Riptides Volleyball Club is committed to providing athletes with the opportunity to enhance volleyball skills and strategies, as well as emphasizing the values of teamwork, responsibility, perseverance, composure, self-discipline, and self-motivation. We hope to foster confidence and leadership in our athletes within a positive competitive environment. With the support of our coaches, friends and families, players will develop habits and attitudes that will carry over into other areas of life. The unique nature of volleyball provides invaluable experiences for all players; success and teamwork are inseparable.

To Our Players and Parents

We greatly appreciate your confidence in allowing us the opportunity of coaching your son. The elements of effective coaching include communication, encouragement, instruction, and cultivation of cohesive relationships with others.

Key developmental goals for each player is as follows:

• Learn how to turn weaknesses into strengths
• Develop leadership and communication skills
• Improve quickness and aggressiveness on the court
• Increase court awareness and movement
• Improve ball-handling techniques
• Create team chemistry

The development of good attitudes is a life-long process. Our attitudes as individuals dictate the outcome of our performances. With positive attitudes, our opportunities for success are greatly enhanced.

We encourage our parents, families, and friends to praise your son's accomplishments, as well as compliment, support, and encourage the efforts and achievements, be it small or large, of the other players at practices and/or tournaments. We ask that our players and parents recognize the importance of leading by example and inspiring others to follow. Please avoid succumbing to the pitfalls of gossip, negative talk of other players, parents, coaches, and clubs. It serves no purpose and only creates problems.

We are excited about the caliber of players coming on board with the Riptides Volleyball Club and we look forward to working with these young athletes. Parents are welcome to watch their son practice. Sit back and enjoy watching them work hard, have fun and develop into great volleyball players.