Venesa Walker

 

Coach Walker was born and raised in Southern California where she grew up playing club and beach volleyball. As a junior in high school she starting teaching girls in middle school how to play the game. When injuries kept her from playing volleyball in college and competitively, she still continued developing conditioning skills and helped kids learn the sport. Once she was able to overcome her injuries, she went back to playing beach doubles along the California coastlines. In 1998, Venesa Walker moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia with her three children.

Her skills as a self-driven problem solver helped her to develop and implement Volleyball 4 Youth. By using multiple ways to teach the same objective she is able to help diverse individuals achieve their full potential in reaching their developmental goals.

Coach "V" continues to develop a feeder program for the middle schools, high schools and colleges by running a year round training program for players and potential coaches through Volleyball 4 Youth.

Coach Venesa Walker is a member of the;

  • American Volleyball Coaches Association

  • Positive Coaching Alliance

  • United States Volleyball Association

  • America Athletic Union

  • American Sports Education Program

  • American Red Cross

  • Expired Member of the Screen Actors Guild
  • Expired Member of the Screen Extras Guild

Education

  • ASEP Level One Certified Coach

  • USAV Impact Certified

  • American Red Cross CPR and First Aid Certified

  • Expired California Real Estate License

  • Expired Certified PADA Diver instructor

  • She is currently working on her accreditation in coaching education. Has taken numerous business, marketing, and psychology seminars and courses throughout the years.

Currently:

  • Director of VB4Y, and Junior Atlantic Beach Volleyball Club

  • AAU Virginia Volleyball Chairperson

  • AAU Eastern Regional Beach Volleyball Representative

  • Coaching Indoor maintenance and Boot Camp programs for players wanting to maintained, fine tune and develop their indoor and beach skills.

  • Private trainer for players ages 8-18 for beach and indoor play

  • Junior Atlantic Beach Volleyball Tour Coach

  • Head Coach for the VB4Y and JAB Travel Club Teams

2009

  • Hosted Volleyball Events

    • AAU Virginia District Championships

    • AAU East Coast Championship

    • ODR Regional Championships

    • ODR Bid Championships

    • ODR Regional Event

  • Coached Junior Atlantic Beach Club Travel Teams

    • -traveled to Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Hawaii, California

    • U14 Team

      • won gold in Virginia Qualifier

      • placed 5th in Florida Qualifier

      • did not place in the top 20 in the California Nationals

      • won the AAU East Coast Championships in Virginia

    • U16 Team

      • won Gold in Virginia won Copper in AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Monies, IA

      • won Gold in Florida Qualifier won Copper in the America's Challenge in Hawaii

      • placed 17th in the California Nationals

  • Junior Head Coach for two local club teams, U17 and U13

2008

  • Hosted Volleyball Events

    • AAU Virginia District Championships

    • AAU East Coast Championship

    • ODR Regional Championships

    • ODR Bid Championships

    • ODR Regional Events

  • Coached Junior Atlantic Beach Club Travel Teams

    • -traveled to California, Florida, Michigan, Virginia, Puerto Rico

    • U14 Team

        • won gold in Virginia Qualifier

        • won Gold in Florida Qualifier

        • placed 5th In San Juan, PR

        • placed 7th in California

        • did not attend the Best of The Beach Championships because of school

    • U16 Team

      • won gold in Virginia

      • won Bronze in Siesta Keys, Fl

      • won Bronze at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Michigan

      • placed_th in California Nationals

      • placed 5th in San Juan, PR

      • won USAV Virginia Open

    • She took the Winter and Spring off to take care of her aliening mother who had Alzheimer and rebuild her home she lost to a fire in February 2007, her mother past away in May 2008.

2007

  • Hosted Volleyball Events

    • AAU Virginia District Championships

    • AAU East Coast Championships

    • USAV Virginia Open

    • USAV High Performance Camp

    • Karch Kiraly Volleyball Academy

  • Coached the Junior Atlantic Beach Club Travel Teams

    • -traveled to Virginia, Florida, California

      • U14 Team

        • placed 10th in California Qualifier

        • won Bronze in Florida Qualifier

        • won gold in Virginia Qualifier

        • did not attend AAU Junior Olympic Games in Tenn. Due to High School Tryouts

      • U16 Team

        • won gold in Virginia

        • won Bronze in Florida

        • did not attend AAU Junior Olympic Games in Tenn. Due to High School Tryouts

  • Travel Club Coach

     

    • Head Coach for Synergy 15-1

      • FCA/Mizuno 15’s Open, Grace Academy,Hagerstown, MD. 2nd Place

      • Time Out Tournament, Baltimore, MD 1st Place ODR, UVA, VA.,

      • 1st Place ODR Bid Qualifier for Nationals (We went 8-0 Sat, then we lost our first match Sunday against a team we had already beaten before taking us out of the running-Drama got the est of our team.)

