by Sean Stratton

Boys and Girls Fall Clinic

Updated 9/19/2020 – 6:15 pm – ADDED Information for boys Session 5

The Diablo VBC Board met today and feel at this time we need to postpone the start of our Fall Clinics based on the air quality index is unsafe for our players and coaches.
So at this point we are cancelling the following dates:  We will make sure that these dates that we need to cancel will be made up in September.

  • Sunday – August 23 – Session 4 A and 4 B
  • Monday – August 24 – 6,7, 8 Grade boys clinic, Girls Beach and Session 1 A
  • Tuesday – August 25 – Boys Beach and Session 1 and 1 A
  • (So all sessions on these dates)

We will take a look on Tuesday, what the rest of the week will look like for clinics.
We will continue to keep you updated.
Stay positive and healthy,
Go Diablo!!!!

Diablo VBC will be running the Fall small group clinics. Click on the Session below to see the full details. Clinics are subject to change due to State/City/County guidelines

To register please email us diablovbc@yahoo.com. When then will send you the waivers. You will fill out the waivers and mail in the payment to our PO Box.

    Indoor (We are abiding by all state/city and county guidelines)

    Beach (We are abiding by all state/city and county guidelines)

    Beach Flyer – August, September, and October

    • 9th-12th Grade – Boys
    • 8th-12th Grade – Girls

    Refund Policy

    • Refunds will only be given if we must cancel the program due to State/City/County recommendations.  Once you start the program, you will not be able to receive a refund.  We are not allowed to add any additional players to the cohort once the program starts.

    If you have any questions or wish to sign up, please email us at Diablovbc@yahoo.com. 

    by Sean Stratton

    Girls 2020-21

    Updated 9/12 – 3:00 pm

    We are still looking for players for our teams. If you are interested in trying out, please contact us at diablovbc@yahoo.com

    Welcome to our 2020-21 Girls Season.

    Listed below is the current information for our teams.

    • 18 Black – Head Coach – Tyler Trolson – Assistant Coach – Sierra Stratton
    • 17 Black – Head Coach – Brian Fujinaga
    • 16 Black – Head Coach -Willie Marchesano -Assistant Coach – Ari Amini
    • 16 Green – Head Coach – Janet Hannigan – Assitant Coach – Amie Hartman
    • 15 Black – Head Coach – Sean Stratton – Assitant Coach – Ryan Ludwig
    • 15 Green – Head Coach – Samantha Schimidt
    • 14 Black – Head Coach – Mike Rizarri – Assistant Coach – Deanna Coss
    • 14 Green – Head Coach – Hayden Zollars – Assistant Coach – Jessica Stratton
    • 13 Black – Head Coach – Willie Marchesano – Assistant Coach – Roxy Schneider
    • 13 Green – Head Coach – Shaina Steinberg
    • 12 Black – Head Coach – Ruthie Ignaico – Assistant Coach – Jackie Pociano-Babb

    Diablo will adhere to the following guidelines during our Return to Play for our Beach and Summer Clinics. The safety of our athletes, coaches and families are of the utmost importance to us. These guidelines are provided for general informational purpose only and are not intended as, or should be relied upon as, specific medical or legal advice. This information will be updated as needed and subject to change.

    Additional websites to view for the most up to date information on Covid-19

    by Sean Stratton

    Boys 2020-21 Teams

    Updated 8/9/2020 –

    We would like to let you know that USA Volleyball and the NCVA have postponed the start of the boys season.

    We will be running boys Beach and Boys indoor clinics. At this time, we are abiding by the State/City/County Guidelines. Details on these clinics will come out soon.

    We will be having our boys teams tryouts the first weekend in August.

