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Dear Volleyball Mom,
Do You Know What Sets My Private Volleyball Training Apart From Anyone In Vegas?
I invite You to read what my private volleyball training mission says before considering hiring me as a private volleyball coach because I'm not available for everyone.About Coach April Chapple
Coach April Chapple is a former USA National team member professional indoor and beach volleyball player coaching in Las Vegas for the past 15 years.
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2022 College Commitments
 Coach April Head Coach Tstreet Las Vegas -18s 2022 College Commitments for Seniors Libero Brooke Paige, Cal State Los Angeles |
 Coach April Head Coach Tstreet Las Vegas -18s 2022 College Commitments for Seniors Setter Rilee Read, Cal State Monterey Bay |
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2023 College Commitments
 Coach April Head Coach Tstreet Las Vegas -18s 2023 College Commitments for Seniors Setter/Oppo Peyton Reese, Virginia State |
 Coach April Head Coach Tstreet Las Vegas -18s 2023 College Commitments for Seniors Middle Blocker/Oppo, Naomi White, Portland State Coach April Head Coach Tstreet Las Vegas -18s 2023 College Commitments for Seniors Middle Blocker/Oppo, Mimi Bartlett, Ottawa University |
Coach April Head Coach Vegas Volley -18s
2024 College Commitments
Coach April Head Coach Vegas Volley -18s
2025 College Commitments
Proud of my starting senior libero Athena Zhen who is going to play volleyball in New York at Molloy University.
Congratulations to senior outside hitter Amber Cerny who'll be playing at Coalinga College.
Coach April Head Coach Vegas Volley - Boys 17s
Aaron jumping over the libero while hitting the ball
18s and 17s Boys Singing Happy Birthday
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Coaching Volleyball in Las Vegas
The award-winning 12 year old Las Vegas based program created and directed by Coach April Chapple, author of "Improve Your Volleyball.com is a highly focused program aimed at improving individual skills and physical fitness while refining techniques to youth in Clark County in the sport of volleyball while maintaining low costs to the participants with exceptional results.
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Coach April Chapple Highlights
- Creator of the original Volleyball Voice Boot Camp class and elite training, invitation-only Breakfast Club held Saturday mornings for seven years at Stupak Community Center in Las Vegas
- Has been teaching volleyball skills to high school and middle school athletes both boys and girls for the past 15 years after moving to Las Vegas in 2006.
- More than 20 players have been chosen or invited to play on USA Volleyball High Performance teams, and one, setter Kami Miner, is an award-winning gold medal winning USA Volleyball athlete who's the starting setter for Stanford University who's career was nurtured in the USA High Performance Championships which Coach April introduced her to
- All Volleycats Elite VBC club teams have finished in the gold and no lower than silver divisions of the Southern California Volleyball Association (SCVA) Power League in all three years of the club's history
- Volleycats Elite Panthers coached by Ken Beckham earned a Silver medal at the 2015 SCVA Summer Soiree
- Volleycats Elite Tigers coached by C'era Oliveira earned a Silver medal in the Open division at 2017 AAU West Coast Championships held in Las Vegas
- Volleycats Elite Tigers coached by April Chapple advanced to the semifinals in the Open 15s division of the Far Westerns National Qualifier held in Reno Nevada. Tigers finished in 4th place overall after going 8-0 their first two days of competition.
- Volleycats Elite Cougars coached by Quinton Bradley and assistant coach Andrew Hass and Olivia Costancio finished 9th place in the 17s Open Gold division at the 31st Annual Las Vegas Classic with 13-year-old Kami Miner as the starting setter
- Five year regular Boot Camp Class member, semi private client and four year Volleycats Elite team captain, player Sydney Berenyi was the 2016 Nevada state Gatorade Player of the Year. Accepted a scholarship to Division I school
Coach April Chapple is a former USA National team member professional indoor and beach volleyball player coaching in Las Vegas for the past 15 years. Coach April introduced Sydney and Kami to the USA Volleyball High Performance program.- Three year regular Boot Camp class member and semi-private client, elite level setter in the USAVHP pipeline and three year Volleycats Elite player Kami Miner participated in the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships on the top team Girls Select A1 National team at age 14.
- Recruited by a majority of the very top teams in Division I
Update:
- Kami at the completion of her freshman high school year has been named to the 2018 USA Youth National Girls National Training Team - the top 20 players in the United States. Only five freshmen in the nation made the team. Kami is one of only four setters.