      • Big South Qualifier, Atlanta, GA (Did not place , we had several starters benched from issuses that had occured at the ODR Bid Qualifier, so we were unable to run our regular line up or plays.)

      • ODR Lee Davis HS-7052 Mechanicsville, VA , 1st Place ODR Championships, Quarterpath Rec Center

  • Coach for Plaza Middle School

2006

  • Hosted 6 junior beach tournaments in 2006.

  • Coached the Junior Atlantic Beach Club

    • -traveled to Florida, Virginia, California.

    • U14 Team

      • won gold in Virginia Qualifier

      • placed 8th in AAU Junior Olympic Games in Virginia Beach, VA

    • U16 Team

      • won gold in Virginia

      • placed 6th in AAU Junior Olympic Games in Virginia Beach, VA

      • won Bronze in Florida Qualifier

  • Junior Head Coach for two teams in 2006:

    • Synergy 14-1 team with a 71.2 % winning streak.

      • Attended 12 tournaments including

      • Northeast Qua lifer in Baltimore,

      • MVSA Invitational in MD,

      • East Coast Championships at Penn State, PA

      • AAU National in Florida, and the

      • USAV National in Atlanta, GA.

    • Fusion 13-1 team

      • This team lost their coach during the season and Coach V took over as head coach leading the team to three straight GOLD Medals.

      • MVSA Invitational in Maryland-1st

      • ODR Regional's in Richmond, Virginia-1st

      • The Quest for Excellence tournament in North Carolina-1st

      • East Coast Championships in PA-9th.

  • Coach Plaza Middle School Volleyball Team

  • Asst. College Coach Spring of 2006

    • Assisted in recruiting, fund-raising and conditioning for the Virginia Wesleyan College Marlin’s Women's Volleyball Team.

2005

  • Asst. Coach Virginia Wesleyan College

  • Coached the Junior Atlantic Beach Club-traveled to Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Illinois .

    • U14 Team

      • won Bronze in Chicago Qualifier

      • won Bronze in Florida Qualifier

      • won gold in Virginia Qualifier

      • placed 6th in AAU Junior Olympic Games in New Orleans,LA

    • U16 Team

      • won gold in Virginia

    • Beach Club Friday Nights league-60 members

  • Junior Head Coach for two teams in 2005- U13 and U15:

    • U 13-1 team which had 4 starters that were 12 eligible and one that was 10 eligible.

      • MVSA Invitational at Trinity College-Silver Medal

      • East Coast Championships, Penn State-Bronze victory

      • ODR championship in Richmond-2nd Place

      • They had an 82% serving success rate with 95 aces for the season. Season record was 50-38.

    • U15-1 team had a 50-51 team record.

    • 70% serving record

    • Took a first place victory with only 6 players at the Richmond Convention Center.

    • Quest for Excellence tournament in Greensboro-Copper Medal (playing with three players that were 13 and under.)

2004

  • U12 Coach for Tidewater Volleyball Association

    • ODR Champions

  • Developed Junior Atlantic Beach Club

    • Friday night beach league with 12 teams ages 10-14

  • Conducted clinics and personal training sessions for junior players throughout the Virginia Beach Area.

2003

  • Developed the Volleyball 4 Youth Program to begin a feeder program for the local schools. Goal was to teach fundamental volleyball skills to as many youth players as possible.

Prior to moving to Virginia Beach to raise my family I was involved in product marketing in the U.S., Asia, and Europe.

  • 1996-2003 retired, focused on raising my family

  • 1990-1996 Owner of Traits Marketing Inc., CA.

  • 1994-1995 Consultant for Core Mark Distribution in Hawaii/Guam

  • 1989-1993 Training Developer and Sales/Marketing Consultant/Manager for the Southland Corporation, CA.

  • 1984-1989 Consultant in Fashion, Cosmetics and Physical Training

  • 1977-1984 Modeling, Acting, Coach

 

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