    • Tryout Date – Postponed – November 13, 2020 is the potential date
    • Location – Tice Valley Gym
    • Time – Between the hours of TBA (Exact details are coming soon) We want to make sure we abide by the State/City Guidelines
    • 2020-2021 USA Volleyball Age Definitions

    Here is the current league schedule:

    13/14 Division and 15/16 Division – Postponed (Changes to the schedule will happen)

    • Qualifier – September 12-13
    • League 1 – October 3
    • League 2 – October 18
    • League 3 – TBD
    • League 4 – December 5
    • Regionals – December 19-20
    • NCVA Boys Far Western – Early January

    17/18 Division Postponed (Changes to the schedule will happen)

    • Qualifier – September 19-20
    • League 1 – October 3
    • League 2 – October 17
    • League 3 – TBD
    • League 4 – December 6
    • Regionals – December 19-20
    • NCVA Boys Far Western – Early January

    Registration will begin Monday, July 27th

    In the event that our region is unable to have tournaments, we will still continue to have boys camps/clinics in August, September, October, November and December. These will abide by the State/City/County Guidelines

    We have room in our Session 6 clinic, if you are interested.

    If you wish to be put on the email list for our boys teams, please email us at diablovbc@yahoo.com

    by Sean Stratton

    Girls 2020 Fall Clinics

    Updated 7/13/2020 – 9:20 am

    If you wish to be put on the email list for our 2020 Girls Fall Clinics, please email us at diablovbc@yahoo.com

    • Diablo will start the Fall Clinics in late August and will run through the last week in October
    • Each clinic will have 10-12 players
    • We will abide by State/City/County Guidelines
    • We will be offering the following clinics
    • 4th to 12th Grade
    • They will be held during the weekdays and weekend

    by Sean Stratton

    2020 Summer Clinics

    Updated 7/13/2020 – 9:55 AM –

    • Session 3 – Completed
    • Session 4 – We have room for 2 girls that are in 7th or 8th grade
    • Session 5 – Wait list only
    • Session 6 – 12 Spots open

    Diablo will adhere to the following guidelines during our Return to Play for our Beach and Summer Clinics. The safety of our athletes, coaches and families are of the utmost importance to us. These guidelines are provided for general informational purpose only and are not intended as, or should be relied upon as, specific medical or legal advice

    Additional websites to view for the most up to date information on Covid-19

    Updated – 5/20/2020 – 2:09 pm – Session 1 and Session 2 has been Postponed. We hope to have Session 1 and Session 2 in July. As soon as we know, we will post the current information

    At this point we still plan to run our 2020 Summer Clinics. We will abide by the Federal/State/County/City guidelines. We know that we will have to modify our Summer Clinics to make sure we abide. At this point we are accepting registrations with no payments. We feel that there will be a max number of athletes we will be able to have on the court. By sending in your registration, you are holding a spot for your son/daughter. Once we know for sure the guidelines, then we will ask for your payment. It is a first come, first serve situation. (Example – If the new guidelines say that we can only have 20 players in the gym at one time, the first 20 families that send in the registration will be guaranteed a spot) If you have any questions please let us know.

    Right now we are working on the guidelines to keep our athletes and coaches safe.  

    We will abide by the guidelines that are set forth by the following organizations.  We hope that they are all the same, so that it make it easy to make sure we are able to follow the guidelines.

    • City of Walnut Creek
    • Liberty Union High School District
    • CDC
    • State of California
    • USA Volleyball
    • Diablo Valley Volleyball Club Board

    At this point we do not know the exact guidelines that we need follow but will be in place when the clinics start.   

    Once we know the guidelines, we will post this information as well as send it to our families.  In the end, if we feel it is not safe then we would not run the clinics.

    Here is the information for our 2020 Summer Clinic. If you have a question about the level, please contact us.

    Session 1 and 2 – Heritage High School – Heritage High School

    Session 3,4, 5 and 6 – Tice Valley Gym – Walnut Creek

    SessionStart DateEnd DateStart TimeEnd Time GradesLevel
    Session 1 – CancelledMonday, June 15, 2020Thursday, June 18, 20209:00 AM12:00 PMBoys/Girls4th-8th Beg/Intermediate
    Session 2 – CancelledMonday, June 15, 2020Thursday, June 18, 20209:00 AM12:00 PMBoys/Girls9th-12thIntermediate/Advanced
    Session 3Monday, July 6, 2020Thursday, July 9, 202012:30 PM3:30 PMBoys/Girls4th-9thBeg/Intermediate
    Session 4Monday, July 13, 2020Thursday, July 16, 202012:30 PM3:30 PMGirls7th-10thIntermediate/Advanced
    Session 5Monday, July 27, 2020Thursday, July 30, 202012:30 PM3:30 PMBoys/Girls4th-9thBeg/Intermediate
    Session 6Monday, August 3, 2020Thursday, August 6, 20203:30 PM6:30 PMBoy  6th-12thBeg/Inter/Advanced

