Grade School & Junior High School Try-out / Assessment

The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to announce our upcoming Junior High / Grade School assessment / tryouts on February 26, 2012 at East Peoria Community High School; 1401 Washington Street; East Peoria, IL. Cost for the try-outs is $30 and includes a t-shirt. Travel Teams are targeted for announcement on March 5. Expansion teams will be posted in pools and finalized by March 10.

To stream line and save time prior to the day of try-outs, it would be advisable that the Eastside Registration Packet be filled out and/or the online USA Volleyball Registration be completed. the following is the online registration process.

• If a renewal, please contact Carol Anderson, carol@iavbreg.org or 515-727-1860 and have your record transferred.
• Register as a Junior Player at the Iowa Region website at: http://www.iavbreg.org/
• Most importantly please make sure your club affiliation is "Eastside VBC"
• Please print confirmation and bring to try-outs with you. IF you perform the online registration, please print a copy of your registration with you.

VolleyKids League for 6 & Under to 9 & Under Girls/Boys

The Eastside Volleyball Club will be running a 4x4 VolleyKids League starting on January 31, 2012. Registration for the league will take place on January 24, 2012 at Lincoln School;  801 Springfield Rd.; East Peoria, IL. from 5-7 pm. Registrants can also call Eastside Volleyball Club at (309) 699-8738 to register or to inquire with questions regarding the league. Training will commence on January 31 with 45 minute weekly training sessions at Lincoln School, starting at 5:30 pm. The training sessions will be conducted by Eastside VBC staff and will involve coaching for both players and parent coach volunteers. There will be 4 competition dates held at Lincoln School from 9 am to 12 pm on February 4, February 11, February 26, and March 10. There is limited space for the league, so please register early. The training regiment will utilize the USA Volleyball methodology designed by John Kessel, USA Volleyball Grassroots Director.

To stream line and save time prior to the day of try-outs, it would be advisable that the Eastside Registration Packet be filled out and/or the online USA Volleyball Registration be completed. the following is the online registration process.

• If a renewal, please contact Carol Anderson, carol@iavbreg.org or 515-727-1860 and have your record transferred.
• Register as a Junior Player at the Iowa Region website at: http://www.iavbreg.org/
• Most importantly please make sure your club affiliation is "Eastside VBC"
• Please print confirmation and bring to try-outs with you. IF you perform the online registration, please print a copy of your registration with you.

If you have any questions, please contact Tim Vande Schraaf or call (309) 699-8738.

USA Volleyball High Performance Try-out

The Eastside Volleyball Club will be hosting a USA Volleyball High Performance Try-out on March 10, 2012 at the Peoria River Plex; 600 Water Street, Peoria, IL. The High Performance program is one of the most prestigious programs within USA Volleyball. Many opportunities can be achieved if a player is selected to attend the High Performance Camp this summer. Eastside VBC encourages all area players to attend this tryout. Detailed information for the Iowa Region event being held in Peoria can be found at http://www.iavbreg.org/index.php/high-perfomance/tryouts/. Eligible age divisions are below:

GSEL--born in 1998, 1999, or later  GYNT--born in 1996 & 1997  WJNT born in 1994 & 1995

After a very lengthy process we are pleased to announce the Eastside 2011-12 High School High School Club Volleyball Teams. Your coaches will be contacting you shortly to introduce themselves. We hope to have updated rosters online within the next 2 weeks. For now we are pelased to provide the 2011-12 HS Teams List to you. The process for placement was very difficult and time consuming. We would like to thank the Coaches and Directors for their dedication to developing a list that will maximize our players growth. If you have any questions, or concerns, please send those emails to us at Director@Eastsidevb.com and we will get them to the individual responsible. Thanks again, and we are excited for the upcoming year!!

** UPDATE ** -- Final Cuts

Unfortunately we had several girls that declined the travel program offer and we have had to make another cut. If your name doesn't appear below, and you were on the original list, you will be placed on one of our top Expansion Teams. Please find below the final 2011 Travel Team Pool List. Again, actual travel teams will be posted after the below practices. Expansion Teams will be posted later this week.

December practice times for all travel teams at the River Plex are as follows:

12/4 - 7-9 am
12/11 - 7-9 am
12/23 - 6-9 pm
12/27 - 6-8 pm
12/30 - 6-8 pm

Thank you in advance for your timely response.  If you have any questions, please contact Matt Nieukirk, Eastside Director at 309-264-5774.

The Eastside VBC is pleased to announce its 2011 High School Fund Raising effort. We will once again offer the Show-Me-Dough Cookie Dough/Butter Braid Fund Raiser. The important dates are:

• November 20, 2011 - Turn in fund raising sheets and money
• December 4, 2011 - 1:00 pm - Pick-upproduct at River Plex.

Thanks much to the parents that attended the information meeting on October 16, 2012. For those that did not attend, here are some highlights of the meeting:

• The accomplishments of the Eastside Volleyball Club during the 2010-2011 season was awesome! The 16U Travel Team were crowned Runner-up National Champs and the 14U Travel team finished 8th Nationally at the 38th AAU National Championships.
• The 2012 High School Handout containing the Travel/Expansion Team's Tentaitve Schedule and payment schedule was distributed.
• The High School Try-out Flyer was distributed. DO NOT do the online registration. We will have a USAV Form in the 2012 Registration Packet that can be filled out the day of try-outs
• Team Selection will be finalized after the 2nd try-out date by November 28th.
• Eastside VBC will be able to participate in the USAV High Performance program this year. More informaiton to follow.
• We will be providing Private Lessons this year. These can be individual or group lessons.

For further information please call (309) 699-8738 or send email to Director@Eastsidevb.com.

