Our Philosophy

  • Dream it.

    It all began with the dream that club volleyball can impact an athlete’s life outside of sport. Volleyball can inspire greatness within everyone who gets involved. We, at TK, dream to build the best athletes and the best people.

  • Build it.

    Our founders built TK in hopes to create a community filled with the love of the game, competitive joy, and cherishing all success- big or small.

  • Grow it.

    TK is committed to strengthening each of our athletes inside and out so that when they leave the program, they have a much stronger sense of who they are and what strength they have—both as an athlete and as a person.

Do It.

Why the name TK?

Our name is taken from a translation of the Aramaic phrase from Bible verse Mark 5:41 when Jesus raises a girl from the dead and says, “Talitha koum!” which means:

“My child, I say to you, arise!”

At TK, it is our goal to create a mentally and physically healthy environment for young athletes to test themselves through challenging training and competition. Athletes are encouraged daily by our staff of coaches to rise to the challenge, growing both in sport and life.

Mark 5:14 - He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!"

Why the Phoenix?

The Phoenix – a mythical creature that (depending on the country/culture of origin) lives for a period of time, dies, and then rises in a burst of flame to be transformed anew. The Phoenix symbolizes—and has for centuries—humankind’s indomitable will.

We want our athletes to feel powerful and capable of total transformation.

We feel the Phoenix is the best symbolic representation of this mindset. The flame is part of the process that the Phoenix utilizes in its transformation, but it also carries a bit deeper meaning for Suzanne—the creator of TKVB. Throughout her childhood, she had a horrible fear of fire, having grown up in Southern California, where wildfires would rip through mountain ranges near and dear to her home. Ironically, she would later have to confront that fear, befriend fire, and understand its true nature when she was in the Marine Corps.

During this time, Suzanne fully understood that life brings us lessons and experiences that we must overcome so that we can become stronger and defeat those imaginary fears—and in so doing, when we confront and conquer those fears—we liberate others to do the same. The flame symbolizes conquering fear and using obstacles as fuel for transformation.

BE THE CHANGE.