    If you wish to receive waiver, please email us at diablovbc@yahoo.com

    You can email (diablovbc@yahoo.com ) or mail the wavier and payment to our PO Box.

    Diablo VBC, PO Box 69, Concord, CA 94522

    Once we receive the waiver we will send you an email confirmation.

    If you have any questions, please contact us at diablovbc@yahoo.com or 925 451-6581

    Go Diablo!!!

    by Sean Stratton

    2020 Beach Program

    Updated 6/22/2020 – 1:52 pm – Guideline for Returning to Play

    • Girls High School Clinic – 5 of 5 teams confirmed
    • Middle School Clinic – 5 of 5 teams confirmed
    • Boys High School Clinic – 4 of 5 teams confirmed (We are looking for one more team)

    We are excited to say that we will be running our beach program this year.

    There will be a max of 10 players in each program. You must have a partner in order to sign up. If you wish to sign up, please email us as diablovbc@yahoo.com. Space is limited.

    2020 Diablo VBC Beach Program

    Diablo will adhere to the following guidelines during our Return to Play for our Beach and Summer Clinics. The safety of our athletes, coaches and families are of the utmost importance to us. These guidelines are provided for general informational purpose only and are not intended as, or should be relied upon as, specific medical or legal advice

    Additional websites to view for the most up to date information on Covid-19

    Updated 5/5/2020 – 8:35 pm

    The start date for our Beach Program is postponed at this time. Hopefully at the beginning of June

    Updated – 5/7/2020 – 1:45 pm

    At this point we still plan to run our 2020 Summer Beach Program. We will abide by the Federal/State/County guidelines. We know that we will have to modify our Summer Beach Program to make sure we abide. At this point we are accepting registrations with no payments. We feel that there will be a max number of athletes we will be able to have on the court. By sending in your registration, you are holding a spot for your son/daughter. Once we know for sure the guidelines, then we will ask for your payment. It is a first come, first serve situation. (Example – If the new guidelines say that we can only have 20 players in the gym at one time, the first 20 families that send in the registration will be guaranteed a spot) If you have any questions please let us know.

    Diablo VBC will be running our Beach Program again.

    Click on the link below to get the most up to date information

    2020 Beach Information

    Programs we will be running

    • Boys/Girls – 7/8 Grade – Monday/Wednesday
    • Girls – 9-12 Grade – Monday/Wednesday
    • Boys 9-12 Grade – Tuesday/Saturday

    The program will start in Mid May and run through July 2020

    by Sean Stratton

    Girls 2019 Fall Clinics

    We will be running our 2019 Fall Clinics starting at the end of August. If you wish to get a waiver, please email us diablovbc@yahoo.com. You can call with any questions to 925 451-6581

    We will be adding the following clinics and Open gym as of 10/1/19

    • 7th graders – October 13 and 20 – 9:30 am to 11 am – Tice Valley Gym – $30 per session (Clinic) – Jeff Lee/Mike Rizarri – 13 Black Coaches
    • 11th graders – October 13 and 20 – 9:30 am to 11 am – Tice Valley Gym – $7.00 per session (Open Gym – Exact change)
    • 9th graders – October 30 – 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm – Tice Valley Gym – $7.00 per session (Open Gym – Exact change)

    Click here for the East County Fall Clinics (Heritage High School)

    If you wish to sign up, please email us and we will send you a waiver. Please let us know the clinics you are interested in.

    We can add you on a wait list if the clinic you are looking for is full at this time

    Go Diablo!!!!