Hi Awesome Beach Cities Families!

•      The season is starting! As I leave my office and walk out to the volleyball courts, the enthusiasm, growth and happiness of young volleyball players, boy athletes and girl athletes, what I see truly creates wonderful memories every night.
•      Congratulations to Dede Carranza, who made First Team All American as a libero for Claremont McKenna college. (THE BEST LIBERO INTHE NATION!!!) Dede played for Beach Cities for nine seasons, from the age of 10 until 18. She graduated with honors from Vistamar, achieved great grades and a volleyball scholarship to one of the best schools in the country. I personally coached Dede for four seasons (including three school seasons), and her success is a tribute to hard work (especially when she played on my teams) and happy times during these years. She will graduate this June and start her career with a prestigious Big Four CPA firm. Thanks for the memories, Dede, we am far happier for having you, and your family, in our lives.
•      Several of our Boys teams traveled this past weekend to Las Vegas for the annual Winter Formal, a tournament wherein the best teams in the nation compete to see how they match up against the Southern California teams. Congratulations to Max Garris’ 18 Black team, who took 10th place among the 10+ best teams in the nation and Sadiq Kagzi’s 16 Black team who took 5th (!) in the 16s Division, and Kevin Williams’ 12 Black team who took 2nd Place (i.e., the Gold Finals!) in the 12’s Division! As the High School Boy’s teams are starting the wind down their first half, our Girls teams will start up, and then everyone will be playing from mid April on.
•      Family Night is coming up January 21st
  •      1) We are starting up a new program with TORQ, which will allow live streaming of tournaments, performance and skill videos and much more. Players and families are invited to Family Night to learn what is available and how to max out the opportunities. Former baseball great Jake Baer will be presenting, and you can get some information on the TORQ website. TORQ is a cutting edge opportunity that will allow families to create visual memories of their players from their first experience on a team at Beach Cities Volleyball forward. For High School players TORQ will help your players market their talents to college coaches across the country, as well as help them choose the best college for them (whether they want to play volleyball in college or not).
  •      2) In competition, skills training is crucial for successful athletic performance. In competition, Mental Performance is a crucial element to maximize skills, and athletic success. That being the case, the fabulous, cutting age Deanna Schneyer, Best-Selling Author & Founder of The Winning Element. is running our Mental Performance Training program. Every child who actively participates in this program will develop skills to thrive, on and off the court. Deanna will be at our Family Night to explain the program & how to maximize the opportunity.
  •      The Family Night presentations and the season-long programs themselves are free to all players on teams at Beach Cities Volleyball. Additionally, for the high school teams, a representative of “College Funding Solutions”, will speak & introduce how she can help families with the burdensome cost of college.
  • Family Night will be held at LA Galaxy on the following schedule:
    • 6:00 PM: 14 & Under Boy and Girl team athletes and families
    • 6:45 PM: High School Girl team athletes and families
    • 7:45 PM: High School Boy team athletes and families
•      Thanks for being part of Beach Cities Volleyball. See you on the court!

Respectfully, Chip Schulte

Hi Awesome Beach Cities Families!

• It is starting! Welcome to the 2024-25 edition of Beach Cities Volleyball. As the purveyors of volleyball skills and wonderful memories, we are excited that you are part of the Beach Cities Volleyball Family!
• The first series of qualifiers, for our twelve Boys teams, were played over the last three weekends. Congratulations to the spirited competitive spirit and skills displayed by all our teams. In particular our 12 Black team, coached by Kevin Williams, went undefeated until the very last match, to end up in 3rd place in their entire 12 & Under Age Group. All of our teams played well and showed that they will have an excellent season.
• For the next two weekends (Oct 26 & 27, and Nov 2 & 3) our High School Age Boys will play in tournaments, the 12s/13s & 14 Boys teams will play the following weekend of 11/9 & 11/10.
• Beach Cities is part of the Southern California Volleyball Association, one of the largest of the 31 Volleyball Associations in the United States. Our Boy’s teams have the opportunity of playing in the SCVA or SoCal Cup tournaments. This season our Boys teams are competing in the SoCal Cup, which has currently become the larger of the two (SCVA or SoCal Cup). This offers our players somewhat stronger competition, and the opportunity of playing in tournaments just down the road in Seal Beach, rather than in distant gyms in Riverside or San Bernardino Counties.
• Meanwhile our Girl’s teams are competing in the SCVA. The Girl’s teams are playing in their school season, so their tournaments start a little later to avoid a Club-School team conflict. The 8th grade & Under initial Girls tournament will be on November 9th, and the first High School Age Girls tournament is December 7th & 8th. The Girls teams will then continue their tournament season until the end of May. To avoid the same Club-School conflict with the Boys teams, the High School Boys teams will stop play in mid January, and pick up again in a very active tournament time period starting in May.

