The Tustin Volleyball Club was started by Karen and Mark Roberts in 2008. They decided a long time ago they did not want to spend $3000 per kid and drive on the 5 freeway 2 to 3 times a week at traffic hour.
Both Karen and Mark grew up with a passion for volleyball and wanted to pass that onto their kids. Karen was All-CIF at Laguna Beach HS and played at SDSU on a scholarship. Mark was ALL-CIF at Mira Costa HS and played at UCSB on a scholarship. He played professionally in France for two seasons.
After seeing many of their friend’s kids burn out on volleyball before they even finished high school, Karen and Mark work diligently to keep the sport challenging and always interesting. TVC believes two/three practices a week and 9 to 11 tournaments over the 5 month season is enough to produce skilled volleyball players who pine to get back into the gym.
TVC’s main goal is to provide a solid foundation of fundamentals to enable our players to reach their dreams of becoming accomplished volleyball players. The club strives to provide an environment which promotes and instills such values as self discipline, confidence, responsibility, sportsmanship and team work.
Teams will do sand training at least once a month. Beach volleyball develops well-rounded players who understand all aspects of the game. Outdoor practices help with ball control, balance, stamina and strength. As soon as the indoor club season ends, TVC, with the help of CBVA, goes to the beach.
Great work yesterday. The girls looked much more relaxed and focused (I think it is the cheering). They will be a third seed in the final qualifier. The first and second seed in the pool will be teams that got a first and a second in the first qualifier. Their rank should stay about the same for this qualifier.
Practice this week:
Wednesday 4-6
Thursday 4-6
I spoke with a few of you yesterday about tournaments, seeds and rank. Here is a link to show you what the results look like. It was the first qualifier. Scroll down and you can see our team. The girls were seeded very high on Saturday because of the "points percentage" they earned, .880, which is very high for a 3rd place team. All seeding/ranking is done using this number. Got it?
Both 12s teams won their initial qualifying pools. Both teams went 3-0 in their respective pools and both teams will move up significantly for the next qualifier.
The 15-2s team earned second place in their pool. They lost to the first seed 23-25, 23-25. They played very well.
The 15-1s team were the 48th seed in the Gold division going into the first qualifier tournament. The girls won their pool 3-0 in matches and 6-0 in games. The girls beat the overall 16th (TCA 15-1) and 17th (Sport Shack 15-1) seeds in the Gold division in two games. The girls earned a bye and will not play in the next qualifier. Could TVC have its firs Division I team?"
Both Karen and Mark grew up with a passion for volleyball and wanted to pass that onto their kids. Karen was All-CIF at Laguna Beach HS and played at SDSU on a scholarship. Mark was ALL-CIF at Mira Costa HS and played at UCSB on a scholarship. He played professionally in France for two seasons.
Teams will do sand training at least once a month. Beach volleyball develops well-rounded players who understand all aspects of the game. Outdoor practices help with ball control, balance, stamina and strength. As soon as the indoor club season ends, TVC, with the help of CBVA, goes to the beach.
