G.C.V.A. Juniors
Vic Clifford, Director
4515 Sugarbars Dr.
Friendswood, TX 77546

Phone: 832-928-4120

Fax: 281-482-7627

E-mail: vic@gcva.org 

GCVA JUNIORS is a 501c3 non-profit organization

The GCVA now accepts Master Card and VISA for monthly payments

JUNE BIRTHDAYS

14EB First Place WSC#1 (12/6/08)

13WB First Place Spike Sport#2 (12/13/08)

15EB 2ND Place Aggieland Classic Jan/2009

16EB 1st Place Spike Sport Jan/2009

15EB 1st Place WSC#5 2/14/09

15WB 2^ND Place Whistle Chatter - Seguin 2/14/09

12EB 1st Place Spike Sport 2/21/09

12EB 2nd Place Best of the Bay 2/14/09

13WB 1st Place GCVA Best of the bay 2/28/09 

16EB 2^nd Place WSC#8 3/20/09

16EB 1^st Place WSC#9 3/27/09

12EB 2^nd Place Stay in TX, San Antonio 4/11/09  

13WB 1^st Place Bronze Division Power league finals  4/4/09 

16EB 1^st Place AVA 4/25/09 

14EB First Place WSC  (5/9/09)  

13WB 1^st Place San Atonio Tourney  5/9/09 

CONRRADULATIONS

6/20/09  15EB/16EB Coach Travis Won the Qualifier for the Bud Light Championships at the Chevy Freedomfest over TX. Coach Travis will be representing Galveston against teams who qualified in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas in a Semi Pro 4 team event at Elenor Tinsley Park July 4^th   -  Travis has shown that is one of the up and coming Open players in the state of TX.  

5/15/09  15EB  Kiara Wright  is on her way to the State Championships in Austin, June 6.  She placed 2nd out of about 24 girls at the regional meet in Humble clearing 5'6.    She is the only athlete from her school team that qualified which included all of the upperclassmen.  There are only 2 from the entire district that are going.  

5/9/09/6/08 GCVA 14EB Winning Gold at WSC…

5/9/09/6/08 GCVA 13WB Winning Gold at San Antonio

4/18/09 16 Westbeach assistant coaches Kylie Court and Amanda Underwood have been awarded volleyball scholarships to Tyler Jr. College. Congrats to them.

4/18/09  16EB for winning GOLD Medal, 1^st overall (Gold Division) at AVA #5 tournament

4/18/09 16WB for winning BRONZE (3^RD overall in Gold Division) at AVA #5

4/18/09 14SS for winning BRONZE (3^RD overall) Spike Sport # 11

4/11-12/09 12EB for placing 2^nd overall at Stay In Texas  in S.A.

4/4/09 13WB for placing 1^st in the Bronze division at the power league finals. 

3/29/09 15WB for placing 3^rd overall (out of 40 teams) at Tournament of the Stars in S.A. (Loosing a close match in the semi’s to AP 151 PHD, which is one of the top 5 ranked teams in the region in 15’s)

3/29/09  13WB for placing 3^rd in Gold at Tornados Elite Series

3/28/09 16EB for winning GOLD Medal, 1^st overall at WSC#9

3/22/09 12SS for placing, 5th overall Texas Tornados Developmental League (They went undefeated in pool)

3/22/09 12WB for placing, 3rd   overall Texas Tornados Developmental League (They went undefeated in pool)

3/21/09 16EB for winning Silver Medal, 2nd overall at WSC#8

3/21/09 12EB for placing, 3rd overall at Spike Sport

3/14/09 15WB for placing 5^th overall (out of 72 teams) at Cross Ct. Classic

3/14/09 16EB for winning Bronze Division, in 16 Elite at Cross Ct. Classic

3/14/09 16WB for placing 9^th overall (Gold division) out of 42 teams at the Cross Ct Classic

3/2/09 Carolyn Davies 17N signing with Lee College (full Scholarship) to play VB.  First athlete ever from Clear Lake Christian to receive an athletic scholarship.

3/1/09 16EB for winning Bronze 3^rd overall at Spike Sport

2/28/09 13EB for winning Bronze 3^rd overall at gcva best of the Bay tournament.

2/28/09 13WB for winning GOLD at gcva best if the bay

2/28/09 15EB for winning Bronze 3^rd overall at AVA Tournament

2/21/09 12EB for winning GOLD at Spike Sport

2/14/09 15EB for winning GOLD at WSC #5

2/14/09 12EB for winning SILVER (2^nd overall) at GCVA Best Of Bay Area

2/07-08/09 14EB, 16SS finishing first in their pool the 2nd week of the power league.