• Again, I hope you are all had a pleasant Mother’s Day and are having a wonderful May. I look forward to talking to you next week!

Respectfully, Chip Schulte

Hi Awesome Beach Cities Families!

• It has been a few weeks since we have spoken, since May 7 th , filled with activities & tournaments& practices & meetings. First of all I hope all our wonderful Beach Cities moms had a Happy Mother’s Day! My wife & I spent a short Mother’s Day weekend with her son Colin, in a small town in Florida named New Port Richey, a small town in Florida near Tampa. Thank goodness for modern travel methods and low fares! Incidentally, the gas out in Florida was only $3.39/gallon!
• TOURNAMENT RECAP: This past weekend, on May 18 th & 19 th , our Girls 11s-12s & 13s played well in the Southern California Championships, and the other 14 Girls, then 15s & 17s, then 16s Girls follow on respective weekends through early June. After a very active SCVA May tournament schedule, our Intraclub tournaments start in are scheduled to have our 14 & Under Girls & Boys teams will compete in an Intraclub on June 2 nd , then the Girls 14 & Under teams the morning of June 15, then the High School Girl’s teams the afternoon of June 15, and 14 & older Boys teams on June 23. We hope that everyone is able to participate in our Intraclub tournaments, which are free to the players & held at LA Galaxy.
• PHOTO NIGHT: On Wednesday May 8 we held our traditional annual PhotoNight, where team & individual photos were taken by JW Party Pictures at LA Galaxy. We just received our Memory Mates, a framed assembly of individual & team photos for each player. If you have not yet received your photo package, please call your coach, who will be passing them out this week. We hope that everyone was able to attend & take advantage of the free memories/photos.
• END OF THE YEAR TOURNAMENTS: We also held our Parent Orientation for the Girls to compete in the year end Volleyball Festival Nationals, occurring in the second half of June. For the Volleyball Festival, we have negotiated very inexpensive pricing again this year at the Embassy Suites in Phoenix. The link has already been sent to you; if you have not already reserved your room through the link, please understand that we are only able to reserve a certain number of rooms at the rate we have negotiated, so please reserve your rooms this week. We have emailed out the link twice in the last few weeks, but if for some reason you still do not have the link, please call the office & we will email the link to you. This week Christian Cammayo will also be holding Orientation Meetings for the Boys JO’s team. Lodging for the Boys JO’s will be managed through “Stay to Play”.
• HAIKYUU MOVIE: As a ‘Beach Cities Volleyball only’ event, we have rented out an entire theater on (Tuesday) June 4 th at 6 PM for this exciting volleyball movie. You should have already received your link to purchase tickets from our office. AMC’s theater only holds 107 seats, so please sign up quickly if you want to see the movie.
• HIGH PERFORMANCE TRYOUT PREPARATION CLINICS:  Coming up, starting in early July, we will be holding our nine-session High Performance Tryout Preparation Clinics. This series is designed to help our High School girls to improve their tryout performances, both for current 12 th grade players trying out to start their college careers, and current 8 th -11 th grade players, trying out for their High School (& Club) teams. This is a nine-session clinic series, on Tuesdays (6 to 8), Friday (6 to 8) & Sundays (5 to 7) starting July 8 th & running through July. High School Club tryouts are scheduled for July 27 th . Again, this will be a fabulous nine-session clinic series, and tuition is only $199! Please register early at ‘Beachcitiesvbc.com’ to assure yourself a spot
• Again, I hope you are all had a pleasant Mother’s Day and are having a wonderful May. I look forward to talking to you next week!

