Q: My child would like to get into volleyball, where should they start?
A: We have 4 levels of volleyball for our Junior players:
Our complete beginners are recommended to join our ‘Ready, Set, SPIKE’ skills development program, where we teach the basic skills and techniques required to play properly and have fun with volleyball.
If your child is 16 years old or older and has a good grasp of the volleyball basics (serve, receive, set, spike), then the next level up is our Junior Social Competition, where every week our juniors play a roughly one-hour game of volleyball in a team setting. The focus is on developing game awareness, on-court positioning and teamwork.
Our advanced tier is for those who have already completed at least one round of our Junior Social Comp and are ready for the next step in their volleyball progression. Our Junior Volleyball League (JVL) is our highest internal competition for our juniors and is how we develop them into potential Hunter Representatives in the U18 and U16 squads. The JVL season occurs once a year (unlike our other programs, which occur multiple times a year) and has much more structure and is taken more seriously, with team coaches and training sessions throughout the competition.
Our last level is our Junior Representative Squads. We usually have two squads, U18s and U16s, which are selected towards the later half of the year (August/September). Much like JVL, the rep squads have their own coaches, training sessions and potential friendly matches against other teams from within Hunter or externally. The teams will play a couple of tournaments from September to December.
Q: I’m an adult and I want to get started in volleyball. Where do I go?
A: Fantastic! It’s always great to see new faces in our adult competitions! At the moment, due to our lack of court space throughout the year, we only have our Adult Social Competitions that we recommend to new players. There are typically two separate seasons of the competition spanning the whole year, usually starting around February (Autumn Comp) and October (Spring Comp).
If you feel confident in your volleyball skills, we also have a Tuesday Night Social Comp that ranges in skill from experienced players in A Grade, to intermediate players in B Grade, to beginner players in C Grade.
