St. Louis High Performance VBC

St. Louis High Performance VBC is dedicated to the promotion of elite boy's volleyball in the surrounding St. Louis metro area. The 2008-2009 season will be STL High Performance's 9th year. St. Louis High Performance's mission is to provide exceptionally dedicated coaches to train players to play at their highest level. Through this training life lessons are learned and a love for the game is fostered. Along with this mission our coaches have a number of ties and contacts with college coaches across the United States. This allows our players an advantage in pursuing playing opportunities in college and beyond.

St. Louis High Performance is dedicated to TEACHING volleyball to all players. We do not simply roll out the balls and let the kids hit and scrimmage. We are a program, meaning, we have defined clear goals for all age levels. This structured program approach allows our players to advance from age level to age level with the proper skill sets needed to compete and excel beyond their current age level. With that said, all coaches have structured practice plans that are implemented with great thought and purpose. It is our coach's expertise and dedication that is the difference in a player's development. We provide uniform coaching philosophies practiced by current collegiate teams to optimize our teams' performance. It is our goal to be competitive on the national level, and we are dedicated to achieving this goal for all teams participating at the National Tournament.

Our coaching staff boasts a list of former/current collegiate players and coaches that has been called 'exceptional' by current college coaches. Combined they have won 14 Missouri State HS championships, 3 second place finishes and 8 third place finishes in the past 18 years. That experience brings several college coaches to compliment us every year on how well trained our teams are. They notice an enormous difference in the skill of our teams compared to our competitors. They believe this a result of the coaching we provide. We make average players good, good players great, and great players outstanding.

Our coaches are positive teachers and instill the highest morals. The highest ethical standards are presented to the players by the coaches and staff to aid in the building of character and self-esteem. Players exhibiting behavior that is inappropriate is not tolerated and is handled justly. These young men leave St. Louis High Performance as the best of volleyball players and the best of young men.

The coaches' success also exhibits itself in the players learning of life lessons. Our players leave having learned that the good of the many out weigh the good of the one, that there is no I in team, that opportunity is not given but earned, that unity is gained through shared experience, and that sacrifice for a goal is the only way to reach the goal. Along with these lessons unity throughout STL High Performance is nurtured during the year, and at the end we are not a club of 19 teams, we are 1 family.

Awards and Honors Achieved by Club:

In the club's 7 years of existence STL High Performance teams have been very competitive at the national level. The club was formed to provide a program that is dedicated to the highest level of player development. Our coaches have coached players that have gone on to their countries Olympic Teams(3 Players), the USA Junior National Team(3 Players), NCAA All-American Teams(5 Players), Youth National Teams(5 Players), Junior Olympic All-American Teams(32 Players), All-Metro Teams(Over 100 Players), and State Championship Teams(Over 150 Players).

Yearly we have several players invited to participate on the USA National Teams and in the USA National Camps. We will provide our players with the best opportunity to be seen by collegiate coaches and to obtain scholarships. To date 87 of our 99 graduating seniors have been offered scholarships to play volleyball in college. Every year we have teams finish in the top 10 in the country at the USAV Jr. National Tournament. Recent results are as follows

- USAV Nationals 2008: 181-33rd, 171-10th, 172-25th, 161-5th, 162-35th(Club), 151-9th, 152-17th, 141-7th, 142-11th
- USAV Nationals 2007: 181-1st, 182-21st(club), 171-25th, 172-31st, 161-5th, 162-25th, 151-11th, 141-10th, 142-20th, 131-15th(14s Open)
- USAV Nationals 2006: 181-10th, 182-31st, 171-9th, 172-17th, 161-25th, 162-2nd(Club), 151-11th, 141-17th, 131-5th
- USAV Nationals 2005: 181-5th, 182-13th(club), 171-5th, 172-1st(club), 161-9th, 162-25th, 151-11th, 141-19th
- USAV Nationals 2004: 181-17th, 171-3rd, 161-26th, 162-19th, 141-11th
- USAV Nationals 2003: 181-25th, 171-15th, 161-10th, 151-9th, 141-19th
- USAV Nationals 2002: 181-2nd
- USAV Nationals 2001: 171-9th, 141-9th