Respectfully, Chip Schulte

Hi Awesome Beach Cities Families!

• Happy Mother’s Day to the wonderful Beach Cities moms! I hope that you are all having a wonderful day spending time with your families. My wife & I are spending a short weekend with her son Colin in New Port Richey, a small town in Florida near Tampa. Thank goodness for modern travel methods and low fares! Incidentally, the gas out here is $3.39/gallon!
• INTRACLUB TOURNAMENTS: Our 14 & Under Boys High School teams played in our Intraclub Spring League tournament on May 5. After this, the Spring League will take a hiatus, as we seem to have SCVA or SoCal Cup tournaments each weekend for the last two weeks of May. Next week, on May 18 th & 19 th , our Girls 11s-12s & 13s are in the Southern California Championships, and the other 14 Girls, then 15s & 17s, then 16s Girls follow on respective weekends through early June. In June, we are scheduled to have our 14 & Under Girls teams compete in an Intraclub the morning of June 15, then the High School Girl’s teams the afternoon of June 15, and 14 & older Boys teams on June 23. We hope that everyone is able to participate in our Intraclub tournaments, which are free to the players & held at LA Galaxy.
• PHOTO NIGHT: This past Wednesday was our traditional annual PhotoNight, where team & individual photos were taken by JW Party Pictures at LA Galaxy. About two weeks after PhotoNight, the coaches will receive & pass out your Memory Mates, a framed assembly of individual & team photos for each player. We hope that everyone was able to attend & take advantage of the free memories/photos.
• END OF THE YEAR TOURNAMENTS: We also held our Parent Orientation for the Girls to compete in the year end Volleyball Festival Nationals, occurring in the second half of June. For the Volleyball Festival, we have negotiated very inexpensive pricing again this year at the Embassy Suites in Phoenix. The link has already been sent to you; if you have not already reserved your room through the link, please understand that we are only able to reserve a certain number of rooms at the rate we have negotiated, so please reserve your rooms this week. We have emailed out the link twice in the last few weeks, but if for some reason you still do not have the link, please call the office & we will email the link to you. In the next few weeks we will also be holding Orientation Meetings for the Boys JO’s team. Lodging for the Boys JO’s will be managed through “Stay to Play”.
• HAIKYUU MOVIE: As a ‘Beach Cities Volleyball only’ event, we have rented out an entire theater on (Tuesday) June 4 th at 6 PM for this exciting volleyball movie. You should have already received your link to purchase tickets from our office. AMC’s theater only holds 107 seats, so please sign up quickly if you want to see the movie.
• HIGH PERFORMANCE TRYOUT PREPARATION CLINICS:  Coming up, starting in early July, we will be holding our nine-session High Performance Tryout Preparation Clinics. This series is designed to help our High School girls to improve their tryout performances, both for current 12 th grade players trying out to start their college careers, and current 8 th -11 th grade players, trying out for their High School (& Club) teams. This is a nine-session clinic series, on Tuesdays (6 to 8), Friday (6 to 8) & Sundays (5 to 7) starting July 8 th & running through July. High School Club tryouts are scheduled for July 27 th . Again, this will be a fabulous nine-session clinic series, and tuition is only $199! Please register early at ‘Beachcitiesvbc.com’ to assure yourself a spot
• Again, I hope you are all having a pleasant Mother’s Day. I look forward to talking to you next. week!

Respectfully, Chip Schulte

Hi Awesome Beach Cities Families!

I hope all of you are having a nice Spring, cool as it has been. I usually move my team’s Saturday practices from the gym to the beach, on the “Spring Forward Day”, which was March 10th, but this year the temperature has been in the high 50’s or low 60’s on Saturday mornings at 9AM, so we have continued to practice in the gym. I know our players look forward to being able to play on the beach soon.

