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Learn the basics of the game, fine-tune your skills, plus practice teamwork and leadership while making new friends!
YMCA youth sports encourage and promote healthy kids, families, and communities by prioritizing family involvement, healthy competition rather than rivalry, the value of participation over winning, team-building as well as individual development, a positive self-image, and a sense of fair play and mutual respect for others.
Families are encouraged to be more than mere spectators by volunteering as coaches and being their kids' greatest fans.
Youth Volleyball Leagues and Programs
Grades 3-5 League
Learn the fundamentals of volleyball, sportsmanship, teamwork, and healthy habits while sharpening skills like spiking, setting and serving, practicing drills, and having fun.
Grades: 3–5, co-ed
Schedule: We practice once per week and play games on the weekend, including home games and games against other Ys in the region. The days and times of the program vary by location.
Winter Locations: Sammamish Ys
Spring Locations: Auburn, Bellevue, Coal Creek, Dale Turner, Kent, Matt Griffin, Meredith Mathews, Northshore, Sammamish, and West Seattle Ys
Led By: Volunteer coach
Score: Tracked
Grades 6-8 League
Celebrate the love of the game in this youth volleyball league. Focus on fine-tuning the game, practicing teamwork, and building on fundamental spiking skills like setting, blocking, and serving through fun drills.
Grades: 6–8, co-ed
Schedule: We practice once per week and play games on the weekend, including home games and games against other Ys in the region. The days and times of the program vary by location.
Winter Locations: Sammamish Ys
Spring Locations: Auburn, Bellevue, Coal Creek, Dale Turner, Kent, Matt Griffin, Meredith Mathews, Northshore, Sammamish, and West Seattle Ys
Led By: Volunteer coach
Score: Tracked
Skills Clinics, Introduction Classes
Prepare for the next volleyball season by fine-tuning skills in our clinics or academies, or learn the basics in an introduction series! Players focus on sharpening techniques for spiking, setting, and serving, practice drills, and have fun.
Grades: K to 8, co-ed
Schedule: Varies by program. Offered throughout the year.
Led by: YMCA staff
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