Coastal Classic Volleyball

3 Day Tournament - Myrtle Beach, SC

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May 26th - 28, 2012

AAU Super Regional - Winners Receive Entry into AAU Championships

Coastal Classic Volleyball Championships is Just Around the Corner!! :)

by Coastal Classic Volleyball on May 2, 2012

Coastal Classic Volleyball Championship

We are excited to bring you the 2012 Coastal Classic Volleyball Championships. The event will feature teams from NC, SC, VA, MD, and GA to compete for the title of Coastal Classic Champion.

Sanctioned as an AAU Super Regional, winners of divisions with 10 or more teams will receive a reimbursed entry into the AAU National Championships. In order to meet the 10 team minimum some age groups with less than 10 teams may be combined.

AM Wave – 13U, 14U, and some 15U teams. PM Wave 15U, 16U, 17U and 18U.
Pool Assignment will be posted by Tuesday the week of the event.

General Information – All games will be played at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. The tournament will use an AM and PM wave format with games starting at 0. The AM wave will start at 8:00 am and the PM wave will start at approximately 3:00 pm. Teams are guaranteed 7 matches. Pool play on Saturday and Sunday, followed by a single elimination playoff on Monday. Tournament should end by 2:00 pm on Monday. The event will use AAU rules. Libero will be allowed to serve. Top two teams in each division will receive champions t-shirts.

AAU MEMBERSHIP
All athletes and non-athletes (staff personnel, coaches) must be current AAU members. Regular youth athlete membership is $12 and regular non-athlete membership is $14. All teams must also be part of a registered AAU Club. AAU club membership is available in 3 levels ranging from $30, $60 and $300. Please visit the web site at www.aauvolleyball.org for descriptions of each category. There can be multiple teams under one club membership. To become an AAU member, register on-line at www.aauvolleyball.org.

Team Check-In / Rosters
Team check-in at the Convention Center will take place Friday night from 7 – 9, Saturday morning from 7 – 7:45, and Saturday afternoon from 1:00 – 2:00 pm. A coach or team rep must present an AAU roster to receive team wristbands and cinch bags at check-in. Players and coaches must have AAU membership. Rosters can include up to 14 players and 4 bench personnel (coaches, trainers). Teams working the first match of a wave should call captains at 7:50 for AM wave and 2:20 for PM wave.

Officiating
R1’s will be provided. Teams are required to work matches and should come prepared with whistle. A scorebook and pens/pencils will be provided. A working team is R2, scorekeeper, score flipper, libero tracker (if needed) and line judges. A coach who is not officiating must be present at the court.

Failure to provide the officiating crew for your assigned match could result in the forfeit of the first game of your next match. For every minute the officiating team is late, one point will be given to the opponent in the next match, up to the 25-0 forfeit. The second offense will result in the loss of your next assigned match. It is the responsibility of the Head Coach to verify officiating duties at the Championships Desk.

Match Play
All matches will be best 2 out of 3 (25-25-15) starting at 0. Warm-ups will be 2 (shared) 4-4.

Biggest Hitter, Best Passer, and Best Setter Competition 2:00 pm (Saturday RD. 1, Sunday finals)
Teams in age groups 16U, 17U, and 18U can enter players to compete for great team prizes in this fun competition. Hitting: Coach or player will toss to setter (your teammate) and get three swings. Panel and crowd response will determine the winner. Passing: Player will receive 15 consecutive balls from server (your teammate). Most balls in the target wins. Setting: Coach or teammate tosses 15 consecutive balls to setter who has two targets. Most to target wins.

Ticket Sales
Spectators are required to have a ticket (wristband) to enter. A $5 per day admission will be charged at the Convention Center for spectators. Kids 6 and under will get in free.

Food Tables / Chairs / Coolers
No food tables, coolers, or outside chairs are allowed inside the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Food is available in and around the convention center area.

Trainers – A trainer will not be present for taping. Players will do their own taping for play.

Tournament Merchandise – Event merchandise will be on sale and Lucky Dog will have volleyball clothing available. Other sponsors will set up in the vendor area.

Convention Center Parking – The Myrtle Beach Convention Center will charge $3 per vehicle for parking.

