Elena Berroteran

Club Director, Volleyball Coach

Club Director Elena Berroteran was born in Caracas – Venezuela, she started her volleyball career when she was 6 years old. She trained with her parents who were her first volleyball coaches and represented her father’s volleyball club called «Los Jardines» for many years. Elena Joined the Venezuela National Team when she was 14 years old, having the opportunity to play againts the best teams in the world. In 2007, she was recruited and received a full collegiate scholarship by a USA coach to play and study in the United States while she was playing a World Championship Tournament in Poland. She played at Cowley College community College from 2009 to 2011 and finished her Bachelor Degree in Biology while playing for Columbia Columbia College in 2014. Her volleyball career reflects competitive playing and coaching experiences as well as hard work, discipline, competence, professionalism, close attention to detail, confidence and passion for volleyball.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Head Volleyball Coach- MVA Volleyball Academy   July 2017 – January 2018
  • JV Volleyball Coach, Saint Brendan High School, Miami, FL August. 20015- Nov 2015
  • Volleyball coach, Miami Dade College Summer Camp June 2015- August 2015
  • Head Volleyball Coach, Wildfire Volleyball Academy, Weston FL Nov. 2014 – May 2015

PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Member of the Venezuela National Team from 2002 to 2016

TOURNAMENTS

  • Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament Bariloche-Argentina 2016
  • Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament Belo Horizonte- Brazil 2012 (Best Libero)
  • World Championship Tournament Warsowia- Poland 2007
  • Pan American Cup Santo Domingo-Dominican Republic 2006
  • Adult South American Tournament La Paz- Bolivia 2005 (Best Libero)
  • Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament Caracas-Venezuela 2004
  • Junior South American Tournament La Paz- Bolivia 2005
  • Cuban Tournament Camaguey-Cuba 2004
  • Qualification for World Tournament Lima-Peru 2003
  • Sub-17 South American Tournament La Paz- Bolivia 2002
  • Sub-15 South American Tournament Barquisimeto- Venezuela 2002

AMATEUR EXPERIENCE:

Represented the Distrito Capital Indoor State Team in Venezuela from 1998 to 2009 in more than 30 State tournaments.

Represented the Distrito Capital Beach Volleyball State Team in Venezuela from 2006 to 2009 on 8 Beach Volley tours.

CERTIFICATES:

  1. Head Volleyball Coach Level 1 «Art of Coaching»
  2. Doble- Goal Coach: Coaching for winning and Life lessons «Amateur Athletic Union»
  3. Curso International Entrenador de Beach Volley Nivel 1 » Federation Internationale de Volleyball «

Our passion

  • As a Coach, it is a training rule to teach the adequate fundamental skills and technique continuously to correct bad habits. The purpose is to work every technique into muscle memory; «a piece by piece.» By giving enough repetitions and practice time to each volleyball technique, players learn to use the correct techniques automatically on the court.

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Once the decision has been made to train or teach a sport at a competitive level, the sport then becomes a lifestyle. To JVA, the love for volleyball is indispensable, and our goal is to be an example to our athletes and transmit this energy and passion to do things they love to do. Commitment, loyalty, respect, dedication and responsibilities are only a few of the attributes of our training that we hope to pass on and develop equally within our athletes.

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