Magnum Volleyball Club

Many parents ask me what they can do to be the best volleyball parent they can be.  My answer is to be encouraging and knowledgeable.  Here is some tips on knowing everything there is to know about volleyball in the Palmetto Region and help for you to get your daughter to get recruited to college. 


1.  What can I do to help my daughter become a better volleyball player?

First of all you already have done a lot to help them already.  You have them playing club volleyball.  Not only that you have them at the best club that you can put them in.

Provide and encourage them to eat well and exercise.  Volleyball is a quick movement and jumping sport and extra weight does not help anyone.  We do not want them emaciated though so don't take this overboard.  We want them healthy.  Encourage the eating of fruits and vegetables and a multivitamin.  Teenage girls especially need calcium.  Try to keep them off soft drinks.  

Provide them every oppurtunity you can to get them playing vball in the off season.  There are camps, Magnum Academy, etc that they can participate in.  Don't push them into doing things they don't want to but offer it as an option. 

2.  How can you help them get recruited to college?  Click on this link: Parents Recruiting

3.  What to do and how to act at tournaments: PVA guide to parents and fans
       This link has some very funny videos that are a MUST to watch.  
       In the Palmetto Region there is a Zero Tolerance policy that we at Magnum support.  Read it and follow it.  

4.  Make sure your coaches have all of the necessary paperwork for your daughter so that if they get hurt and you are not there the coach can still get help for your daughter.  This is done with the USAV Medical Release form.   Make sure your daughters coach has a copy.

5. If your daughter ever gets hurt at a practice or game and you need the USAV secondary insurance to help out you can click on this link and get all insurance info and forms to file:  USAV Insurance

6.  To see how your daughters team is ranked in the region and how these rankings are determined you can click here:  PVA Rankings  Please do not worry about these so much that it consumes your lives.  This ranking is only used to determine where the team is place at the Regional Championships in Charlotte at the end of the season.
        On this link you can see how Magnum has finished since it's beginning in the 2005 season.  Only 3 Magnum teams in 5 years ranked below any other Midlands team at the end of the year.  That is dominance in the Midlands area.

7.  How is my daughters age level determined for USAV?  Click here:  USAV Age Definitions

8.  Who made All Region last year?  Click here:  ALL REGION for Palmetto

9.  Tournament info:
       Tournament Schedule of all available tournaments in the Palmetto Region:  Touranment Schedule
        I'm new to Club in the Midlands area.  What should I expect at a tournament?  Click here: Tournament information
        I've lost my email with the directions to the gym for this weekend.  Gym Directions

10.  Finally but very important: Support your Magnum coach!!  Sometimes your Magnum coach will do something that you might not understand or agree with.  Your daughter might come to you and complain about playing time or something else.  We ask you to remember that we as coaches are looking out for the best interest of the team as a whole and all 10 players as a team.  You as a parent are mainly concerned with only your daughter and therefore your logic can be biased towards her.  The coaches are in practices every week and you are not.  You must trust that the coach is doing the best thing for your daughter and for the team.  It is ok to question a coach but we would encourage you to have your daughter come to the coach and talk to him/her after a practice (not at tournaments.)  Have her ask the coach what she is not doing well, what she can do better etc.  Encourage her to do this in a respectful way.