Junior Development Program
Easts Junior Development Program is an entry-level training program for junior athletes aged 6 to 18.
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2026 Term 1 restarts:
All squads: Advanced, Intermediate & Foundation squads
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Begin on Friday, 30 January 2026
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Registration NOW!
Please sign up on the Easts App
To sign up:
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Create an account & profiles for your son/daughter
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Go to your son/daughter's profile on the App
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Find the available training programs
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Pick the program they will participate in this term. ​
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Please note: Everyone signing up for a program MUST register via the App before attending the training session. If you have any concerns please don't hesitate to contact the coordinator.
Junior Training Program
In order to better aid our athletes with their volleyball journey, Easts have recently restructured our Junior Training Program into more distinct and definable skill progressions. In order to better aid our athletes in their volleyball journey, the program has 3 levels based on more distinct and definable skill progressions starting from Foundational all the way to Advanced.
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Easts is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Young People in Volleyball at our Club. Our commitment is to create an environment where Young People's safety and wellbeing is at the centre of thought, values and actions. We have committed to the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. All athletes, parents, supporters and coaches must have read and be familiar with our Codes of Conduct before participating in our Junior Training Program.
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Foundational Level
The Foundational Level is structured for our newest athletes looking to start volleyball for their first time. This program teaches the very basics of volleyball and the core skills required to play volleyball.
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This level of JDP has been designed for athletes who have not yet fully developed fundamental skills for ball games as are applied to volleyball. The types of skills that the program focuses on are:
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Body and core development skills for games (locomotor, manipulating or controlling the ball in play, agility).
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Space movement elements such as tracking the ball's movement.
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Effort movement elements such as development of personal strength and learning how to apply appropriate amounts of strength to body movement and the ball.
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Relationship movement elements such as movement to the ball and contacting the ball as it is moving.
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> Foundational Squad
Details: Boys & Girls
Friday afternoon
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Cannon Hill Anglican College
Bent Street, Cannon Hill
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Dates: Term One
First session: Friday 30 January 2026
Last session: Friday 27 March 2026
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Costs:
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$125 per term - coaching and venue hire
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$25 annual fee - club fees
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Intermediate Level
The Intermediate Level focuses on extending foundational skills to develop greater consistency in performance, applying skills to more 'open' or complex movements, and developing skills to play as part of a team.
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Athletes in this level will have already developed the foundational skills. This level will particularly focus on:
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Developing effort (speed, strength and use of space) in performance.
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Controlling the flow of movement particularly in transitions from one skill to another.
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Developing a base level of understanding of relationships in movements and application to systems and strategies in volleyball games.
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There is now only one squad for the Intermediate Program.
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> Intermediate Squad 1
Details: Boys & Girls
Friday afternoon
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Cannon Hill Anglican College
Bent Street, Cannon Hill
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Dates: Term One
First session: Friday 30 January 2026
Last session: Friday 27 March 2026
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Costs:
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$125 per term - coaching and venue hire
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$25 annual fee - club fees
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Advanced Level
The Advanced Level aims to provide athletes with the technical skills and theoretical understanding of volleyball to enable them to compete at a representative level. The athletes in this program aspire to compete in Premier Volleyball League, State Teams, School District Teams, and the highest division of School representative teams in the very near future.
Training aims to develop athletes in terms of performance on both an individual level and in a team particularly around defence and attack as well as game structures and systems (such as positional play, setting and defence systems).
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To participate in this program, athletes need to demonstrate that they already have strong skills in terms of both foundational and intermediate levels. Athletes must be able to execute base skills consistently.
Members of this squad will be invited to participate in competitions such as Dragons Chalice and VQ Junior State Championships
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> Advanced Squads
Details: Boys & Girls
Friday evenings
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Cannon Hill Anglican College
Bent Strert, Cannon Hill
Dates: Term One
First session: Friday 30 January 2026
Last session: Friday 27 March 2026
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​Costs:
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$155 per term - coaching and venue hire
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$25 annual fee - club fees
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Term Dates 2026
Term 1: Friday 30 January - Friday 27 March
Term 2: Friday 24 April - Friday 19 June
Term 3: Friday 17 July - Friday 18 September
Term 2: Friday 9 October - Friday 27 November
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All members of the JDProgram will need to be registered members of Volleyball Queensland. Please go to VQ Membership and complete your application/renewal. For JDP you only need a recreational membership; however, if your child is competing for their school in a VQ competition, it would be better to have a Full Membership.
How to get to the playing courts
We are training in the new Sports Complex at CHAC, our training program has moved from the undercover to the new sporting complex - the big red building on the corner of Bent St and Krupp Rd. Click on About Us - our venues - scroll down to Cannon Hill Anglican College)
​Communicating Information
In a situation where an announcement may be made for signing up or the training sessions, an announcement will be placed on the Easts Volleyball FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM pages. Please find those pages and follow us on those platforms.
Identifying the correct level
Whilst age can be some indicator of the level that might be appropriate, the levels of JDP are designed about the stage of skill development that a young person has achieved or reached.
General age guidelines
Foundational: 6 to 10 years of age
Intermediate: 11 to 14 years of age
Advanced: 15 to 18 years of age
Movement Development Framework
JDP focuses on movement development within a specific framework. This guides the focus for each level of JDP as well as the development objectives for each level.
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This framework can also be used to help identify the level that is most appropriate for a young person.
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Click on the image to the right to view the movement development framework. There is a table in that framework that identifies the skill development requirements for each JDP level.
