Youth - Dome Defenders Club Volleyball

DOME DEFENDERS

DOME DEFENDERS is the Volleydome's developmental club. We focus on young athletes who are relatively new to the sport who want to challenge themselves to join the club volleyball stream in Alberta.

The last season 2023/2024 each group had 3 indoor practices per week at our Volleydome GYM facility. They will also attended O'Saxman tournaments as well as all of the Volleyball Alberta Provincial tournaments and Volleyball Canada National Championships. 12U - 14U teams had physical literacy training built into their weekend practice time. 15U - 16U teams had training with Young Fitness. We try to keep our fees relatively low while including all of the above. For services such as: mental training, nutritional education & physiotherapy the club will provide references to trusted services that can be provided at an additional cost for those who are interested.

Dome Defenders Upcoming Season 2024-2025

Volleyball Alberta has implemented a NEW signing and tryout process which can be viewed here: 2024-2025 Volleyball Alberta Signing and Tryout Process

TRYOUT REGISTRATION LINK

Fall Skills Clinics & Tryouts - 2024

Fall Skills Clinics are a great way for athletes to get touches with our Dome Defenders coaches prior to tryouts. The length of the fall session will vary based on your age category. Fall Skills Clinics will end prior to the Volleyball Alberta open tryout period for your age group. Please see below for specific details for each age group. *Athletes 16U and up will not have a Fall session as tryouts/re-signing begin right away.

TRYOUT REGISTRATION LINK

GIRLS INFO

17U Girls

Coaches: Steve Smith, John Pheng, Clara Serrano

Re-signing: September 3rd - 5th

Tryouts: Sunday, September 15th from 11am-1pm

Wednesdays, September 18th from 4:30-6pm

16U Girls
Re-signing: September 8th - 11th

Tryouts: Sunday, September 22nd from 11am-1pm

Wednesday, September 25th from 6-7:30pm

15U Girls

Coaches: Stephanie Banh, Reina Hirata, John Pheng, Clara Serrano, Anhna Tran, Juan Beccera

Re-signing: September 8th - 11th

Fall Skills Clinics - September 5th to September 25th

Mondays 5-7pm (3 sessions)

Thursdays 6-7:30pm (4 sessions)

Sundays 11am-1pm (3 sessions)

(registration for 15U Fall Skills is closed)

Tryouts

Sunday, September 29th from 11am-1pm &

Monday, September 30th from 5-7pm

14U Girls

Coaches: Jaden Domso, Reese Huber, Jakob Olsson

Re-signing: October 6th - 9th

Fall Skills Clinics - September 3rd to October 17th

*No sessions on Sunday, October 13th in lieu of Thanksgiving

Tuesdays 6-7:30pm (7 sessions)

Thursdays 4:30-6pm (7 sessions)

Sundays 9-11am (5 sessions)

(registration for 14U Fall Skills is closed)

Tryouts

Sunday, October 20th from 9am-11am &

Tuesday, October 22nd from 6-7:30pm

13U Girls

Coaches: Dolly Garcia, Cinby Melanson, Justin Quach, Chenille Flores, Elijah Temple, Andrew Ma

Re-Signing: October 6th - 9th

Fall Skills Clinics - September 3rd to October 23rd

*No sessions on Saturday, October 12th in lieu of Thanksgiving

Tuesdays 4:30-6pm (8 sessions)

Wednesdays 6-7:30pm (8 sessions)

Saturdays 2-4pm (6 sessions)

Tryouts

Sunday, October 27th from 9am-11am &

Tuesday, October 29th from 4:30-6pm

12U Girls

Coaches: Shannon Kelsick, Brianna Flanigan, Chase Bandura, Toluwani Wuraola

Fall Skills Clinics - September 4th to November 2nd

*No sessions on Saturday, October 12th in lieu of Thanksgiving

Wednesdays 6-7:30pm (9 sessions)

Saturdays 12-2pm (8 sessions)

