Off Season opportunities to play volleyball
1. Pennsbury winter-spring optional workouts. Skills, Drills and games
December thru May. We play in the 9th grade gym (AKA falcon gym or B
gym, corner of S Olds and Queen Anne) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Starting in December.
2.Area parks and rec departments (Middletown, Newtown, Northampton etc)
3. USAVolleyball clubs see below
4. AAU clubs. see below
Playing in the off-season helps girls maintain and improve their skills and become better volleyball players and is highly recommended. 2011 varsity players who played club last winter/spring: All of them Lauren Pisauro, PVA; Audrey Stringer, PVA; Kelsey Moulton Falcon 17, Olivia Aizen, Synergy; Jae Jackson, Falcon 17; Paige Misawic, Falcon 17, Amanda Pace, Falcon 17; Sarah Koenig, Falcon 16, Kate Webb, Falcon 17; Cara Reilly, Infinity; Sarah Sweetland, Falcon 17; Julia Martin, Falcon 16
To really develop your game, the best way is playing doubles in the summer. go to the summer link.
There are those rare athletes who can excell at volleyball and not play during the off season, so it is never required. Also It DOES NOT guarantee a spot on the PHS varsity or JV teams in the fall.
Pennsbury High School girls volleyball is a separate, very successful
and highly competitive program. Your daughter could be the best girl on
her club team and not be one of the top girls at Pennsbury. So make
sure they play club because they love the game and love to play,
because it does not guarantee them a spot at PHS..
USAVolleyball
The highest level of play and greatest exposure to college recruiters is available via USAVolleyball. Everyone who wishes to further develop their game should to try to play at this level.
USAV sanctions girls’ junior club teams in the United States www.USAvolleyball.org
The local governing body is the Keystone Region Volleyball Association www.krva.org
· Club fees usually run from $900 to $2500 annually, plus travel and accommodations
· Tryouts begin for high school girls 2nd week of November for younger girls they begin in late October. Season is mid January thru end of May
· Usually 2-3 practices a week and weekend tournaments
· Tournaments throughout PA and the East cost, some overnight, some teams travel nationally
· National championships in late June early July
The following is a partial list of USAVolleyball clubs in the philly area.
· High Line VBC hatboro, PA www.highlinevb.com
· Philadelphia Volleyball Academy Jrs (PVA) king of prussia, Pa www.phillyvolleyball.com
· West Windsor Princeton Volleyball Club http://wwvbclub.com
· Delta VBC Warminster, PA www.deltavbc.org
· Infinity Volleyball Academy http://infinityvolleyball.com
· GPS Crush in Montgomeryville www.gpscrush.com
AAU
If you cannot play USAVolleyball then AAU is the next
option. Locally the level of play is comparable to the
lower half of USAVolleyball
Sanction girls junior clubs in the US. http://www.aausports.org/sprt_Volleyball.asp
The local governing body is the Middle Atlantic District http://www.ma-aau.org/
Specific Volleyball information is here
· Club fees usually run from $200 to $1000 annually, plus travel and accommodations.
· Tryouts begin 3rd week of November. Season is February thru May
· Usually 1-2 practices a week and weekend tournaments
· Tournaments throughout Eastern PA, NJ and Delaware.
· National Championships Orlando, FL June
Falcon AAU Volleyball Club: volleyball work outs and travel teams for Pennsbury Residents. We are looking for coaches if you would like to coach please contact us at info@phsvb.com
We will have workouts/practicess/clinics Tuesday and Wednesday nights at PHS West beginning in December.
This club is in transition there is no guarantee we will have travel teams. We WILL HAVE open gym, clinics, workouts etc for all Pennsbury girls grades 6-11
We will attempt to run 2 travel teams this year. Most likely we will have travel for younger ages, 13s-15s, but not for older girls. We will not know what we are doing till after we know how many PENNSBURY RESIDENTS of sufficient talent are available to play. Most of our older girls are choosing to play USA Volleyball for the tougher events and college exposure so the 16s and 17s teams look less likely to have enough players. If you are born before sept 1 1996 then you are 16 or 17 player and we recommend you look for a USAV club.