Learn volleyball from experts who make the sport fun

Please have your player dressed in athletic shorts (they can wear volleyball spandex if they want but not required), T-shirts or tank tops, and athletic tennis shoes (traction is important but new shoes are not required). If they would like to bring or wear knee pads we do recommend them but they are not required.

They will need a water bottle. (There is a drinking fountain to refill water bottles, but we would prefer them to not drink straight from the fountain to help decrease points of contact). During camp we will provide snacks, but if they have dietary restrictions or would like supplemental food, they can bring their own snack as well.

Tournament day is a day to put the skills we have learned to use. We only play the other teams in our league and some players maybe asked to play on multiple teams. Our focus on this day is to encourage the players where they are at. At this point each have improved so much and their personal skills may look different then the player next to them. That is ok! While we do keep score, we want to players to recognize their accomplishments and personal growth rather than focus on the outcome. Advanced players get a chance to play the competition in our league and if I feel we need a higher level of play, at the end I set up a game against some of our coaching staff to make it more challenging. Each team will play 2-3 matches depending on that session’s enrollment.

The players will be put into pods of similar ages and skill levels.
The drills will be fun and skills oriented. We will play some actual back and forth volleyball towards the end of the last weeks leading up to our mini tournament. Our main focus is to help each girl develop passing, setting and spiking skills by providing a fast paced and high energy learning environment.
Having fun, Working Hard and Learning a lot. For players who are new to volleyball, both old and new drills will be explained thoroughly to help with skill mastery. We keep the girls moving from court to court and skill to skill so they can learn as much as possible in a short period of time, while maintaining a level of confidence and understanding throughout the coaching process. Those more experienced players will get tons of touches during each session which will improve their already high skilled level of play.

Fortunately, you get to utilize all of our coaching staff during our sessions, because the pods rotate from court to court, and the coach stays with the court and that particular skill they are teaching. While your main coach is one particular person, you will have contact with all of them.

Yes, we do our best to place you in pods with friends or teammates, sometimes due to numbers we cannot always accommodate, but that is very unlikely.

Yes, Volleyball is a growing sport and becoming more popular with both genders. Historically we have had mostly females participate, but we are open to all players!

The Mini-Training League is 5 sessions of practice with one tournament day, the Training League is 8 sessions of practice and one tournament day, the Clinic is 4 sessions of practice with no tournament day, and the camps are intense 3-4 hours sessions (depending on age) for 3 days in a row.

While recreational leagues are fun and provide game time play, St. Paul highly focuses on the fundamentals. We pride ourselves on breaking down the skills so that all levels learn the basics and perfect form so that they can master all aspects of the sport. We provide a lot of coach lead drills so that each player receives one on one attention and feedback to improve. Our coaches have been around and playing the sport for years and many at very high levels. Our feedback is always encouraging and supporting any player at the level they come, but our goal is to uplift and challenge them to have self-confidences in the skills they are gaining.

Many go on to play for their school teams, club teams, and some continue to play at the collegiate level. We are not a club team, but we are a steppingstone to help any player at any skill level improve. Some players just do this as an extracurricular way to get exercise. We love either participant and welcome them all!