated around the country; That is, the management of the program would be undertaken by a minor league association while the mentoring of coaches would be the responsibility of the university coaching staff.

The NMVA will now pursue its mandate of providing young athletes with an elite volleyball experience with an independent club program not affiliated with a college or university.

Training videos being produced. View Full Story Minimize

Posted: August 15, 2009 | nmva

The NMVA is now preparing for the production of its training videos. NMVA instructors will be in Winnipeg later this week until Wednesday, August 19, 2009 to produce training videos for the use of school and community coaches.

NMVA instructors will be recruiting local athletes to produce the training videos which will then be posted on our website for the use of school and community coaches.

NMVA Goes Live! View Full Story Minimize

Posted: August 15, 2009 | nmva

This new site has gone live. The NMVA is proud to announce the launch of its new website and is looking for any feedback on how to make its programs more effective. Should you have any comments on any of our member organizations feel free to contact us at info@minorvolleyball.com or 519-826-7797.