Voices of Alberta Volleyball podcast Learn from 15 local volleyball pioneers how the sport was learned, coached and rooted for in the province, on the new Voices of Alberta Volleyball podcast. The 10-episode series will launch on June 24, 2017 at the Volleyball Hall of Fame Banquet in Edmonton. Each Friday,...
Team Alberta Beach 2017
The 2017 Team Alberta Beach Provincial Teams were selected over the first two weekends in June. Athletes in the 16U and 18U age classes were selected as well as the teams who will represent Alberta at the Canada Summer Games. The Canada Games selection was held in Toronto. The athletes...
Ten Alberta Athletes selected to 2017 Volleyball Canada Youth Women & Select Men Teams
We are very happy to annouce that 10 of our Alberta athletes of have been selected for the 2017 Volleyball Canada Women & Select Men Rosters. The purpose of the Youth (w) & Select (m) program is to identify, select and train a group of athletes who have future senior...
2017 Volleyball Canada Nationals – Alberta results
2017 Volleyball Canada Nationals -Alberta Results An exciting month of May has wrapped up! We had quite a number of Alberta teams competing in Volleyball Canada Nationals for the various age categories. This year's Nationals has been the largest till date with a total of 929 teams (680 Girls &...
2017 Season of Play, Tryouts & Signing Dates
Volleyball Alberta is currently reviewing the season of play, tryout period and signing dates. Several options are being examined by the Athlete Development Committee, and a recommendation will be presented to the Volleyball Alberta Board of Directors to be voted on at the June 25 AGM. The new policies will...
Call for Nominations | Mikasa Achievement Awards 2017
The Mikasa Achievement Awards are presented to athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers who have made an outstanding contribution to volleyball in Alberta for the indoor club season. Award nominations are based on the following criteria: Athlete: An athlete in the 15U/16U and 17U/18U category who has shown a combination of...
Planning for 2018? Indoor Tournament Schedule preview
Posted: March 29, 2017 Planning for 2018? Here’s a copy of our first draft: 2018 Volleyball Alberta Indoor Tournament Schedule – this schedule is subject to change. We will provide a second draft after our 2017-2018 season planning meetings in September. 2018 Volleyball Alberta Indoor Tournament Schedule February 3-4 no tournaments - starting one weekend...
2017 FOG U Sports Men’s Volleyball Championship
The University of Alberta Golden Bears are hosting the 2017 FOG U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship March 17-19 at the Saville Community Sports Centre. Come check out the amazing action, for ticket information visit the Championship website. Kids in the Crowd Special (subject to availability) - Groups of 12 kids and 2 adults...
2017 Volleyball Alberta Coaching Symposium: Weekend Recap!
This past weekend we held our 2017 Volleyball Alberta Coaching Symposium at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton. It was a weekend filled with knowledge exchange, networking and engaging in relevant topics in coaching. We kick started the symposium on Friday night at MacEwan University with Linda Rizzoli...
Building Durable Athletes: Alberta Sport Injury Tracking Project
Injuries remove athletes from their training program or competition schedule and may contribute to an early exit from sport. In order to prevent and manage injury in sport activities, we need to better understand where, to whom, why and how injuries occur. To that end, Volleyball Alberta is participating in...