What is Spikeball?
Spikeball is 4v4 Volleyball for 1st and 2nd years with a difference. The main difference is that 2nd touch of the ball is a catch and a throw. This ensures more rallies, more opportunities to hit the ball and a lot more fun. Spikeball was developed to provide children with a FUN introduction to Volleyball. The main objective of SpikeBall is to encourage more children to participate in Volleyball in an enjoyable way.
Spikeball at National level
The SpikeBall National Championships were introduced at both Primary and Post Primary Level due to the increasing popularity of the game in schools and to meet the demand for competition.
Spikeball Hall of Fame in KTCS
| 2012/2013 |
Spikeball was introduced in KTCS |
| 2013/2014 |
Regional winners:1st year Boys
All Ireland Finalists-Runners up: 1st year boys
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| 2014/2015 |
Regional winners: 2nd year Boys
All Ireland Winners:2nd year Boys
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| 2015/2016 |
Regional Winners: 1st and 2nd year Boys
All Ireland Semi Finals: 1st and 2nd year Boys
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| 2016/2017 |
Regional Winners: 1st year Girls
All Ireland Quarter Finalists: 1st Year Girls
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| 2017/2018 |
Regional Winners: 1st year Mixed team
All Ireland Semi-Finals: 1st year Mixed team
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Spikeball Skills
Not only can you play Spikeball in 1st and 2nd year in the school, you will also have the chance to coach teams, develop refereeing skills and score keeping skills once in TY or 5th year.
For last 2 years a group of students were involved in the primary school blitz. For their efforts they were awarded bronze level referring awards from Volleyball Ireland.
November 2016
Spikeball is an initiative developed by the Volleyball Association of Ireland and is an adapted 4-player v 4-player volleyball game that was introduced to Ireland in the last 3 years and has seen participation levels increase by over 300%.
This year we had two 1st year girl teams and three 2nd year girl teams. Training takes place every Wednesday with numbers increasing every year. The first round of matches took place here in KTCS with Naas as the visiting team. There were some great matches with two teams in each year qualifying with fierce competition.
The 1st year team were lucky enough to qualify and will now compete in the regional finals. Best of luck to the girls as they get one step further to All Ireland Finals.