Fall '08 VOLLEYBALL
LOCAL LEAGUES
(click here for Youth Volleyball Developmental Program Home) 

Fall '08 Local Leagues registration NOW OPEN. 
Leagues will be on Monday and Thursday Nights at our new facility at 200 Ellis Place, State College (off of the Benner Pike between SC and Bellefonte).
Click on the league links below for more information.  
Click here to print a registration form

 OVERVIEW

In order to better meet the needs of our players we offer leagues based on both age and experience levels as well as co-ed, boys and girls leagues. Age appropriate balls and net heights will be used for each league.  Christian based values lessons will be incorporated into league activities. For Winter '09 we will offer all of the same leagues as the Fall except no "Inferno" competitve girls league.  This will be replaced in the Winter by our C3 Fire Girls Travel Teams.

Fall '08 Volleyball Leagues/Teams

 Co-ed 
1st~3rd Gr. "Sparks"  
4th~6th Gr. "Flames"

Girls
6th~8th Blaze- Developmental
6th~8th Inferno -Competitive

 Boys
6th~8th Gr. "Firestorm"

Winter '08 Travel Teams
Girls
Boys

PRIMARY Athletic OBJECTIVES

Local Leagues will be highly focused on skill development and participation. The underlying philosophy is that learning to do things right will ultimately produce right results. We want kids to learn to perform skills properly. We also want to give every kid an opportunity to test their skills in competition. Participation in these league will be open to as many kids as we can reasonably accomodate regardless of skill, athletic ability or experience. All kids who sign up (within the age and registration limits for each league) will be placed on a team and will play during gametime. To promise completely equal playing time across the board is not realistic. However, each participant will be given the opportunity to play.  The basic expectation is that kids faithfully attend practices, work at improving skills which will help their team and keep a good attitude. 

Team rosters will be structured to minimize the number of players who will be "on the bench", but large enough to account for subs, injury, emergency, illness etc. The "athletic" goal of our youth leagues is give kids a sound understanding of the fundamentals the game. The emphasis will be on learning proper technique and strategy over just winning in the short term. For volleyball the primary skills of emphasis in our local leagues will be: forearm passing, setting, hitting (including proper approach, jumping technique and swing) and overhand serving.  The primary strategy emphasis will be on work to get a pass, set and hit as well as an understanding of the basic positional responsibilites.  A more refined technical treatment of these skills and strategies will be applied as the age and skill levels increase. 

Local Leagues should be a testing ground for kids to see if they have skills or affinity for a particular sport. If we can all just relax and recognize the role of these leagues, we will all be better off and won't stress out so much about the scores of these games. Understanding the purpose of these leagues will help the athletes, coaches and parents keep these leagues and games in perspective. As our seasons and leagues progress, please keep in mind the stated goals for our leagues and let the kids have fun!

For More Information Contact:
C3 Sports
200 Ellis Place
State College, PA 16801 
Phone:  272-0629
e-mail: sports@cccsc.org