- Mon – Fri 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM / Closed Saturday & Sunday
Thank you for coaching with Spike Frog. Our league runs on volunteer parent coaches — in Junior Frog, Spike Frog, Spike Frog Pro and Boss Frog, every team is coached by a parent from that team, and High School teams need a parent coach on Saturday game days.
New to this? You are in the right place, and in good company — most of our coaches have never played volleyball. We train you before the season, give you week-by-week practice plans, and you will have a Spike Frog staff contact all season.
Returning coaches — welcome back. We are grateful for you, and we cannot wait to kick off another season. Please complete the volunteer coaches application below for this season.
WHAT COACHING ACTUALLY INVOLVES
You do not need to know volleyball. We provide week-by-week practice plans, drills and a Spike Frog staff contact you can ask anything, all season.
Cannot commit to the whole season? Say so. If no one on a team’s roster can take the full season, we build a rotating schedule so each parent coaches one week — no team is ever cancelled for lack of a coach.
Coming soon! We will post the date, time and location here, and email all registered coaches, before the Spring season begins.
Kids that want to be on your team this season should put your name in the ‘Coach Request’ field in the online registration form. This ensures that we will put them on your team.
We are currently getting together all of our practice location options, days and times. As you know, this is no easy task given the 70+ teams we have each season. We will be in touch with you about your practice location and time as registration closes and we start to put teams together. Thanks for your patience and your flexibility. We do our best to accommodate everyone to the best of our ability.
We will be sending out more information to you in the days to come. Feel free to ask questions anytime. You may want to review our League FAQ’s just to be familiar if other parents ask you any questions.
Answers for families new to Spike Frog.
What are you looking for?
Camps and clinics run between league seasons.
Whatever is coming up next is listed on our programs page. If nothing is posted yet, join the mailing list and we will announce the next ones there first.
See camps and clinicsAustin Velocity is the step up from our rec leagues.
It is for athletes who want more training and tougher competition than a once-a-week league gives them. Tryouts, teams and schedules are on their own site.
Visit Austin VelocityOpens in a new tab. Not sure which is the right fit? Email leagues@spikefrog.org and we will talk it through.
Our courts can be rented.
Availability, what is included and how to book are all on our facilities page.
Facilities and rentalsQuestions about a booking? Email leagues@spikefrog.org.
Everything a new league family asks in the first week. Pick a question.
What grade is your athlete in this school year?
Has your athlete played organized volleyball before?
Our Pro divisions ask for 10 consistent overhand serves at an evaluation, so this is the question that splits the two paths.
In four of our six divisions, yes — a parent from your own team coaches it. Spike Frog is a volunteer-coached league.
Junior Frog · Spike Frog · Spike Frog Pro · Boss Frog
Every team is coached by a parent from that team, however the team was built — friend requests, a school group, or individual sign-ups. Ideally one parent takes the season. If nobody on the roster can, we build a rotating schedule so each parent coaches one week. No team is ever cancelled for lack of a coach.
Boss Frog Pro — led by a qualified Spike Frog coach.
High School — a qualified coach runs practice; each team provides a parent volunteer for Saturday game days.
Minivolley — led by trained high school athletes under staff supervision.
Never played volleyball? Most of our coaches haven't.
We run a coach training session before the season, hand you week-by-week practice plans, and you have a Spike Frog staff contact all season. The commitment is one practice hour a week plus Saturday games.
Volunteer Coach ApplicationAthletic shorts, court shoes and a water bottle. That is genuinely it.
The game day team shirt is included in your registration fee.
Plan on about an hour, on a Saturday morning.
Your coach will introduce themselves by email, usually before the first practice.
Tell your coach and come to the next one. Athletes are never penalized for missing.
Team and practice night changes can be made through the first week of practice.
Ask us anything we have not covered.
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