CAPITAL VOLLEYBALL ACADEMY

Capital Volleyball Academy prides itself as an educational program built upon the fundamental skills of volleyball. We believe the life lessons and values we teach are essential to a players’ development as athletes, students, and young people. With the goal in mind to develop individual and team skills to place our teams in a position to compete at the highest level possible for that group, we recognize the most important lessons we teach athletes stretch beyond the volleyball court. We believe that hard work is a core value that goes into everything we teach and train. Here are Capital’s core values that we aim to instill in our athletes:

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There is inherent value in hard work.

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The club volleyball experience should be challenging, fun and educational.

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Every member of the team must put their own interests second to the betterment of the team. 4.

Capital athletes should strive to be among the nation’s best and exemplify true sportsmanship.

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Capital athletes should win and lose with equal grace.

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Each time a Capital athlete takes the court, it is an opportunity to better themselves.

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Athletics should complement academics.

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To give your best effort each day takes courage. Courage is habit-forming!As a club volleyball program, we are preparing players for success as student-athletes. That’s student first, athlete second. One of the reasons we have coaches who have played for, or worked with college is to provide role models who understand just how difficult it is to balance academics, sports, family, and social life. The emphasis on school does not mean that players are encouraged to miss practices for academic reasons. The lessons student-athletes must learn include how to plan ahead, so we expect that players won’t miss practices due to a lack of foresight. In the end, however, we’d rather you miss a practice and invoke a modest penalty than fail to turn in an assignment.We believe as long as a player decides to play a school sport, it is up to the player to set her priorities. What we expect, however, is the player will do everything possible to fulfill her commitment to her Capital team. The consequences for missing a practice or tournament for a school sport are no different than for other legitimate reasons. Sometimes these consequences are not as direct as sitting out a game or a match at a tournament. When you miss an opportunity to practice, you won’t improve. This affects individual & team performance, team morale and thus playing time. Club volleyball is a long season, and there have been plenty of multi-sport athletes who miss some training, but when they are at practice full-time, they’re in great shape and ready to catch up quickly.We understand that club volleyball can be expensive with dues, travel, apparel and driving to and from practice on a weekly basis. Capital will do what it can to help cut costs for our families as much as we can without sacrificing in our beliefs.