The details!
Dates: 
- - Friday, May 8, 2026 through July 31, 2025
- - Sunday, May 10, 2026 through August 2, 2025
Location:  Penn Forest Worship Center, 3735 Chaparral, Roanoke, 24018
Cost:  $275 for all 13 sessions.   That's about $20/session!!
Maximum # of athletes allowed:  25
Staff: Five trained young ladies who care about each athlete.
Frequency:  Once a week
Length:  2 hours each Friday 630-830pm or Sundays 3-5pm.

A List Of Dates & Times! 
Friday May 8, 630-830pm or Sunday May 10, 3-5pm
****Saturday May 16, 630-830pm***** or Sunday May 17, 3-5pm (The gym is being used on Friday May 15)
Friday May 22, 630-830pm or Sunday May 24, 3-5pm
Friday May 29, 630-830pm or Sunday May 31, 3-5pm
*****Wednesday June 3, 630-830pm ****** or Sunday June 7, 4-6pm ********* (The gym is closed to us Thursday June 4 through 4pm Sunday June 7)
Friday June 12, 630-830pm or Sunday June 14, 3-5pm
Friday June 19, 630-830pm or Sunday June 21, 3-5pm. (Knee pads required starting on this date)
Friday June 26, 630-830pm or Sunday June 28, 3-5pm
Friday July 3, 630-830pm or Sunday July 5, 3-5pm
Friday July 10, 630-830pm or Sunday July 12, 3-5pm
Friday July 17, 630-830pm or Sunday July 19, 3-5pm
Friday July 24, 630-830pm or Sunday July 26, 3-5pm
Friday July 31, 630-830pm or Sunday August 2, 3-5pm

Directors: 
I post these people when I know them
You and your family will love who will be the director!

Assistant Directors:

I'll post the assistants as soon as they are chosen.
They will be happy, positive, and teachers of the game!

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Other bits of information!
* If the director has a conflict, then another quality staff member or Coach Houser will take over.
* We ask for payment to be made up front.  This means the athletes have a reservation for EACH session, and the parents never have to contact me if their daughter is attending or not!  The director will be prepared to work with the girls who attend.  
* Girls can attend by reservation only. No walk-ins are allowed. IF there is enough staff and IF there's room, we may consider allowing a few kids make a reservation in advance and pay $30/session.

Goals of Junior Training Academy:
The director's goals are:
* Every girl will be able to serve over the net.  Overhand preferably.  Underhand if necessary. 
* Every girl will know the correct technique to spike a volleyball.
* Every girl will know how to pass and dig w/o unnecessary arm movement. 
* Every girl will know/learn the B.E.S.T. way to set. 
*** Every girl will gain enough skill to make the next team that she tries out for!

Payment:
There are 3 ways to pay:
* You can send payment by Venmo: I'm at @Thomas-Houser-10. It's very easy! But, please do not send any money until we are Venmo friends.
* You can send a check in the mail. I'll let you know the address.
* Or you can come by the gym where we give private lessons and drop off the payment.

Want to register?
* Contact Coach Houser at coachhouser@yahoo.com
When you contact Coach Houser, please give him this information:
- your daughter's name
- her grade
- the high school she'll be attending
- the parent's name(s)
- a family cell #
- the parent's email address(es)

I'll take registrations for Summer 2025 JTA anytime!

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Do you have any questions or concerns?
If so, please email Coach Houser at coachhouser@yahoo.com or text him at 540 793 0250. 

May I ask a favor:  If you know someone whose daughters might be interested, would you please forward this website to those families!

As you know, the earlier an athlete begins to get involved in a sport, the most successful she is!
We can't wait for Summer JTA!
Coach Houser

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August 4, 2025
"Thank you for the pics and all the opportunities you gave our daughter to learn volleyball skills.
We can't thank you guys enough. We loved spending Sunday with you guys this summer!"


April 5, 2024
"Thank you for the photos AND for coordinating such a wonderful program! Our daughters both LOVED it and left SO encouraged and touched by the personal cards sent home with them on the last day. Thank you to all your amazing staff/coaches that also made this happen…we are so grateful to all of you!! "

March 6, 2024
"I'll never be able to thank you enough for keeping her spirits up and interested in this sport!
The experience has changed us all!! 💙
Amy Wells, mother of Emily, Franklin County High, c/o '29

January 9, 2024
"You came very highly recommended and there were multiple families where we saw their girls grow leaps and bounds in just one season and we asked each of them what they attributed it to and each time it was your academy."
Brent Hersey, father of Avery, Roanoke Valley Christian c/o '27

January 28, 2023
"My daugther is loving JTA on Fridays. She finds the coaches fun and helpful!
Her response is the same everytime I ask how it’s going . She says she is getting stronger and doing better.
And she loves the other girls!
She says it is a lot of fun and can’t wait to sign up again.



March 20, 2024
I highly recommend this for any girl wanting to learn this game!
Coach Houser and his staff are AMAZING!"



May 29, 2021
"Your staff is so amazing with the girls!!!"
Mary Tyree, head coach, Covington High School

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