Volleyball Alberta
11759 Groat Road T5M 3K6 Edmonton, AB, Canada

Coaches, we are missing volleyball too! Stay involved, Volleyball Coaches Of Canada will be running Interactive coaching interviews every Saturday in January for coaches to learn off some of the best coaches in North America. Coach The Coaches series with Coach Wildman is available for FREE for any Canadian coach. All you have to do is add yourself to the Volleyball Coaches Of Canada Facebook group. Jan 9 *This Saturday* USA Women’s Head Coach Karch Kiraly... Jan 16 Retired UBC Men’s Head Coach Kerry MacDonald Jan 23 Canadian Women’s National Team Head Coach Shannon Winzer Jan 30 Multi NCAA National Championship Coach Jim McLaughlin No membership no cost just an opportunity to learn. https://www.facebook.com/groups/volleyballcoachesofcanada

Volleyball Canada’s first National Excellence Program, which included AB athletes Jada Hamer (Lethbridge), Brooke Malek (Edmonton), Maryn Boldon (Okotoks), Shynelle Woroniuk (Red Deer) and AB coach Nicole Ban (Edmonton) in a full-time training atmosphere based in Richmond, B.C., wrapped up with much success right before the holidays. The program provided a holistic daily training environment and amazing experience with Canada’s best athletes, coaches and sport medicine pract...itioners! The National Excellence Program is slated to run again in 2021. Volleyball Canada will host an online selection process, which will begin in late January with selections completed in late spring. Those interested in the recruitment schedule and process may sign up to receive more information here: https://volleyball.ca//first-national-excellence-program-f photo credit to @victory Victory Creative Group, Inc

Happy New Year!

Based on the December 8 Government of Alberta announcement we updated the following: Latest news story: Signing Process & Premier League Update - Dec. 9, 2020 Latest news story: December 8 Province of Alberta COVID-19 Announcement... Document: Premier Leagues framework document Please go to our website to read the full updates. www.volleyballalberta.ca > homepage, latest news section https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/node/876 > Premier Leagues documents

We hope that you have a frosty, toasty, magical Christmas! From the Volleyball Alberta team to you and your team, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!

We updated some of our documents!! Go check 'em out!! - Premier Leagues Framework - Signing Process - Mandatory Mask Use... - Registered Clubs - Volleyball Alberta Premier Leagues Registered Teams & Waitlist These are posted on the Club Premier Leagues page: https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/node/876

Open signing period is extended to Dec. 16. Tryout period postponed until January. During last nights Club President meeting we announced that the open signing period is extended to Dec. 16, 2020. What is the open signing period? ... It is the period of time when athletes (14U, 15U, 16U, 17U & 18U) are able to receive formal offers from clubs. Volleyball Alberta encourages Clubs to re-sign & open sign as many athletes as possible (maximum of 12 per team) so the need for tryouts is minimized. Clubs need to ensure signed athletes are registered in the VRS-Goalline using the 2021 SIGNED ATHLETE FORM REGISTRATION. We re-opened the form last night and the rosters are unlocked for editing, until Dec 16. Teams that registered athletes during the first re-signing period or open-signing period must add new players signed by adding them to the existing team roster. Coaches must do this by logging in to their Goalline account and use the roster edit ‘edit team information’ feature; [roster edit guide can be found on our how to register page]. Please do not submit a second ‘2021 signed athlete form’ for the same team using the ‘registered here before’ button; this will create a duplicate team registration. To read our full Signing Process & Premier League update, click this link: https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/node/885

Masks are now mandatory for all Volleyball Alberta participants during training and competition. Volleyball Alberta recognizes and understands that we cannot eliminate the risks associated with COVID-19 when participating in our sport. By its very nature, our sport cannot be played without breaching physical distancing measures or sharing equipment. In order to minimize potential exposure and spread of COVID-19, Volleyball Alberta has taken extra precautions and effective imm...ediately, it is mandatory for all participants to wear a face mask at all times for any indoor volleyball activity. We have recently announced a mandatory mask use policy to require masks for all VA Participants, at all times, while they are indoors, including but not limited to arrival, training, game play, and departure. To read the full announcement, please go to our website latest news story: https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/node/886