2/14/09 15WB for winning SILVER (2^nd overall) Seguin; Whistle Chatter" Tourney

2/14/09 14SS for winning BRONZE (3^RD overall) Spike Sport # 6

2/7-11/08 14SS, 14EB, finishing first in their pool the 2nd week of the power league.

1-09 16EB for winning GOLD AT Spike Sport#6

1-09 15EB for WINNING SILVER (2^nd overall) at Aggieland Classic

1/10-11/09 12EB, 13EB, 14EB, 14WB finishing first in their pool the first week of the power league.

12/21/08 Coach Keith Completed CAPII certification.

12/13/08 GCVA 13WB winning Gold Spike Sport#2

12/13/08 GCVA 15EB winning Bronze WWC#2

12/6/08 GCVA 14EB(N) Winning Gold SWC#1

10/30:  Shirley Paul (17N) 2^nd Team All-District for district 24-5A

Boys 181 Gators 27^th out of 54 teams at JO’s in Sandy City Utah Boys 18’s

14 West Beach Silver Medal 2^nd overall out of 52 teams in the Lone Star Regional’s Club Champ Division – Congratulations everyone and what an end to a great season for you guys

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USA Volleyball

www.lsvolleyball.org 

GCVA Juniors Indoor Club Volleyball on the other coast

(background Picture) #10 Riley Salmon – Team USA -  League City TX  Former GCVA member and beach player

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We are a cost efficient, competitive volleyball club in the heart of Clear Lake City.

Where will be practicing this upcoming season? – We will be using some of the CCISD gyms along Clear Lake Rec Center.  The practice schedule/day’s times will be announced after all teams are made.

Clear Lake Rec Center. (CLRC) Is at 16511 Diana Lane (corner of Diana and Ramada) in Clear Lake City.  Take I45 to Bay Area Blvd East.  Turn left on Diana. The rec. center is on the right past the courthouse. The CLC rec center is very nice with locker rooms, indoor pool etc. and two new “sport court” volleyball courts.

Brookside Intermediate School. (BIS)  Is at 3535 S. Parkwood Drive
Friendswood, TX 77546.  (South Parkwood Drive is actually 528 (NASA Road one turns to 528 on the west side of I45.  The city of Friendswood calls 528 Parkwood Dr.) So Brookside is off 528 about 200 yards past Bay Area Blvd. 
          

Clear Lake Intermediate School (CLIS): 15545 El Camino Real. On the corner of El Camino Real and El Dorado.  The school is app.  1 mile off freeway on El Dorado on the left.  Gym parking is on the East side of the school

CLEAR VIEW (CV) (Old Webster Int School):   400 S. Walnut, Webster TX.  From I45 exit NASA Rd 1 going toward space center.  School is app. 1 mile off freeway on the right.  High school is the school on the right coming up walnut.

DRILLS:  We will work on different things throughout, please see schedule.  FREE and open to all GCVA players.

Updated June 23, 2009

If you see any discrepancies in the schedule please let your coach know so they can contact me… vic

Upcoming Events

 Upcoming Events

The practice schedule you should be following is at:

www.gcva.net/PracticeSchedule.htm

PRACTICE SCHEDULE BELOW SHOULD BE GOOD, SEE ANYTHING WRONG E-MAIL ME AT VIC@GCVA.NET

END OF REGULAR SEASON

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LEAGUES AND DRILLS WILL START LATE MAY/EARLY JUNE

Thursday July 2

·         5:00PM – 7:00PM  (CLRC) Girls Drills High School CT 1

·         5:00PM – 7:00PM  (CLRC) Int School Ct 2.

Monday July 6 to Thursday July 9^th   HIGH SCHOOL BOOT CAMP

·         10:30AM – 1:30PM  (CLRC) GCVA CAMP    http://www.gcva.Camps.htm/                                       

Monday July 6^th

·         6:00PM – 9:00PM   2009/2010 CLUB TEAM TRYOUTS

Monday July 8^th

·         6:00PM – 9:00PM   2009/2010 CLUB TEAM TRYOUTS

Sunday July 12

·         1:00PM – 7:00PM    2009/2010 CLUB TEAM TRYOUTS

Sunday July 19

·         3:00PM – 5:00PM  (CLRC) Girls Int. School Instructional League

·         3:00PM – 5:00PM  (CLRC) Girls Drills High School

Monday July 20 to Thursday July 23

·         8:00PM – 10:00PM    (LCSC) GCVA BEACH CAMP 

Sunday July 26

·         3:00PM – 5:00PM  (CLRC) Girls Int. School Instructional League

·         3:00PM – 5:00PM  (CLRC) Girls Drills High School

If you see any discrepancies in the schedule please let your coach know so they can contact me… vic

Give five tips for the Indoor Player that helped you be the most successful on hard court.

