From the grass to Nationals.
Four years, told in the club’s own photographs. It starts with a lowered net in a park.
A net at the bottom of her hand, and more touches than any gym.
The club opened on the grass south of the dog park at Nocatee Fields. Two to four a side, nets lowered so a fourth grader could swing over the top, and winners stay on. Coach Andor coached every class himself and taught the parents the same systems at meetings so they could repeat them at home.
In May 2022 Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser came to a practice, let the kids hold the medal, and stayed for a parent talk called Better Parenting Through Sports. That is the group photo above.
Two parks, two levels, and the first club teams.
By 2024 the classes ran at Nocatee and at Julington Creek Plantation Park in Fruit Cove, with Bronze for the youngest and Silver for players building toward a team. The first Gold travel teams formed from the Silver classes, and the U13s who would go to Orlando were on the grass at the Easter tournament that spring.
The beach track started the same year, at the county’s new sand courts beside the fields.
Crystal Division champions, 13 and under.
Three seasons after the first grass class, the 13U team won their division at the 52nd AAU Junior National Volleyball Championship in Orlando. Most of them had been in their first or second year of club. The plaque, the team photo and the weekend are on the results page.
The club’s own building.
In 2026 the club moved indoors, into a building it built for itself in St. Augustine: three courts, a strength room, a mindset room, locker rooms. The grass classes still run in the parks, because that is where the story starts for most players.