Athlete Academy ATHLETE ACADEMY volleyball

Before anyone trains anything, we measure everything

Evaluation Day™ is a measured picture of your volleyball athlete: how she sprints, jumps, lands, and moves — in numbers you'll actually understand.

Evaluation Days run in person in North Carolina's Triangle.

Coach Aaron listening to an athlete during an assessment
Evaluation Day ends in a conversation, not a printout.

What gets measured

First-step quickness. Jump height and landing control. Strength for her stage. Change of direction.

The same qualities every rally runs on — measured, not guessed.

What you take home

The numbers, explained in a normal conversation. Where your athlete is ahead. Where she's leaving performance on the table. What we'd train first, and why.

No scare tactics. No "everything is wrong." Just the picture, and a plan if you want one.

One idea to keep: you can't develop what you've never measured. Every good plan starts with a baseline.

Tell us you're interested

Ready to ask about the next one? The assessment request is the same doorway — a parent or guardian fills it in, and we reply personally.

Ask about the next Evaluation Day

Prefer to talk first? The contact page has a direct line to us.

Questions parents ask

What should my athlete bring to an Evaluation Day?

Normal training clothes, court shoes, and water. Everything else — timing, measurement, and explanation — is on us. Athletes warm up properly before anything is measured.

Is this a tryout?

No. Nobody gets cut from a measurement. Evaluation Day exists to show families where an athlete is today, so decisions about training are based on data instead of guesswork.

My athlete is nervous about being measured. Is that normal?

Completely. Most athletes relax the moment they realize the numbers are a starting line, not a judgment. Many leave wanting to come back and beat them.

How will we know if training is actually working?

The same way we started: by measuring. Re-testing against the Evaluation Day baseline turns progress into numbers a family can see — first-step times, jump height, landing control — instead of a feeling after practice.