Tryouts

Sunday, November 3rd from 9am-11am &

Wednesday, November 6th from 6-7:30pm

BOYS INFO

16U Boys

Coaches: Jaxson Thys, Garrett Harvey

Re-signing: September 8th - 11th

Tryouts: Sunday, September 22nd from 11am-1pm

Wednesday, September 25th from 4:30-6pm

15U Boys

Coaches: Bryce Ross, Evan Mah

Re-signing: September 8th - 11th

Fall Skills Clinics - September 5th to September 25th

Mondays 5-7pm

Wednesdays 4:30-6pm

Sundays 11am-1pm

Tryouts

Sunday, September 29th from 3-5pm

Monday, September 30th from 5-7pm

14U Boys

Coaches: Mikhail Puesta, Cole Gramlich, Bryce Ross

Re-signing: October 6th - 9th

Fall Skills Clinics - September 3rd to October 19th

Tuesdays 4:30-6pm

Thursdays 6-7:30pm

Saturdays 10am-12pm

Tryouts

Sunday, October 20th from 11am-1pm

Tuesday, October 22nd from 4:30-6pm

12/13U Boys

Coaches: Maja Frew, Kelly Bashforth, Gustavo Machoda, LeeAnn Snyder

Re-signing: October 6th - 9th

Fall Skills Clinics - September 3rd to November 24th

Tuesdays 6-7:30pm

Thursdays 4:30-6pm

Saturdays 12-2pm

Tryouts

Sunday, October 27th from 11am-1pm

Tuesday, October 29th from 6-7:30pm

Dome Defenders Basic Principles

Vision
We created this program to give more kids the opportunity to be part of a competitive team and play the game of volleyball at a high level both regionally and provincially. This program is all about education and development. It is geared towards athletes who have had some exposure to volleyball and are looking to take their skills to the club level. The idea is to educate the athletes about sportsmanship, discipline, competitiveness, teamwork, cooperation, and how to empower each other. Throughout the course of the season, the development component will focus on the overall athleticism of all the participants first and foremost and on their volleyball skills. We would like to spread the love of the game and the love of activity to as many kids as possible. We believe that with sustained hard work and dedication to improve, winning in your various divisions will follow, but winning is not the focus here. Hard work, fun, building lasting friendships and development are the focus.

Mission
Dome Defenders will provide great coaches who are extremely passionate and dedicated to the education of athletes when it comes to the fundamental skills of volleyball and being part of a team. These coaches will care about the kids not only as athletes but as people first. We pride ourselves in providing great facilities, administration, leadership and communication with parents and athletes.

Philosophy
As mentioned above Dome Defenders is all about Education and Development.

1. We would like the ideals of sportsmanship, discipline, positive attitude and work ethic to be the main focus of this program. This should be exhibited by both the athletes and the coaches.
2. We want to develop not only volleyball players but well rounded athletes. There will be training components included for each team once a week. 12U to 14U athletes will have physical literacy included in their weekend practice time. 15U and 16U athletes will have a training session with Young Fitness once a week included in their club fees.
3. We believe in having larger groups of athletes who all learn the game of volleyball together. This gives athletes the chance to be exposed and to adapt to several different teammates and coaches. It gives the athletes more access to a group of coaches with more overall knowledge of the game and several different ways of teaching the various skills. It also gives coaches more opportunities to work on specialized skills with the groups that particularly need them (example: setters & middles working together on connecting, leftsides and liberos working together on passing).
4. This is a developmental program. Although equal playing time cannot be promised, we understand that all athletes should have the opportunity to be in game situations in order to develop throughout the course of the season. We find that athletes who attend the most practices, listen and work hard do tend to develop the quickest, and sometimes earn more playing time. Please see the Volleyball Alberta website for specific rules about "fair play" for the various age groups.

About Dome Defenders

Dome Defenders is a developmental club program for athletes who are new to club volleyball. Our main focus is to introduce athletes to the club level and to teach them life skills through sport.