Juniors Travel

About HOV Travel

About HOV Juniors

HOV Juniors Travel is a travel volleyball program where HOV teams compete in one to three-day tournaments throughout the Old Dominion region of USAV and surrounding regions. The HOV season begins with tryouts in the fall of each year and includes a number of regional and east coast tournaments extending from January through April-June.

If you are new to USA Volleyball we suggest that you review the HOV Handbook for background information regarding HOV volleyball. Review the HOV Travel Rules for answers to questions pertaining to HOV tryouts, method of team and player selection, and other rules that the CVV Board has approved for the Travel program.

HOV Juniors Mission Statement

To promote volleyball education and growth of USA Junior Volleyball throughout Central Virginia.
To provide the highest possible level of volleyball coaching for every participant.
To expose each participant to the highest possible level of volleyball competition.

WHY HOV?

First off, why not HOV?

We have our own facility which allows us to schedule multiple practices, clinics and camps!
No team is predetermined. We offer equal opportunity tryouts.
Each team has their own court for practice times.
We have a slew of 20 highly trained coaches excited to be a part of your child's volleyball experience.
We offer a coaches mentorship program where some of our highly qualified lead coaching mentors pour into our coaches to offer insight on practice planning, communication with both athletes and parents, skill training, and implementing practice plans to tournament play. (Coach Chris Phillips - D1, D2, NAIA, and men's collegiate coach; Lara Hite, collegiate athlete and coach of multiple volleyball programs within the community. Athena Aronson, collegiate athlete and former Head Volleyball Coach at Brookville High School who went undefeated 4 years in a row in district).
Our Junior Volunteer Program allows for our older athletes (14 years and older) to volunteer within our in-house programs (Volley Kids, Volley Juniors, Volley Juniors Elite, and Middle School Prep) to help supplement their travel cost.
Our teams will be participating in multiple community outreach opportunities throughout the travel season.
All travel teams will have the experience and knowledge of both a head coach and assistant coach.
We offer 2-4 practices a week dependent on the level of team.
Positional clinics will be offered throughout the travel season, as well as camps and clinics throughout the spring, summer and fall to assist in any skills your player may feel they need additional practice.

For more than 20 years, Central Virginia Volleyball Club has been committed to providing young athletes competitive travel program in the central Virginia area. With our growing programs and dedicated coaching staff, our juniors travel strives to provide opportunities for players at all levels to grow and compete at a high level!

Girls Travel Question? Contact Lara Hite | programs@cvvb.org

Boys Travel Question? Contact Lara Hite | programs@cvvb.org

Travel Season Dates to Remember - 2024-2025 Season

May 15th, 2024 until August 24, 2024: Register online for Travel Tryouts (must complete before In Person Registration Date) and pay $50 nonrefundable tryout fee. Tryout fee goes to $75 after August 25th.

Girls 2024-2025 Tryout Online Registration

Boys 2024-2025 Tryout Online Registration

August 4 and 11th: Pre-Tryout Clinics (these clinics give our coaches an extra glance at your player before tryouts). These are free to anyone who registers for tryouts.

August 4, 2024:

12's and 13's from 1:00-2:15pm

14's and 15's from 2:30-4:00pm

August 11, 2024:

14's and 15's from 1:00-2:15pm

16's-18's from 2:30-4:00pm

August 4 and 11th from 2-3pm: Travel Season Parent Informational Meeting

August 24 from 11-2pm: On-Site Pre-Tryout Registration (Required) - $50 Tryout fee due and will go to $75 after this date.

September 7 and 21, 2024: Girls Tryouts 12-18

Saturday September 7
- Boys: 9:00-10:15am
- 12’s- 13’s: 10:30-11:45am
- 14’s: 12:00-1:30pm
- 15’s: 2:00-3:30pm
- 16’s, 17’s and 18’s: 4:00-6:00pm
Saturday September 21
- 10’s (9’s and 10’s): 9:00-10:15am
- 12’s - 13’s: 10:30-11:45am
- 14’s: 12:00-1:30pm
- 15’s: 2:00-3:30pm
- 16’s, 17’s and 18’s: 4:00-6:00pm

Administrative fee of $100 will be applied to girls would like to participate in travel volleyball but did not attend tryouts and wanting to play travel after the tryout dates.

November 2, 2024: Team/Parent/Coach Meeting

Dates TBD: Team community service night at the Haunted Trails at Moose Lodge on Waterlick Road (each team will be designated a time slot and one of the dates above to haunt the trails)

Mid-November: Travel teams start practicing

10's - 14's: Week of November 10th

15's-18's: Week of November 17th

December 6, 2024: Team Competition Night/Community Service Night

December 13, 2024: Season Kickoff with Alumni and Family Night where we watch our upper level teams play alumni and all get together for food and games!

December 14, 2024: Certapalooza and Media Day: Certapalooza is where all of our younger teams learn the basics of reffing and scorekeeping in our own mock tournament. We play against some of our own teams and will practice these skills prior to us heading off into our tournaments for the season. We will be taking individual pictures and all teams will be expected to attend!

Age Groups and Levels

AGE GROUPS

10's (9's and 10's included, some 11's and 12's possible)

12's (11's and 12's)

13's

14's

15's

16's

17's

18's

LEVELS

BLACK - NATIONALS (financial and time commitment to June)

NAVY - REGIONAL PLUS (5-6 multi-day tournaments)

RED - REGIONAL (3-5 multi-day tournaments)

WHITE - DEVELOPMENTAL (Club - local 2 day and single day tournaments)

10's interclub (non-travel)

Non-travel teams (mix of 1-2 age groups with practice/scrimmage like season)

Non Travel Team Information

Heart of Virginia Volleyball (HOV) is transitioning from having Practice Players to forming Non-Travel Teams. These teams may consist of players from one or two age groups, depending on the number of participants. The goal is to provide an opportunity for girls to play with minimal travel requirements.

Non-Travel Teams will participate in planned scrimmages against other non-travel teams from different clubs or engage in interclub scrimmages with our travel teams. They will have 1-2 practices per week, and the season will run from December to the end of February.