Mission Statement

HIGH PERFORMANCE - STL is dedicated to the promotion of elite volleyball in the surrounding St. Louis metro area. The 2009-2010 season will be High Performance - STL's tenth year, and first year after the merger with Team St. Louis. High Performance - STL's mission is to provide exceptionally dedicated coaches to train players to play at their highest level. Through this training life lessons are learned and a love for the game is fostered. Along with this mission our coaches have a number of ties and contacts with college coaches across the United States. This allows our players an advantage in pursuing playing opportunities in college and beyond.

HIGH PERFORMANCE - STL is dedicated to TEACHING volleyball to all players. We do not simply roll out the balls and let the kids hit and scrimmage. We are a program, meaning, we have defined clear goals for all age levels. This structured program approach allows our players to advance from age level to age level with the proper skill sets needed to compete and excel beyond their current age level. With that said, all coaches have structured practice plans that are implemented with great thought and purpose. It is our coach's expertise and dedication that is the difference in a player's development. We provide uniform coaching philosophies practiced by current collegiate teams to optimize our teams' performance. It is our goal to be competitive on the national level, and we are dedicated to achieving this goal for all teams participating at the USA Volleyball National Tournament.

OUR COACHING STAFF boasts a list of former/current collegiate players and coaches that has been called 'exceptional' by current college coaches. Combined they have won 14 Missouri State HS championships, 3 second place finishes and 8 third place finishes in the past 18 years. That experience brings several college coaches to compliment us every year on how well trained our teams are. They notice an enormous difference in the skill of our teams compared to our competitors. They believe this a result of the coaching we provide. We make average players good, good players great, and great players outstanding.

OUR COACHES are positive teachers and instill the highest morals. The highest ethical standards are presented to the players by the coaches and staff to aid in the building of character and self-esteem. Players exhibiting behavior that is inappropriate is not tolerated and is handled justly. These young men and women leave High Performance - STL as the best of volleyball players and the best of people.

THE COACHES' SUCCESS also exhibits itself in the players learning of life lessons. Our players leave having learned that the good of the many out weigh the good of the one, that there is no "I" in team, that opportunity is not given but earned, that unity is gained through shared experience, and that sacrifice for a goal is the only way to reach the goal. Along with these lessons, unity throughout the Club is nurtured during the year, and at the end we are not a club of 30+ teams, we are one family.