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Championship Season, Free Stuff and Another Host Hotel Added to the List – Country Inn and Suites

by Coastal Classic Volleyball on March 8, 2012

Hey All…

I can’t believe the Regional Season is almost over and the Championship Season is upon us. Some teams will be looking to end their season in the next few weeks, while others are hitting the halfway mark. It’s an exciting time for all clubs and players. There are thoughts of regional championships, underdog wins, or that moment of glory in front of a big crowd. Volleyball is unlike any sport. The excitement it carries is unmatched, especially at the juniors level. As a spectator, you may not know the game very well or all the intricacies involved, but you know what a straight down spike looks like, what a monster block does or how great a tremendous dig is. You know when all is on the line and a team is playing at it’s best. Players, parents and spectators can cheer when things go amazing and hope when they’re not. Juniors volleyball has changed and it’s changed forever and for the better. Players no longer play club for “fun”… they are serious athletes that have a goal in mind and a path to achieve it. They spend extra hours in the gym, they watch videos online, they find the the best players to compare themselves with, they go to camps and they play the game as much as they can. If your goal is to achieve greatness… you cannot do it with mediocrity… you cannot do it less than somebody else. You have to set the bar, maintain it and move it when necessary. The word “success” is not universal and has many different applications. In our game of volleyball.. it could be when the player finally mastered their overhand serve after practicing it all season. It could be beating a rival team or running a super tempo offense effectively. It could be finishing first in their division. It could be learning how to be a great teammate. There are so many successes available in the game of volleyball and now is the time to achieve them. It’s Championship Season!! – Richard

A new host hotel has been added and we’d like to welcome the Country Inn and Suites. Please visit the “Hotels” tab for all Host Hotels…
Country Inn and Suites

Rates $145.00 per night plus hospitality fee of $2.00/taxes 12%

Code k ball

Groups calling please ask for the Volley ball special rate.

3516 Waccamaw blvd

Hwy 501

Myrtle Beach, SC 29579-877-612-6868 Hotel toll free

843-235-4500 direct

www.countryinns.com/volley

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First 75 Registered Teams Get a Free Cinch Bag… Woohoo!!!

by Coastal Classic Volleyball on February 28, 2012

CoachRey.com

by Coastal Classic Volleyball on February 9, 2012

If you’ve been a part of the volleyball world, you may have stumbled across the website www.coachrey.com hosted by Winthrop Coach, Chuck Rey. That’s what I did a few years ago when I came a across an article referencing friends Jake Elliott and Phil Dalhausser. The article was well written, provided amazing insight on blocking and just good volleyball “talk”. CoachRey.com instantly became one of my favorite volleyball websites and one of the few I subscribe to, actually the only one. From there we randomly met him at the AAU Championships in Orlando and I truly felt like I was meeting a legend in the volleyball world. There are a lot of websites out there that have a lot of great content, but there are few coming from the trenches of volleyball.. from the heart and soul of our sport and his website encompasses this. His passion for growing our beloved sport of volleyball is unmatched and he truly is an ambassador to the youth movement. If you get a chance… check out his website www.coachrey.com.

Oh yeah and he endorsed the tournament as well!!

-Richard

Coastal Classic Volleyball Tournament

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Chuck Rey

Along the way, you meet good people. The people behind the Coastal Classic Volleyball Tournament are some of those good people. I met Richard Knott and Aly Pompeani through one of volleyball’s unfortunate experiences, the sudden passing of Ranse Jones. I donated to help with Ranse’s fight and in return, got a great T-shirt. I was wearing that T-shirt when I registered my Carolina Juniors Club Team at AAUs in Orlando when a typical Florida mid-afternoon thunderstorm came flying in. Many of the coaches were huddled under the baseball stadium when Aly introduced herself. She recognized the t-shirt because she and her boyfriend Richard, both coaches at Grand Strand Juniors, designed the shirt and was helping to collect the funds for Ranse. Through that conversation in Orlando, Aly, Richard, and I have started one of those special friendships only volleyball can put together. People “on the outside” of our sport don’t understand why volleyball coaches and players do what we do for our sport. It’s because of bonds like these that makes our sport genuine and what we do so special.

Aly and Richard, with Alex Sing, through Grand Strand Juniors are doing a great job growing the game in the Myrtle Beach area. Grand Strand Juniors will be hosting an AAU Super-Regional called the Coastal Classic Volleyball Tournament. Who wouldn’t want to spend some time at the beach when your team isn’t playing?

May is a great time of year in Myrtle Beach. Go to their website and register your team now!

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December 29, 2011

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Coastal Classic Volleyball Championships – Registration is NOW OPEN!!

December 23, 2011

Registration is now open and teams can register by clicking the AES Registration tab above or the AES Logo below. We feel the tournament will fill up quickly, so please register early. If anything, register your potential teams and send payment later, but note, first payments received and processed will get spot into tournament, despite [...]