Optimum Volleyball Club

09/01/2026

Knowing the Xs and Os can help you strategize. Knowing how to teach skill can make you a great technician. However, coaching is an art and getting the most from your players goes beyond those things. We want to help our players become independent thinkers. Through intentional reps we help our players learn how to move and play the game.

Great coaches don't force young players into rigid boxes. They build their systems around the athlete.

When we step onto the floor, our focus is on practical application, creating high-energy, multi-sport movement reps where athletes learn to read the game and solve problems in real time. We hold our players to exceptionally high standards, but we do it by teaching, encouraging, and being demanding without being demeaning.

That is how real development happens on the court.

08/22/2026

08/14/2026

Purposeful reps. Coaches who are fully present. Details that are addressed instead of ignored. That environment is what separates a team where kids just play from a place where kids actually develop.

In our practices we hold that standard every day. We don't just say that you practice how you play, we believe it, and we remind our athletes of that so that they give us more.

08/12/2026

We believe in this 😤 Strength, durability, and confidence! 💪

One of the best things we can build in a young athlete is durability.

Strength training may make us look a certain way but for our athletes, it's about healthy joints, injury prevention, and the physical foundation that lets them compete at the highest possible level for years.

We also believe that strong athletes are confident athletes. When a young player trusts their body, they play more free, and that's when the fun and the results really show up.

08/04/2026

✅Open level national champion
✅Collegiate volleyball player
✅Club director and coach
✅Elite skills trainer

What’s most important at the end of the day…relationships and the lessons we learn along the way. That’s what sticks with us the most in the years after the game is through.

What we learn in sports goes well beyond our years in sports. At OVC we win because our culture helps us win but that’s only because we ALWAYS focus on what’s most important.

07/29/2026

If you aren’t using research and decades of experience to formulate your workouts…you’re missing the mark!

07/29/2026

Step by step. Brick by brick. Lay a foundation of strength with your athletes first!

"…you can't put a racecar engine into a four-door sedan and expect that car to win the Indy 500. Just like that car needs the proper structure and engineering to win a race, your athletes will need the appropriate foundation and plan to develop elite skill, speed, and power."

That’s just a simple way to explain something we take very seriously. Skill can only carry a kid as far as the strength underneath it, so we build that base first, one rep at a time.

Coaching Better Athletes digs into how to build that foundation no matter your setup or your athlete's age.

07/28/2026

Get ready for tryouts 🏐

Join us for our OVC Tryout Preparation Camp — three days of focused training, quality reps, and positional skills training designed to help athletes walk into school tryouts ready to compete with confidence.

📅 August 4–6 | Tuesday–Thursday
⏰ 15U+ | 9:00–10:30 AM
⏰ 13U–14U | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM
⏰ 10U–12U | 1:00–2:30 PM

📍 Flash Performance
6609 Royal St., #103
Pleasant Valley, MO 64068

💰 $100 | OVC Players: $75
Price includes all 3 days.

📩 To register click here: https://calendly.com/tbrophy10/tryout-prep-camp
Or email [email protected]

Come get the reps in before tryout day. 💪🏐

07/26/2026

“Leadership is not about being in charge; it is about taking care of those in your charge.”

- Simon Sinek.

07/25/2026

Great coaching isn't just about selling athletes on their potential. It's about honesty and hard work.

Meet Tessa Brophy, MS, co-founder of Optimum Volleyball Club. She brings a real exercise science background to the court, along with years spent helping people perform at their best, and she pours all of it into developing young athletes the right way.

Her philosophy is simple. Build confident, resilient kids who love the game, and the results take care of themselves. It's that same development-first approach our coaches have been putting into the book we can't wait to share with you!