Category Archives: Coaching

EDVɅ Dev Round 2 Results 2024

It was round two of this season’s EDVɅ Development event for ladies and U15 teams, ten team entered this round and for quite a few, this was their first 6v6 match experience. After four matches in the round robin rounds, … Continue reading

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SW Beach Team Positions Available

If you are a Coach, want to get into beach coaching, or an experienced Beach Player, then please see below: We currently have a couple of vacancies in the SWVA Beach Coaching team to help run this summer beach program, … Continue reading

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SWVA Annual Awards Nomination Form 2024

The South West Volleyball Association appreciates the importance of volunteers in our sport and the huge contribution they make. The Annual Awards go a little way to recognise their contribution and we hope that clubs and members will nominate those … Continue reading

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Webinar on US College recruitment

A webinar helping UK-based players understand the recruitment process for US College teams is being led by Volleyball England’s Strategic Manager for Talent, John Forman. He will be joined by Katelynn Slade, current Women’s Volleyball Coach at Loughborough University and … Continue reading

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Georgia McGovern – Claremont Mudd Scripps

Georgia McGovern & SW U17 Coach Dave Gunter It’s always good when past players take the time to drop in to say hi, and last weekend the SW U17 Girls had a visit from Georgia McGovern, who was back in … Continue reading

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Cultivating SW Beach Champions

SW Boys coach, Dan Mrowiec gives us an insight into the SWVA Beach development work over the last few years. Our current Beach Program is built around the U18 Inter Regional Beach Championships (IRB) and the U19 International Beach Open. … Continue reading

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Indoor (6v6) and Beach Coaching Courses 2024

Volleyball England is pleased to announce the next Coach Award courses are open for bookings. The beach volleyball course will be led by Kirk Pitman, Beach Volleyball Performance Director and Volleyball England tutors Mark Kontopoulos and Sam Dunbavin. Both indoor … Continue reading

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Royal Wootton Bassett Junior Explosion

Demand for junior volleyball in the Royal Wootton Bassett and Swindon area suddenly exploded four years ago, so how did a small club grow rapidly from five junior players to 50, all with a clear development pathway? Explosion of interest … Continue reading

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JuVoTo Round 1 – Calne

Well done to everyone who took part in last weekends SW JuVoTu round one hosted by Calne VC and their volunteers. Full results will be on the web site shortly but a quick list of the winner below. Round 2 … Continue reading

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My IRC Experience 2023 – Alex Johnson

Each year we ask a number of our Torexe youngsters to report back on their Inter Regional Championships experience, today we focus on Alex Johnson (Number 10) who was selected for the SW U15 Squad. Early on the 27th July: … Continue reading

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