Our instruction and the coaches implementing the training set us apart from other clubs in the Twin Cities. Athletes on our summer teams will learn foundational technical skills and implement systems of play that will prepare them for not only their grade or intermediate school, but High School and even Collegiate play! All athletes, from beginners in 4th/5th grade through advanced athletes in 10th grade, possess the ability to learn ALL these concepts through hard work and focus!
Evaluation and Placement
July 8, 2024
Kokoro Volleyball
11055 39th St. N
Lake Elmo, MN 55042
You will be assigned an evaluation hour between 4:00pm-10:00pm
Placement on teams for practice and competition will be based on skill and grade in school. Decisions on team placement are final and non-negotiable. Absolutely no athletes are cut from our summer league! Further, since no athletes are cut, all services are contracted upon registration. All services will be provided and no refunds will be given.
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Evaluations will take place: Monday, July 8, 2024 beginning at 4:00pm
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Specific evaluation time will be emailed to the week before the evaluation date.
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You can plan for a 75-minute evaluation time slot between the hours of 4:00pm-10:00pm.
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Please do your best to block out this evening so your athlete is available. Scheduling one-off evaluations is not ideal for your athlete or our staff.
Practices
Beginning Tuesday, July 9 2024-August 8, 2024
Week 1 Skill Session Practices
Tuesday, July 9
Wednesday, July 10
Thursday, July 11
Regular Season Team Practices on 2 assigned nights begin July 15.
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You will have two team practices per week.
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Practices will occur on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Your team will practice on two of those three days.
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Whole group summer league skill sessions will begin by grade on Tuesday, July 9, Wednesday, July 10, and Thursday, July 11. These are not specific team practices; these will be skill sessions so we can get to work quickly while we finalize teams that week. Your specific skill session will be emailed around or before evaluation night.
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No commitments Friday through Sunday
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The days/times your team will practice will be consistent for the entire summer league, with the exception of week #1 (July 9-11).
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Practice slots will be for 1.5 hours between 4:00pm and 9:30pm.
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All practices are held at Kokoro Volleyball in Lake Elmo, MN and possibly neighboring schools depending on participation numbers.
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At evaluations July 8, 2024, all families will fill out a form in which they can indicate a practice day that does not work for their schedule. We will do our very best to accommodate that schedule request. However, due to our priority being proper placement of athletes, we cannot make any guarantees on a team’s practice nights.
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Please do not request practice days/times or team placements with friends in advance of your evaluation day.
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Specific practice day/times will be emailed to all participants by Thursday, July 11, 2024.
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Assigned team practices will begin on Monday, July 15.
Competitions
Thursdays
Wednesdays-HS Boys Only
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Competitions will be held on Thursday evenings starting mid-July going to mid-August.
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Competition Dates: Thursdays, July 18, 25; August 1, 8.
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Competition will be hosted around the Twin Cities Metro area with other area clubs.
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These competitions will consist of two best-of-three set matches and may occur over a 2-3 hour period between the hours of 5:30pm-10:00pm
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Season will conclude on Thursday, August 8, 2024.
Fees
Summer ETS
Kokoro Volleyball
11055 39th St. N
Lake Elmo, MN 55042
Fees must be paid in full to ETS at time of sign-up
The ETS Summer Total Performance program focuses on linear and lateral speed development, relative strength, deceleration mastery, injury prevention, and focuses on maximum effort strength & power development training for athletes to establish a foundation for athletic success. ETS Summer Memberships are not included in summer league fees; they are an add-on service with separate fees.
Membership 1: June 10th-August 9th
$350
(NO sessions July 4th & 5th) Monday-Friday up to 4x/week TIMES: TBD
Membership 2: June 24th-August 9th
$300
(NO sessions July 4th &5th) Monday-Friday up to 4x/week TIMES: TBD
Jumpstart (New summer athletes ONLY) July 8th - August 7th
$125
Monday-Wednesday 6-7pm up to 2x/week
Monday-Friday: TOTAL BODY
The Kokoro ETS Summer Membership #1 & #2 will be offered to any returning Kokoro club athletes and siblings (siblings will have to purchase membership as well).
Refund/Cancellation Policy
Kokoro Volleyball reserves the right to not provide any refunds to athletes/families that remove themselves from summer camp, lessons, summer and fall league after programming has begun.
With the high level of interest in all programs, we often are turning athletes/families away to hold a spot for registered athletes. Due to this, others have lost opportunities to train with us.
We will always put forth effort to replace an athlete that requests to drop from our programming in which case we would offer a prorated refund determined by the amount of time athlete/family utilized services plus an administration fee. Again, this would only be in the circumstance in which we find an athlete to replace you.