Ignite Volleyball Club, LLC

Gina M Bounds

Great gym and coaches! Our daughter showed immediate improvement in the Jr. High league and private lessons.

JC N

Warning to Beginners. The clinics are fine for some playing time. Do not start out on a club team here. There is terrible misinformation and flat out no information for parents not experienced w practice & tournament schedules, pools, etc. You will get zero communication w Club owner and more importantly your coaches. Refusal to discuss progress your child’s, areas to improve, work to be done. Verbal requests to a coach are met with “refused to meet”. Written requests to Club owner and team coaches are not even acknowledged as read, seen, we hear you, your kid matters… nothing. This is not a family collaborative team environment. They know your child is invested in their teammates and activities so the Club and coaches feel no need to talk to parents, give feedback or collaborate in any way. You are met w arrogance and condescension. We have observed many other clubs at tournaments where there appears to be inclusion, we see parents and coaches interacting in a friendly and happy environment. None of that happens at Ignite. Parents are an ATM. Get over it is what you will feel.

Mario Cimmino

The coach had no CLUE about coaching! This is you classic club that does far more damage then good. The tear down of the self-esteem rather then built is was hard to watch. The humiliation and demeaning behavior made me walk away with my kid. My sons coach happens to be the owner of the club, a guy that plays favorites during games and practice. A coach that thinks that the most important job as a coach is to win games and someone that places the outcome of a competition in front of the physical and emotional welfare of his players. There are so many good clubs out here, do your self and you kid a favor and go elsewhere.

Jimmy Renny

I wish the best for this club but cannot recommend them. Parents pay elite club prices and receive recreation league competitiveness. If you are comfortable paying $4000 with the majority of play against other Ignite teams, month-after-month, and getting a quasi-club experience, this may be the right fit. It might also falsely inflate abilities to play inter teams and not other clubs. It would be interesting to compare the expense of our coach/training/facility/tournaments versus what other clubs charge or pay. Ignite is proud of the number of 'teams' there are but in reality they place every girl that shows up and willing to pay on a ‘club’ team. But that's how recreation is done. If you seek grooming and development for your daughter, there's a good chance you might not get it here if your child is either a lower level player that’s not moderately or highly talented, needs encouragement or guidance, is quiet, or isn't a go-getter. Some of that was our experience. Some parents complained, others bit their tongue and others left (concerns were brought up the chain but were pushed back down for resolution.) Lack of accountability. Very disappointed in how the club takes parents money then verse fellow Ignite teams, plus, 2 of the 4 tournaments were their own Ignite club tournaments. It wasn’t until after the season started parents found out that they had pulled out of the league they had been in for 7-8 years, to starting their own. To add to my problems I had to run after several uniform items for months. Also, team members were accidentally left off team communication and didn't know it even existed (team text) for several months. Girls didn't start conditioning training for several months, which consisted of 45 minutes 1x week, after practice when girls were tired. No improvement stats for either conditioning or player level were ever given. There was even a point when my daughter's coach wasn't at practice (3 months in) and Shawn/owner stepped in to teach my child which she didn't receive serving instruction before or after that. Would you pay extra hotel/air/car/food/time to go to a tournament if: Your daughter's team lost nearly every game in about 4 month and I'm guessing 30 games. She played 1 position with little training in that position. Did I mention about a month in to the season coaches chose and played the same best players every game. For her, she had 3(!) designated players for her 1 position so she rotated out to accommodate 2 other players each match. Oftentimes, she served then rotated out, for the rest of the game. How is a child supposed to improve if there is no opportunity given? Practices run similarly. Ended up she didn't go to that one out-of-state tournament. I heard after not getting balls consistently over the net the first day a girl was pulled aside and *finally* taught serving skills. That's not the type of coaching I thought we were paying for. Maybe this club got too big, too fast, or lower level coaches give lesser quality as apposed to upper teams - 'what does it matter since the girls aren't that good either', right?! Yet we pay the same amount. The "impact" and results dampened my child's love of volleyball not to mention confidence. Is competition is more important than personal growth? I've seen and heard coaches and admin say not-as-good players had 'lack of effort'. Or ‘she needs to be more vocal’ Or ‘that’s just how clubs are run’ (I don’t know of other clubs with this inter-play structure so that’s part of the issue). Is this considered positive or constructive? Does this make the coach worthy of respect? It starts with giving respect. It’s earned. If players succeed individually they will succeed collectively. So when there's a consistently losing team might the coaches regroup and try to build up each players abilities? I would understand it if the team was truly competitive and winning local/regional/national titles. Inevitably I felt like a paid hostage