The Friday of all Fridays!! Our best sale of the year is on now. Sizes still available in your favourites: Classic Two-Tone Hoodie, Classic Crew, and more... Can't wait to get yours?! We are shipping our second round of holiday orders on Monday! https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/product-catalog

We'll be home for the holidays! This holiday season caps off a unique year; we share our gratitude and appreciation for our volleyball community! You have demonstrated great creativity, initiative, and resilience as we navigated through twenty-twenty together.... We wish you moments of peace, strengthened connections with family & friends, and optimism as we welcome the changes that 2021 will bring. We can't wait until we're all back on the court! Be kind. Be safe. Stay active. The Volleyball Alberta staff will be back from holidays on January 4th. Photos from Volleyball Alberta Premier #2 14U Girls 2020-02-29

November 15-25, Open Signing Period Clubs may make form offers to athletes competing in the 14U, 15U, 16U, 17U, 18U age categories only. Athletes competing in the 13U age class will use the tryout period process. Formal offers made during the open signing period expire at: 5:00pm, 2 days after the offer is given. And/or 5:00pm on the last day of the open signing period (Nov 25, 2020). Please read all the information posted on our website volleyballalberta.ca > INDOOR > Club > Signing Process. Canuck Stuff Volleyball Club @parkgirlsvolleyball

Registration for this is now open Volleyball Alberta members are invited to join us for this info session on COVID Safety Considerations, Best Practices & Mask Wearing. We look forward to hearing from our presenters on this important topic!! Link to register on our website, latest news story https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/node/881

Nov 24 Province of Alberta COVID-19 Announcement

The province will suspend indoor team sports, group fitness programs, and group performance activities for two weeks from November 13 27, 2020 inclusive. Targeted measures apply to all communities on the enhanced list (purple zones). https://www.alberta.ca/maps/covid-19-status-map.htm These affect indoor volleyball activities and impact many of our members. We will update our Return to Volleyball guidelines and ask for everyone’s cooperation to comply with the recent heal...th order. Together, we can impact how quickly measures will be lifted to permit us to return to sport. For our Edmonton programs, that means pausing our GO Sports Fall Programs starting November 13. Our Program Manager will email all participants with more information on how this may impact their specific program. Volleyball Alberta will assess and communicate additional details that may affect other VA programs as soon as possible. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced the new restrictions on Thursday, November 12, 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19. "We are at a dangerous juncture in our province," said Kenney, "COVID-19 is challenging us and we have to rise to the test." COVID-19 info for Albertans and the targeted public health measures can be found online: https://www.alberta.ca/enhanced-public-health-measures.aspx

We honour those who have served, and continue to serve, for our country. ~ We are always grateful for their service and their sacrifice, because ... #CanadaRemembers. ~ #LestWeForget... #RemembranceDay See more

November 8-14, Club Administrative Time Clubs that participated in the re-signing period need to ensure signed athletes are registered in the VRS-Goalline using the 2021 Signed Athlete Registration Form by November 14th. Form will be live starting Nov. 8th. Club are required to post updated rosters for all signed athletes on their website or social media site. @fog_volleyball @nooksvolleyballclub

November 1-7, Re-Signing Period Clubs may make formal offers to athletes registered with that club in the previous season. Athletes & their families are not obligated to sign offers presented to them & still have the ability to sign with another club team during the Open Signing Period or try out for other club teams during the Tryout Period. Once an athlete accepts an offer, they must sign the Volleyball Alberta signing form & submit it to the club. Please read all the information posted on our website volleyballalberta.ca > INDOOR > Club > Signing Process. https://www.volleyballalberta.ca/signingpolicy @southpeacevolleyballclub