MISSION
Peninsula Juniors Volleyball Club is a competitive junior volleyball program for boys and girls on the San Francisco Peninsula. PJV administration, Board of Directors, and coaching and support staff work in partnership with parents and players to create a healthy, supportive environment in which to learn the game of volleyball and use the lessons involved to help to guide boys and girls through their development into adulthood. Peninsula Juniors strives to offer training and competitive opportunities for interested junior players of all ages and skill levels in an effort to help to grow the sport of volleyball in the community. In addition, PJV prides itself on its continual professional education of its coaches and staff to ensure the teaching of the most current principles-based information available.
Peninsula Juniors is a member club in good standing with the Northern California Volleyball Association (NCVA), the regional affiliate of the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of volleyball in the United States, USA Volleyball.
PHILOSOPHY
Peninsula Juniors is committed to enriching the lives of participating girls through a comprehensive volleyball program that promotes the development of qualities in the athlete that will serve her as she develops into an adult and for the rest of her life.
Coaches at PJV are committed to providing the highest level volleyball instruction to progress the skills of each girl throughout the season and as the player continues to play volleyball. However, more importantly, Peninsula Juniors is committed to…
• Instilling in each athlete a sense of responsibility by demanding consistently high standards of behavior and making the athlete aware and respectful of others;
• Engendering commitment in the athlete through her dedication to the goals of the club, her team and to her teammates;
• Encouraging and systematically training athletes to be self-confident volleyball players and young women;
• Nurturing unselfishness in the athlete by requiring that her actions on and off the court be consistent with the goals of the club and her team as a whole, and not to be directed towards individual successes and honors;
• Generating in the athlete a willingness to sacrifice her time and energy towards the fulfillment of shared goals;
• Furthering a sense of personal discipline in the athlete by demanding abstention from activities that limit her athletic, academic, and personal potential;
• Instilling a life-long love of and passion for the game of volleyball and the physical fitness and emotional well-being that comes as a result.
Our philosophy at Peninsula Juniors is to guide each girl to not only become a great volleyball player, but also a great person as she enters adulthood. At PJV, the interests of the girls are always at the forefront of every decision.
A Parent Talks to A Child Before the First Game
This is your first game, my child. I hope you win.
I hope you win for your sake, not mine.
Because winning is nice.
It's a good feeling.
Like the whole world is yours.
But it passes, this feeling.
And what lasts is what you've learned.
That's what sports is all about. Life.
The whole thing is played out in an afternoon.
The happiness of life.
The miseries. The joys. The heartbreaks.
There's not telling how you'll do.
You might be a hero or you might be absolutely nothing.
There's just no telling.
Too much depends on chance.
On how the ball bounces.
I'm not talking about the game, my child.
I'm talking about life. But it's life that the game is all about.
Just as I said. Because every game is life.
And life is a game. A serious game. Dead serious.
But that's what you do with serious things.
You do your best. You take what comes. And you run with it.
Winning is fun. Sure. But winning is not the point.
Not giving up is the point.
Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.
Never letting up is the point.
Never letting anyone down is the point.
Play to win. Sure. But lose like a champion.
Because it's not winning that counts.
