MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
TRAVEL TEAM TRAINING

We are pleased to announce our next level of volleyball instruction - our travel team training sessions! These are age-level, team-focused, practices held twice a week by our highly qualified coaches, preparing players for the upcoming club season and eventually, high school level play. Additionally, players in this program are automatically entered as a team in our upcoming middle school league. The middle school league will be composed of teams from volleyball clubs and organizations surrounding the Burlington area. Teams will play anywhere from 3 to 5 matches with each other, every Saturday, at XL Sports in Mt. Laurel.

The Travel Team Training Sessions and Middle School League run concurrently for 5-weeks. We offer four separate seasons:

Summer I starts week of July 5th

Summer II starts week of August 7th

Fall I starts week of September 11th

Fall II starts week of October 16th

Spots are limited to 12 max per team, however we have room for multiple teams of the same age group. Register under the grade level that your child will be going into.

League Play will be as follows:

LEARNING DIVISION - GRADES 3-4 

• For teams that are absolute beginners, typically Grades 3 and 4 

• Lightweight youth volleyball used

• Coach(es) may assist players on court in between rallies

• Players may serve as close as 15 feet from the net (half-court)

• Net height 6’6”

• “Baseball” rule - 2 serve attempts, 3rd one tossed over

• Any combination of boys and girls on the court at any time

• “Mercy rule” - 5 consecutive points warrants automatic side-out

• Referees provided by XL Sports can step in to assist coach(es)

FRIENDSHIP DIVISION - GRADES 5-6 

• For teams with some volleyball experience, typically Grades 5 and 6

• Lightweight youth volleyball used

• Net height 7’

• Must have more girls than boys on court at any time

• “Tennis” rule - 1st serve attempt at service line, 2nd option at half-court

• “Mercy rule” - 10 consecutive points warrants automatic side-out

COMPETITIVE DIVISION - GRADES 7-8 

• For teams from experienced volleyball clubs, typically Grades 7 and 8

• Regular volleyball used

• Regular net height 7’4”

• Boys are not permitted to play in this division

• All matches adhere to USA Volleyball official rules and guidelines

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