Sport for Life Gala Honors Voth and Davidson!
The Manitoba Volleyball Association would like to Congratulate Chris Voth and Mitch Davidson on being name the Manitoba Junior Athlete of the Year and Manitoba Official of the Year respectively. The awards were presented at the Sport for Life Gala in Winnipeg on May 21, 2009. For more information please go to www.sportmanitoba.ca.
Beach 4 Life Information Now Available!
Click here for more information on Manitoba's Premier Beach Volleyball Tournament Tour.
2009 Coors Light Super-Spike Announced
- Default Headlining along with The Ending & Tele
Winnipeg – The 2009 Coors Light Super-Spike presented by MTS, is excited to announce that it will be returning for its eight annual event this July 17th and 18th at Maple Grove Rugby Park.
Super-Spike which has become one of Winnipeg’s can’t miss festival events of the summer, combines Manitoba’s largest outdoor & beach volleyball tournament with a weekend long concert series.
Platinum recording artists ‘Default’ who have topped the Canadian charts multiple times and are ready to launch their newest album this Spring, has been confirmed to headline the 2009 event. Joining Default will be fellow Canadian rockers ‘The Ending’ whose new single ‘Freakshow’ has charged into the Top 20 rock charts across Canada. Local Winnipeg pop-rock foursome Tele has also been confirmed for the bill, with more bands to be announced in the coming weeks.
Team registrations are now being accepted for the event, with recreational, intermediate, competitive and corporate challenge divisions open for co-ed teams of 6’s. Last years event saw over 170 teams take part making it Manitoba’s largest ever volleyball event. All Super-Spike tournament participants receive free access for the concert series and on-site festivities.
Weekend long concert and festival passes for non tournament participants will be on sale for the event this Saturday, May 23rd for only $25.00 at all Ticketmaster locations. Team registration forms and further event information is available on the event website at www.superspike.ca, or public can phone 474-7227.
All profits raised from the event go towards supporting our National Women’s Volleyball team based in Winnipeg
NEW Spectator Code of Conduct!
The Manitoba Volleyball Association in an effort to ensure a safe and enjoybale competitive environment for athletes, coaches, officials and spectators has developed a Spectator Code of Conduct. All spectators at any MVA sanctioned event will be held to this code of conduct. The Manitoba Volleyball Association knows we can count on the support of the volleyball community in Manitoba to adhere to this guideline while continuing to offer great support to our teams while they compete Provincially and Nationally.
To view the Spectators Code of Conduct Click Here!
Volleyball Long Term Athlete Development Model
In December of 2004, over 60 of the most prominent and experienced volleyball coaches, players and administrators in Canada gathered in Toronto to discuss the current state of our sport, the desired state and what we need to do in order to achieve the desired state. Following this meeting, Volleyball Canada in partnership with Sport Canada made a strategic decision to embrace and implement the LTAD model. LTAD offers a pragmatic and scienti?c approach to developing our athletes. To date, competition was not de?ned for volleyball it “just happened”.
LTAD represents a systematic, integrated system that is built around developing athletes and identifying appropriate levels of competition at each stage. LTAD is about “volleyball for life”. Over the next year MVA will be taking a look at our existing programming and new initiatives and determining how they best fit in the new LTAD model. We will as a province determine what we need to do to help acheive the goals of LTAD for the development of volleyball in Canada. As the first step to that process we are making available the LTAD Model to our members and volleyball community within Manitoba to help you understand LTAD and better prerpare you for what lies ahead.
Please feel free to download and /or forward the LTAD Model to anyone who may be interested.
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