Kami at the completion of her freshman high school year has been named to the 2018 USA Youth National Girls National Training Team - the top 20 players in the United States. Only five freshmen in the nation made the team. Kami is one of only four setters
Kami at the completion of her freshman high school year has been named to the 2018 USA Youth National Girls National Training Team - the top 20 players in the United States. Only five freshmen in the nation made the team. Kami is one of only four setters.- Middle blocker, Danyale Berry was the first Volleycat Elite club player ever to receive a volleyball scholarship
- 2012 - Las Vegas High School - Freshmen Boys Head Coach team - later as seniors these freshmen finished as Nevada State championship runners up in 2016
About Coach April Chapple
Volleycats Elite VBC, Club Director
2014 - 2018 Volleycats Elite VBC - Club Director
- 2015
- Tigers Elite 14s, Cougars Elite 15s
- 2016
- Tigers Elite 14s, Panthers Elite 15s, Cougars Elite 16s
- For the second year in a row Volleycats Elite players dominated the Max Preps Volleyball Statistical Categories Top 10 rankings
- Three Volleycat Elite helped lead Silverado High School to the finals of the state championship
- 2017
- Tigers Elite 15s, Cougars Elite 17s
- Two Volleycats three year club member and five year regular Boot Camp class attendee Braedyn Peters and Taliah Bell one year Volleycats member win the state championship with their Shadow Ridge High School team
Hit Stat Leaders
Aces Stat Leaders
Assists Stat Leaders
Block stat leaders About Coach April Chapple
Author, Writer, Journalist
- From 1996 - 2000 coached coaches as the "Five Quick Tips" regular columnist for the American Volleyball Coaches (AVCA) Association bi-monthly "Coaching Volleyball" magazine
- author of over 100 published articles online and off teaching volleyball skills about playing and coaching elite volleyball
- contributing writer for publications: Active.com, CapitalOneCup.com, Las Vegas Sports magazine, Volleyball Magazine, USA Volleyball Magazine, e-sports.com
- websites: Improve Your Volleyball formerly Inspiring Female Volleyball Players.com, Volleyball Voices.com, The Volleyball Voice and Volleycats Elite.com
- e-booklets: "How To Stop Serving Like A Wimp" and 86 Girls Volleyball Tips: How To Gain Confidence on the Court
About Coach April Chapple:
Photography
- photographed some of the top international players in the world while living in Italy
- work has been published in many of the top Italian magazines and publications including MAX, Corriere dello Sport, the cover of the Gazzetto dello Sport magazine, the Gazzetta di Vicenza, and all three Italian volleyball magazines.
Hall of Fame, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Four time All American
- The first four-year volleyball Hall of Fame Inductee at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- Inglewood, California native is a former USA Volleyball National Team member
- represented the US in indoor women's professional Italian league for eight years
- Having attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 1981-1984 coached by Bob Bertucci I'm a member and former team captain of the ONLY volleyball team in UT Knoxville history to
- win three SEC (Southeastern Conference) championships in four years
- win three SEC regular seasons in four years
- Statistical category results still rank in the top ten rankings in the SEC - records that stand for more than 30 years
- Southeastern Conference MVP
- All SEC Conference team - 3 yrs
- SEC Tournament MVP
Coach April Chapple is a former USA National team member professional indoor and beach volleyball player coaching in Las Vegas for the past 15 years.
Coach April Chapple is a former USA National team member professional indoor and beach volleyball player coaching in Las Vegas for the past 15 years.
About Coach April Chapple:
Professional Volleyball Player
- Eight year professional volleyball player playing in Italy
- Finalist D-I Italian League Championships (Reggio Emilia)
- Finalist Italian Cup Tournament
- Finalist European Cup of Cup (Coppa delle Coppe) Tournament
- A-2 to A-1 Promotion - Fulgor Fidenza
- First round draft pick and First Team All Pro - Major League Volleyball (the first American women's pro league ever) - New York Liberties
- First round draft pick and First Team All Pro- Team Champion - Budlight Fours (ESPN)
Coach April Chapple is a former USA National team member professional indoor and beach volleyball player coaching in Las Vegas for the past 15 years.