Hard work.  If you are having trouble with a particular skill, keep doing it after practice until you find it.  Demand that of yourself.

Be aggressive.  Being tentative will teach you bad habits that you'll never end up using in matches.  It will only hurt your game.

Once you enter the gym, be focused.  If you are peppering at 50% because you're thinking about something that happened earlier (or just not focusing), you are teaching yourself bad habits that will show up on the court.  Every touch of the ball should be the best you can.

Once you leave the gym, unless you're at a volleyball meeting, leave it behind.  Don't carry things around thinking about a bad play that happened.  Let it go and come back the next day with a fresh out look.  You cannot change what happened anyway, just learn from it.

Have fun.  If you are not enjoying yourself on some level, why are you doing it?

Coach Thang’s - TIP OF THE MONTH

Hard work.  If you are having trouble with a particular skill, keep doing it after practice until you find it.  Demand that of yourself.

2008/2009

CLUB REGISTRATION

September 1, 2008 you can

1.  Fill out the online membership form on the lone star regional web page. At http://lsvolleyball.org

• Select new member if you have not registered in lonestar region before.   
• Select renew membership if played last season.
• Fill out the entire form and hit continue
• Select Gulf Coast Volleyball Association, Regular Junior, and parent name then submit.
• Check all you information then Click on the I agree button and then confirm
• You do not have to print our waver/code of conduct form this year. An electronic signature (Parents Drivers Licenses) will have to be entered.  By doing such you have agreed that the electronic signature is yours and agree to the terms of the agreement. 
• The USAV registration fee is paid by us and is part of your club registration fees 
• You do need to print out the medical waver and bring that in. 

2.   Print our and Sign Players agreement form (3 pages)

3.   Bring Copy of Birth Certificate

4.  Print out the Tryout Sheet and bring it with you

NOTE:  If you are having trouble with your USAV online registration (forgot your username/password) you have to call the USAV Lone Star Region Representatives (We do not have access to that info). Please call them while on computer and at www.lsvolleyball.org 

Will Vick 210.945.4365 or Dick Kappel 830.606.4621

Carolyn Davies 17N signing with Lee College (full Scholarship) to play VB. 

First athlete ever from Clear Lake Christian to receive an athletic scholarship.

First Female player (only senior we have) from GCVA to receive a scholarship.

(Standing behind Carolyn) L to R 

GCVA 17N Ast. Coach Jenna Brown, Art Davies, Robin Davies, 17N Head Coach Dennis Allen

Gulf Coast Volleyball Association

You're Volleyball Club on the Other Cost.

2009/2010  CLUB TRY OUT’S

Still Only $25 and includes a GCVA T-Shirt

Tryout Location
Clear Lake Recreation Center
16511 Diana Lane Houston, TX  77062
(corner of Diana & Ramada off Bay Area Blvd.) 

We believe very strongly that before any athlete signs a “contract” that they should feel comfortable and parents should feel confident about where they are sending their daughter as well as their money.

For more information on the spots we have open in our club go to www.gcva.net/Teams.htm

Latest Info

 "Sand Volleyball" Moves Toward NCAA Recognition

B.J. Hoeptner Evans - USA Volleyball July 24, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 24, 2008) – The sport of “sand volleyball,” also known as beach volleyball, took a step toward being recognized by the NCAA, the Association announced Tuesday.

The NCAA’s Committee on Women’s Athletics voted to recommend that a governance entity from each of the divisions sponsor legislation to add sand volleyball to the list of emerging sports for women……… 

Junior Sand Leagues 

The GCVA will offer three nights of Junior Sand Volleyball Leagues.

Friday Juniors doubles:  League times will be from 7 to 9:30PM for players in Grades 7^th – 10^th :  This League has already started but a new league will begin Mid May. 

Sunday Juniors Tripples:  League times will be from 6 to 8:30PM for players Age 11/12, 13/15:  This League will begin Mid May

Summer Sand Camps:  (Info coming soon)

GCVA Sand Doubles Traveling competitive team(s):  (More Info coming soon)

Excused Absence Request

Please click here a copy of an Excused Absence Request form for players traveling to a “National Qualifier” – The school may or may not accept the form.  Normally the volleyball coaches will help you if the office doesn’t accept the form.