WEST LOS ANGELES, CA
LAVA SHACK VOLLEYBALL CLUB
LAVA Shack has been offering a refreshing alternative for girls club volleyball to the athletes and families of West Los Angeles and its adjacent communities for many years.
News & Upcoming
CLUB TRYOUTS @ LAVA SHACK ... 2025
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YOUTH LITE @ LAVA SHACK - FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE GIRLS ... CLICK HERE!
The popular Youth Lite Program is a training and development program for 3rd-5th grade girls. Want more info? Click here.
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JUNIORS NON-TRAVEL @ LAVA SHACK - FOR 6TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS ... CLICK HERE!
The Juniors Program is a non-travel training program for 6th-8th graders who are not playing club volleyball. Want more info? Click here.
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ABout Lava Shack
The program fields five to eight teams annually across the range of age divisions, as well as offers vibrant and expanding youth and juniors non-travel training programs.
The Club Director for LAVA Shack is Catarina Marbach, who has infused the club with her passion and energy and is an excellent advocate for girls club volleyball. Catarina is bolstered by an excellent coaching staff with strong ties to the volleyball community. We encourage you to speak to our Directors or any of our coaches about what it means to be part of LAVA Shack.
Our primary practice facility is Marymount School, located at 10643 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, out of which we run our travel teams, as well as our immensely popular Youth Lite Program for elementary school athletes (3rd-5th graders). We look forward to seeing you in the gym with us soon.
CATARINA MARBACH
DIRECTOR - LAVA SHACK
Catarina Marbach is a rising star on the Club Director stage, having infused LAVA Shack with her infectious energy and enthusiasm in recent years as she rose to the top spot within the club. Catarina, or Katt for short, is a home-grown Los Angeles volleyball product. Raised in Burbank, the four-year member of the girls varsity team of Burroughs High School is also a graduate of LAVA herself, having finished her club career with LAVA South 18's in 2012.
Katt went on to win a State Championship as a setter for the Pierce College Women's Volleyball Program, under LAVA Director Nabil Mardini - who recognized Katt's exceptional value and brought her on as a coach with the club immediately. She has been coaching with LAVA Girls since 2012.
Over the span of her career, Katt has coached every age group ranging from 11's-18's. She began at LAVA South and moved over to West Los Angeles when LAVA Shack launched, coaching multiple age groups as well as the youth program. She swiftly became a popular figure with the athletes and families, and when the opportunity presented itself, Katt was named Club Director of LAVA Shack in 2018.
Please feel free to contact Katt with any questions about the LAVA Shack program. Her contact information is below and she is eager to speak with you.
Catarina Marbach - Director, Lava Shack
(email) catarina.emerson2@gmail.com
The Los Angeles Volleyball Academy (LAVA) launched in the summer of 2011 and swiftly became one of the most recognizable and respected clubs in Southern California. LAVA Shack launched in 2017.
Based in West Los Angeles, LAVA Shack, has a flourishing program, which fields quality teams each and every year that rise to compete in top divisions in the SCVA. The Shack reputation is also growing on a national scale as several Shack teams have completed in the Gold division in multiple National Qualifying Tournament and Junior National Tournaments, hosted by USA Volleyball. As mentioned above, LAVA Shack strives to train its athletes to become the best volleyball players they can be — but the program is also committed to training its players to become the best athletes and people they can be.
We encourage you to speak to our Director or any of our coaches about what it means to be part of LAVA Shack and we look forward to seeing you in the gym with us soon!
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Programs at lava shack
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National Travel Teams
We offer club volleyball travel teams for 6th-12th grade girls that compete both regionally in Southern California and nationally at competitive events across the country. Tryouts are in fall and the season traditionally runs Nov-June.
>> Click Here for Info on Club Tryouts -
Regional Travel Teams
We offer club volleyball travel teams for 4th-12th grade girls that only compete regionally in Southern California. Tryouts are in fall and the season traditionally runs Nov-June, although for some teams (especially younger age group teams) the season can be shorter by several weeks or months.
>> Click Here for Info on Club Tryouts -
Local Play Teams
We offer club teams for 3rd-10th grade girls that compete at a more localized level, not traveling very far from their home location and/or within the LAVA affiliate network itself. Tryouts are in fall and the season could begin as early as November and run as late as May; season length is on a team-by-team basis.
>> Click Here for Info on Club Tryouts -
Summer Programs
LAVA Shack offers an extensive array of summer program offerings, including camps, workshops, private lessons, and training pods. You can sign up for as much as you want and we want to see you in the gym!
>> Click Here to Learn More and Register for Summer Programs @ LAVA Shack -
JUNIORS NON-TRAVEL - FOR 6TH-8TH GRADERS
@ LAVA SHACK FOR 6TH-8TH GRADE GIRLS: The Juniors Program is primarily for 6th-8th graders, although 9th graders can participate with Director approval on a case-by-case basis depending on available space and the time of year. 6th graders are encouraged to participate in Juniors instead of the Lite during winter or spring sessions, and the Lite in summer or fall. The program usually runs on two courts, a Beginner/Intermediate Court for newer players and an Advanced Court for experienced juniors athletes.
>> Want More Info? Click Here to Visit the Home Page of the Juniors Program @ Lava Shack.
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YOUTH LITE - FOR 3RD-5TH GRADERS
The Lite Program is the official youth training and development program of LAVA Shack, designed to give young athletes a taste of volleyball in a encouraging environment that mixes quality skills training with lots of fun games to build a passion for this wonderful sport. The program is coached by professional, paid coaches; it is not volunteer-based and, as such, the training value and player growth is significant.
>> Want More Info? Click Here to Visit the Home Page of the Lite Program @ Lava Shack.
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Boys Volleyball
My Son Wants to Play...
SMBC Shack Volleyball Club for Boys is the brother club of the LAVA Shack girls program. Many of our athletes have girls playing for LAVA Shack and boys playing for SMBC Shack. SMBC Shack fields several teams a year for boys grades 5th-12th, as well as offers an excellent youth program for 4th-8th grade boys not ready to play club volleyball just yet. For more info on our SMBC Shack boys program, please click here to visit the Home of SMBC Shack.
LAVA SHACK FACILITIES
LAVA Shack is based primarily out of Marymount High School, located at 10643 Sunset Boulevard, West Los Angeles. Marymount has a safe and secure campus with ample parking and a spacious gym.
MAPS & LOCATIONS
LAVA Shack (West Los Angeles)
10643 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
Graduates at lava
Lava leadership
The Lava Shack Coaching Staff
LAVA Shack houses an excellent coaching staff full of men and women of great character and experience. Our staff has multiple past or present high school and college coaches, not to mention excellent players during their own athletic careers, with many years of collective volleyball experience. We strive to train our athletes to become the best volleyball players, and finest people, they can be. They also understand what it means to cultivate a team and strive to ensure the experience of our athletes is a positive one they will take with them.
