Our youth programs have been getting fuller and fuller with more Calgary kids getting the basic skills and wanting to go onto bigger and better things with various team programs throughout the City. There will be summer camps all summer and then next fall we will run more kids programs than we ever have in an effort to keep giving more kids the opportunity to play our great sport!
We start next fall with Volleyball Academy for grades 4 to 9 beginners starting Sept. 7 to Oct. 7. That program will run on Tuesdays and Sundays or Thursdays and Sundays. Then a couple of weeks later we will start with more advanced Dome Club groups on Mondays and Saturday, Wednesdays and Sundays or Fridays and Sundays. That program is for more advanced players in grades 7 to 11 that want to play on teams throughout the fall season. After Volleyball Academy is finished we will go on with the beginnings of team play with our Team Academy program starting Oct. 17. That program will still involve teaching lots of basic skills, but players will be put on teams and will be taught team concepts as well culminating in a tournament on Nov. 13. We will also run a shorter version of Dome Club for grades 6 to 8 starting in Mid-November which will involve 2 practices per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) plus 3 Saturday tournaments.
For more information about either Academy programs or Dome Club programs (including a full schedule for the Fall Dome Club) click on the headings on the left and then get your registration in for fall.
Academy Overflow
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by: admin
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
We have 2 groups full for Spring Academy so we are going to create a spot for the overflow to make sure we get as many kids playing as possible this spring.
Group C is full, but extras who want into that age group (grade 7 - 9 girls) can register with Group B practicing Tuesdays from 4:45 to 6:15 and Sundays from 3:00 to 4:30. The 5-7 boys and girls will practice on 3 courts and the extra Group C's will practice on the other 2 courts.
Group D is full, but extras who want into that age group (grade 6-8 girls) can register with Group E practicing Fridays from 4:45 to 6:15 and Sundays from noon to 1:30. The 6-9 boys will practice on 3 courts and the extra Group D's will practice on the other 2 courts.
Summer Camps 2010
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by: admin
Friday, March 05, 2010
The registration for our Summer Camps in 2010 is now open and the registration form can be downloaded by clicking HERE. We have been running our 1/2 day camps for 14 years now and every year our registration numbers grow so please be sure and register early to make sure you get in. Drop off your registration, or mail it to The Volleydome, 2825 24th Ave. NW. Calgary, AB. T2N 4L6. You can also fax it to 403 289-6240 or you can email your scanned document to dsaxton@volleydome.net
Spring Academy 2010
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by: admin
Friday, February 05, 2010
Volleyball Academy is back with 5 more groups of introductory classes for kids in grades 3 to 9 starting May 25th and continuing through to June 28. For more information about the program click on Volleyball Academy to the left. To download a registration form click HERE.
DOME CLUB 2010
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by: admin
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Our Dome Club program this fall has proved to be a great way to keep more kids playing and improving more volleyball skills and we're going to expand the program for the winter program starting in mid January and continuing through to mid April. The winter entrants will be organized onto teams of similar abilities then they will practice during the week and play in a house league or in a tournament (3 tournaments for each age group) during the week-end. Saturdays and Mondays for midget aged girls and boys (grade 9-10) and Sundays and Fridays for bantam aged girls and boys (grades 6-8). See Dome Club to the left for more information or download the REVISED registration form HERE.
Please note: All Groups for our Winter Season are now FULL
Please note that we have updated this form from the original because of overwhelming demand in the midget girls age group. We have already exceeded the original registration limit for midget girls and so we have decided to increase to 80 athletes in that group. To make room for them on Saturdays and Mondays we are moving the midget boys group to Sundays and Fridays as per the new registration form. Hopefully this will all work out so more kids can keep playing volleyball this winter.
Christmas Camp
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by: admin
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Ray Sewell will be back from his international beach travels to do his Christmas Volleyball Camp for players aged 12 to 16 again this year. The camp will be Dec. 29 to Dec. 31 from 9am to 1pm each day. If you are interested click HERE for more information and a registration sheet.
Fall Youth Programs
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by: admin
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
We will be organizing youth programs a little differently this fall to try to accomodate all of the different players with their many different school situations.
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DOME CLUB
New this fall is something we are calling the DOME CLUB. This is meant to be a program for all of those graduates of the Volleyball Academy that already have some good basic skills and want to continue to learn as part of a team almost like a normal Club team, but without the special invitations or the tryouts or the costs or competitive pressures of the 'elite' clubs. Basically, you pay, you get assessed, and you get placed on a team of equivalent level players. Then you start practicing and playing 2 times per week plus whatever Calgary tournaments there are (mostly Dome induced). Groups will be organized in paired teams of 8 players (ie 2 coaches and 2 teams practicing/playing on each court) to mazimize both court usage and playing time for all those involved. This fall program will be shorter than a normal "club season", but it is meant to be a kind of precursor for us to work out all the bugs - teams will only be together for 1.5 - 2 months including 2 tournaments. Then starting in January we will begin again with teams that practice or play twice per week right through until April including entering some of the Calgary Club team tournaments. The whole idea is to allow many more younger age level kids the chance to play. For more info click on DOME CLUB to the left.
Our Team Academy program will be geared towards keeping all the bantam aged volleyball players active until their various tryouts and Clubs start in January. Players will be put on teams and there will be lots of team practices and game play from mid November to mid December. We will have 2 different groups covering girls and 1 group of boys from grades 6 to 8. For a specifi schedule for each grouping click here.
For more general information about the program click on Volleyball Academy on the left.
For a mail in registration form including dates CLICK HERE.
School tournaments
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by: admin
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Volleydome will be hosting the following tournaments for schools next fall:
Jr. Varsity Girls and Boys - Sept. 25 & 26. Room for up to 10 girls teams and 10 boys teams. ENTRY FEE $ 190 full full
Sr. Varsity Girls and Boys - Oct. 16 & 17. Room for up to 10 girls teams and 8 boys teams. ENTRY FEE $ 190 full 3 spots left
Jr. Jr. High tournament (grades 7 & 8) - Oct. 3. Room for 10 girls teams and 10 boys teams. ENTRY FEE $ 140 full full
Sr. Jr. High Girls tournament (grade 9's) - Oct. 24. Room for 16 girls teams ENTRY FEE $ 140 3 spots left
Sr. Jr. High Boys tournament (grade 9's) - Oct. 31. Room for 16 boys teams ENTRY FEE $ 140 6 spots left
If you want to register your team please just phone the Volleydome 403 284-3663 or email dsaxton@volleydome.net and we will get you onto our registration list.
09 Summer Camps
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by: admin
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Once again the Volleydome will be running half day camps all summer for those kids who want to have fun learning the great game of volleyball. For more information click on summer camps on the left. To download the registration form click HERE.