• INTRACLUB LEAGUE: Our Intraclub Spring League (tournaments at LA Galaxy) has been in play for the last two weeks, with spirited competition abound. These tournaments are generally on Sunday afternoon, although on Father’s Day the tournament day will move back to Saturday. The next tournament, on May 5th is an Intraclub of our High School Boys teams. The Intraclub Spring League tournaments are held to allow our an additional two to four extra tournaments (in addition to the SCVA and SoCal Cup tournaments) to our players at no cost.
• VOLLEYBALL FESTIVAL 2024 AND BOYS & GIRLS JOs: Starting in a few weeks we will have meetings regarding the Volleyball Festival Nationals for Girls & JO’s for boys. The Volleyball Festival National Orientation meetings will be held, for the parents, on Wednesday May 8th , the same day as our Photo Night. The parents will already be in the gym & the meetings are scheduled at times convenient in line with team’s Photo Night time. These meetings are held with the parents & your attendance is encouraged. For the Volleyball Festival, we have negotiated very inexpensive pricing again this year at the Embassy Suites in Phoenix. The link has already been sent to you; if you have not already reserved your room through the link, please understand that we ae only able to reserve a certain number of rooms at the rate we have negotiated.
  • The schedule is as follows:
    • 4 PM: Future Stars
    • 5 PM: Local Girls Teams (11 Smack, 12 Platinum, 13 Platinum, 13 Diamond & 14 Diamond)
    • 6:30: Travel Teams (12 Smack, 13 Smack, 14 Platinum, all High School Girls teams)
• In the next few weeks we will also be holding Orientation Meetings for the Boys JO’s team. Lodging for the Boys (& Girls) JO’s) will be handled through “Stay to Play”.
• PHOTO NIGHT 2024: And lastly, but certainly not least, Our Photo Night is Wednesday, May 8th. Each team will receive the time schedule of their team’s shoots, and the individuals & team photos will take about 15 minutes per team. Each player will receive a “Memory Mate”, which includes individual photos & team photo’s at no charge. You will have the opportunity to purchase additional photo opportunities from our Photographers, JW Party Pictures, but no purchases are required.

I look forward to talking to you next week! Respectfully, Chip Schulte

Hi Awesome Beach Cities Families!

• I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend with their families. My wife Sarah & I went on our annual visit to Salt Lake City, to visit my son Tim & his wife Sara & four of our grandchildren. The Schultes in Salt Lake City include our 16 year grandson & three granddaughters: a 13 year old & two 9 year old twins. We are truly blessed to have & be able to spend time with our grandchildren in Salt Lake City and four grandchildren in The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston. We visit our family in Texas for Halloween weekend.
• BOYS 2ND HALF TRYOUTS: On Saturday April 13th, we have our annual Boys 2nd half tryouts from 1 to 3 PM, with makeups on Sunday from 3 to 5, and commitments immediately after. Although these are primarily tryouts for High School Boys completing their high school season, 11-14 year old boys are also invited to try out. If you have boys not yet on a club team, or friends of your boys in the same position, consider having them try out & join the fun! You can sign up to register at ‘Beachcitiesvbc.com’.
• INTRACLUB LEAGUE: Our Intraclub Spring League starts April 21st; tournaments for our 14 & Under Boys & Girls teams are on April 21st, and 15 & 16 Girls teams will start their Spring League on April 28th. Some of the pools may move back to the Saturdays of those weekends.
• VOLLEYBALL FESTIVAL 2024: Starting in a few weeks we will have meetings regarding the Volleyball Festival Nationals for Girls & JO’s for boys. These meetings are held with the parents & the players are invited but not required to attend. For the Volleyball Festival, we have negotiated very inexpensive pricing again this year at the Embassy Suites in Phoenix, the link will be sent out this week; lodging for the Boys (& Girls JO’s) will be handled through “Stay to Play”.
• PHOTO NIGHT 2024: And lastly, but certainly not least, Our Photonight is Wednesday, May 8th. Each team will receive their times, and the individuals & team photos will take about 25 minutes per team. Each player will receive a “Memory Mate”, which includes individual photos & team photo’s at no charge. You will have the opportunity to purchase additional photo opportunities from our Photographers, JW Party Pictures, but no purchases are required.

Respectfully, Chip Schulte