Welcome to the *NEW* 2024 Fall MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY & League!!!
Welcome to our 16th year of Virginia Elite Fall Middle School training! For 2024, we have revamped our program to make it better than ever! This is a great way for young athletes to learn the fundamentals of volleyball in an instructive, fun and competitive environment. They will learn and practice all skills (Passing, Serving, Defending, Setting, Attacking and Blocking) with two weekday sessions dedicated to technical instruction. Then athletes will put into practice what we have learned with league competition days on Saturdays.
We are looking forward to a successful kick-off to our *NEW* Fall Middle School Academy League!
Session Information
Upon registration, athletes will be assigned a number that will remain with them throughout the duration of the program. Every 2 weeks athletes will be drafted onto teams. During that 2 week period they will train (weekdays) and compete (Saturdays) with that team. After 2 weeks, athletes will be redrafted to new teams and will continue training and competing with the new teams. There will be 4 total drafts throughout the program.
Athletes will earn individual points on competition days (Saturdays) based on how their teams finish that week. Points will be tallied cumulatively and leaderboards will be sent weekly to academy participants. Upon the conclusion of the 8-week academy, the top 3 individual point earners will be awarded.
The academy kicks off on Tuesday, September 3rd and conclude on Thursday, October 24th (see note to the right).
Registration Information:
Participants will sign up for one of the 2 groups below. Athletes will attend their assigned time throughout the academy. The draft process will not change their session times.
Group I:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Saturdays: 11:30AM-1:00PM
Group II:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:00PM-9:30PM
- Saturdays: 2:00PM-3:30PM
NOTE: In order to accommodate CHRVA region tryout dates for the 14 and under age group, the final week will have training on Tuesday (10/22), Wednesday (10/23) and compete on Thursday (10/24).
Academy & League Registration Cost :
Registration $750
Athlete Age: This program is open to athletes going into 6th-8th grades for the upcoming school year.
Registration includes: 2 weekday training sessions, Saturday competition day and a t-shirt.
Draft Process:
- Initial Draft: Athlete number assignments and initial draft information will be sent via email with draft numbers posted on both VA Elite social media and this website page by Saturday, August 31st
- Draft 2: Information will be sent via email and posted to VA Elite social media and this website page by Saturday, September 14th
- Draft 3: Information will be sent via email and posted to VA Elite social media and this website page by Saturday, September 28th
- Draft 4: Information will be sent via email and posted to VA Elite social media and this website page by Saturday, October 12th
Location:
The Madeira School
8328 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22102
Waiver, Registration and Additional Details
*Due to the limited registration space, all registrations are non-refundable*
2024 Program Date/Time Changes:
Please check back frequently for any schedule change announcements:
GROUP I: Due to Madeira home volleyball games, there are 7 days where the Tuesday and/or Thursday training is impacted. We do not want to cut into training time by starting over an hour later, as a solution, we have shifted those days to either Wednesday or Friday at the same time. Listed below are the impacted days. This applies ONLY to the 6:30-8:00PM time slot on scheduled days.
- Thursday, September 12: Moved to September 11th (Wednesday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Tuesday, September 24: Moved to September 25 (Wednesday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Thursday, September 26: Moved to September 27 (Friday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Tuesday, October 1: Moved to October 2 (Wednesday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Tuesday, October 8: Moved to October 9 (Wednesday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Thursday, October 10: Moved to October 11 (Friday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Tuesday, October 15: Moved to October 16 (Wednesday) 6:30PM-8:00PM
- Saturday, September 21st will take place at McLean High School
- Thursday, September 26 & Friday September 27 will be rescheduled due to Madeira power outage. Please check back for updates
- There will be NO session on Saturday, October 26th: In order to accommodate CHRVA region tryout dates for the 14 and under age group, the final week will have training on Tuesday (10/22), Wednesday (10/23) and compete on Thursday (10/24).
2024 Fall Middle School Academy & League Registration
Registration opens Friday, August 9th and Closes Wednesday, September 1st or when the academy is sold out!!