About Coach April Chapple:
Beach Volleyball Player
- Voted Budlight Four Person Best Left Side Hitter
- (WPVA) Womens Pro Beach Volleyball Association member
- (AVP) Association of Volleyball Professionals
- (FIPAV) Italian 3x3 Beach Champion with partners Simonetta Fillippini and future first Italian Olympian Laura Bruschini
- (CBVA) California Beach Volleyball Association - earned #1 ranking in the state of California
- (FIVB) as high as #80 ranked in the world
- played in FIVB and AVP events w/ five-time Olympian Danielle Scott Arruda
- Manhattan Beach Six Man - won first place title twice, second place title twice
About Coach April Chapple:
Former Teammates
Former teammates include
- three-time Olympian, Olympic MVP and silver medalist and
- current UC Irvine coach Paula Weishoff,
- two-time Olympian Elaina Oden,
- her sister two-time Olympic team captain Kim Oden,
- three-time Olympian and USA Volleyball team captain Tammy Liley,
- AVP Beach volleyball pro Dianne Shoemaker DeNecochea,
- WPVA standout Heather Hafner along with beach legends and Olympians Karolyn Kirby, Liz Masakayan, Mary Jo Peppler, Ruth Lawanson and many European, Asian and South American Olympians and World Champions.
- Coach travelled the world as an elite professional indoor and beach volleyball professional for 30+ years
Coached by some of the top volleyball coaches in the world including
- Taras Lyskevich - USA National Team
- Russ Rose - 7-time NCAA Champion
- Mick Haley - USC
- Bob Bertucci - Tennessee
- Claudio Piazza- Parma, Italy
- Mary Jo Peppler - New York Liberties
- Nina Matthies - Beach Doubles
- Elaine Roque - Beach Doubles
- Mark Barber - Beach Doubles
- Pat Zartman - Beach Doubles
- Joel DeNocochea - Beach Fours
- Claudio Cuello - Italy
- Claudio Cattani - Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Gary Sato - Club and College
2014
- Club Director, Volleycats Elite VBC
2015
- USA Indoor Girls HP - Tryouts in Los Angeles April 19 - Evaluator Setting
- Future Select National Training Program Apprentice Coach
- Club Director, Volleycats Elite VBC
2016
- USA Indoor Girls HP - Tryouts in Los Angeles April 11 - Lead Evaluator - Setters
- USA Indoor Girls HP - Tryouts in Los Angeles April 17 - Lead Evaluator - Setters
- Assistant Coach for the USAV Youth Continental Team Program at the USA High Performance Championships, Ft. Lauderdale, FL from July 14 - 24, 2016.
- Club Director, Volleycats Elite VBC
2017, 2018
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- Dear Beach Volleyball
- VolleyBragSwag
- VS&Q Volleyball Sayings and Quotes
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Yesterday the Vegas girls HS volleyball season was cancelled. You're frustrated, I know, BUT you need to know ALL your training options you have besides club!
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For the the 2015-2016 Volleycats Elite Volleyball season I had a very specific club volleyball philosophy because its was my first year of competitive club.
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From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Honored At UTK Champions Weekend
Lady Vol volleyball legend and record holder Coach April Chapple a University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hall of Fame Inductee, 3-time All American, 3-time SEC Champion, SEC Tournament MVP, 2-time All SEC Team is celebrated with her 1984 SEC champion teammates at Neyland Stadium during Champions Weekend on November 1-2, 2024.
- the first First Round Draft Pick for the first American pro indoor women's league
- named to the first First Team All-Pro team for Major League Volleyball in USA volleyball history
- former USA National team member
- one of the few American women players named as an Italian Pro League D-I Championship Finalist, Italian Cup Finalist and Cup of Cups Tournament Finalist
April Chapple The first First round Draft Pick For Major League Volleyball the first American Women's Pro League Honored At Athlete Unlimited Pro Volleyball Match
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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.
Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2
There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with
- the same toss height and same toss location
- the same armswing speed
- the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
- the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
- getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
- and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.
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Coach April with Former Teammates
Beach and Indoor Olympian Liz Masakayan, UCLA middle blocker legend Merja Connolly and Coach April, former National Team and World University Game teammates
Elaina Oden, Olympic middle blocker, bronze medalist. Former Italian teammate in Fidenza, Italy.
Debbie Green, America's first Olympic silver medalist, setter for the 1984 Olympic team in Los Angeles, CA. Former opponent on in Major League Volleyball, Debbie was on LA Starlites and I played for New York Liberties.
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Congratulations to my seven Boys-18s Vegas Volley club players who played in two state championship finals yesterday, the 3A and 5A State champinship finals at Sunrise Mountain High School.
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!
A-1 Vegas Volley VBC
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Gold Medalists
18s Premier Division
Making A-1 Vegas Volleyball history as the very first TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS! In the In It To Win It Tournament,
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