The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to announce their plans for the 2011-2012 High School Club Volleyball season. The Eastside VBC Club is coming off a previous season where their 16-Travel Team finished as Runner-up National Champs and their 14-Travel Team finished 9th in the Nation at the AAU Girls National Tournament. We are hoping this tradition will continue during the next year. The Travel and Local Teams for the 2011-2012 season will have a much more competitive schedule. The information meeting for the upcoming season will be held at the Peoria River Plex on October 16 at 5:00 pm. The try-out date for ALL levels of the high school group has been set for November 20. Please see the Try-out link for specific times. Players at all levels are encouraged to attend the AVCA National Convention in San Antonio and participate in the National Showcase in players have aspirations of playing after their HS years. The AVCA Convention is a who's who in volleyball and takes place during the Final Four games of the NCAA D1 Championships. Players and parents will also have an opportunity to attend those games. Please plan to attend the meeting on October 16 for more details. The Showcase link can be found here AVCA Showcase The Eastside VBC HS Information / Try-out Flyer can be found here. Please distribute to any athlete that may be interested in participating with the total package volleyball program. For further information please contact Eastside VBC, Inc. - President/CEO Tim Vande Schraaf.

The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to announce their Summer Camp series for 2011.

The Setters/Hitters Elite Boot Camp will be held at the Peoria River Plex on June 28-19.  The camp is open to players 11 years to 18 years of age. The cost for the camp is $100 and includes a Tachikara Ball and T-Shirt.

The Summer Sand Camp will have two sessions occuring from 4-6 pm on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Session One will run from June 7-30, Session Two will run from July 5-28, and Session Three will run from August 2-18. The cost per session is $100 for Session One and Two, and $60 for the last session.

The Eastside All Skills Camp will be held in July. High School (15U) and VolleyKids (8U-10U) will be held on July 19 & 20. Junior High School and Grade School will be held on July 26 and 27. The cost for the camp will be $35 for VolleyKids and Grade School, and $60 for High School and Junior High School.

All camps require a USA Volleyball Membership for insurance purposes. To register USA Volleyball, please send an email to Eastside VBC or call (309) 699-8738.

The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to host the 1st Annual Super Mega Bowl High School Volleyball League. The Junior Varsity Division will take place during the month of June, and the Varsity Division will take place during the month of July. Each division will have 12 teams and each team is guaranteed 11 matches.

The 11th Annual Power Tournament will be held on July 23-24, 2011. The High School Tournament will have room for 24 teams. Each team will be guaranteed 8-10 matches.

For further information please contact Tim Vande Schraaf at (309) 699-8738.

Danielle Thompson was selected to the First team All Area Team with the Champaign-Gazette. Congrats to Danielle on this achievement!!!

Champaign-Gazette First Team All Area for Volleyball - 2010

From the desk of:

Tim Vande Schraaf, President/CEO

Selecting a club volleyball experience can sometimes be a very difficult decision. It is imperative to be fully informed of any organization under consideration. Several years ago a rogue organization called the JVA was started with the premise of supporting junior club directors against actions of USA Volleyball. At that time, I was very vocal and critical of the agenda of the JVA. It was my belief the JVA was entertaining a movement with the intent of rallying member clubs to secede from USA Volleyball, and also had a hidden agenda, that has yet to surface in its entirety. I do believe USA Volleyball does have issues, but in my opinion fixing those issues should be a collaboration of the two parties, and should be kept within the confines of an established process. I believe the underlying facts of the JVA are to shift dollars away from USA Volleyball into the hands of JVA organizers. I have extended my hand twice to the JVA to assist with bridging their differences with USA Volleyball as a member of their Board of Directors, but both times my offer was rebuffed. Now with current actions of the JVA in the Great Lakes Region there appears to once again be a drive to shift teams away from USA Volleyball and to drive a wedge between two factions of Junior Volleyball. Eastside VBC is fully supportive of USA Volleyball and their agenda. We believe any club striving to play at a higher level, MUST support the National Governing body of the sport. I believe we need to embrace the organization that has a direct hierarchy into the USOC (United States Olympic Committee). The Eastside Volleyball Club once again is supporting the USAV Qualifier series with aspirations to qualify and compete at the USAV Juniors National tournament in Atlanta next summer. All of this being said, there is a packet circulating in the Great Lakes Region under an anonymous name, called the GLR Coalition. I normally do not support these types of actions, but this document has a lot of validity in my opinion. I encourage all potential club members in Central Illinois to read this packet in its entirety.

I cannot reiterate enough that the Eastside Volleyballl Club is the ONLY club in Central Illinois supporting USA Volleyball this year that I am aware of.

Finally, is the Eastside VBC a member of the JVA? Yes, but you must also be infomred that we had to join the JVA through our memberships of the AVCA. The AVCA recently announced the same offering to USA Volleyball Clubs, and I will be getting this affiliation changed immediately to the USA Volleyball grouping.

For opinions or comments regarding my position, please direct them to me at Director@Eastsidevb.com.

 Former Eastside VBC standout Janise Dismuke and current University of Illinois-Chicago starter was named Horizon League Player of the Week.

  Former Eastside VBC standout volleyball player Janise Dismuke and current University of Illinois-Chicago player was named as the MVP of theBest Western Invitational hosted by the University of North Florida.

Please see the article in the The Bloomington-Pantagraph..

She is doing really well this season. Since her team needs her to hit, she plays in a 6-2 offense. She is playing Middle in the front row until the "main" middle is in the front row with her. Then, of course, she sets from the back row. She's having a blast and her team is undefeated.

 Danielle Thompson, Eastside Volleyball Club 17-1 team member, and volleyball standout at Blue Ridge High School was recently named to the Champaign News-Gazette Nifty Fifty list of state of Illinois Prep volleyball players.