Club Information

Club Volleyball

Club Volleyball is the most competitive level of volleyball available to young players. Student-athletes who seek this type of commitment are often interested in playing in high school, at the high school varsity level, or in college.

There are 2 levels of Club Volleyball offered at Flash 619 VBC: Local and Regional.

Local club volleyball is designed for players who are new to the game but want to have fun and learn the skills necessary to compete on a competitive team.

Regional club volleyball is for players who want to challenge themselves both physically and mentally and are prepared for a more competitive experience.

Why Should I Play Club Volleyball?

  • High level training and a 5-6 month season allows for tremendous growth

  • A level of play for everyone - The tournament format allows room for growth and an appropriate challenge almost every tournament

  • Gain an increased awareness of the higher levels of volleyball that are available in your area

  • Meet new people who will both challenge and support you

  • Club allows players from different schools to work together and reach new heights

  • Recruiting - Regional and National level players can be recruited to play for college programs

Local Club Volleyball

Teams from San Diego area clubs compete in the Spike-Fest Series in Poway, CA at Epic VBC - The Series winner is based on a point system to determine how well each team performs over the course of the season.

Teams practice 8 times a month and compete in 6 tournaments between January and May.

Practices begin the first week of January and the season concludes with the final tournament in late May.

Each Flash 619 Volleyball team will receive:

  • Practices from January through May, all practices at the Boys and Girls Club of South County.

  • 6 tournaments

  • A uniform package

  • Experienced, positive, passionate coaching

Regional Travel Volleyball

Teams will compete in the Southern California Volleyball Association tournament against regional club teams throughout southern California. Tournaments are played in various venues in the SoCal region.

Teams practice 8 times a month and compete in 8 tournaments between January and June.

Practices begin the first week of January and the season concludes with the final tournament in late June.

Each Flash 619 Volleyball team will receive:

  • Practices from January through June, all practices at the Boys and Girls Club of South County.

  • 8 tournaments

  • A uniform package

  • Experienced, positive, passionate coaching

The Staff

Director/Coach - Erwin "Mac" Macalaguim

Coach Mac is a South Bay native, graduated from Sweetwater HS in 1990 and continued his education at Southwestern College till he transferred to Sonoma State University. There he earned his degree in Mathematics and his teaching credentials. In 2000, he moved back to the South Bay and currently lives in the Otay Ranch area with his wife Amy and their three kids.

Coach Mac has been teaching and coaching for the past 20 years, the last 17 years at Eastlake HS. He has a passion for teaching kids, whether it be Math, Basketball, Volleyball or life in general. While being a full time Math teacher, Coach Mac has always coached year-round. He coached in the EHS Boys Basketball Program from 2000-2013 (Freshmen Head Coach, JV Head Coach and assisted Varsity) and Boys and Girls Golf from 2003-07 (Varsity).

He started coaching EHS Volleyball in 2001 as the Freshmen Girls Coach and moved up to the JV level in 2002 and 2003. When is daughter was born in Dec. 2003 he took some time off from coaching volleyball, eventually returning in 2007 to take over the EHS Girls Varsity Volleyball Program and is still currently the Head Varsity Coach. Since he has taken over, Coach Mac has guided his teams to 5 league championships and has been in the playoffs every year with 3 semi-finals appearances. Coach Mac takes great pride in helping 11 of his high school players go on to play in college.

In 2010, he helped start Coast South VBC and in 2012 became their Director. In 2014-15 Coach Mac left Coast VBC to open, coach and direct Flash 619 Volleyball Club. Last season, he coached the 12-1’s and the 16-1’s with Coach Liz Lau. Both of the teams finished in the Gold Division in SCVA with the 12’s finishing 2nd (2016). Also, both teams earned medals at the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix, Arizona (2016). The 12’s finished 2nd and the 16’s finished 4th. You can catch Coach Mac in the gym almost every night assisting the other coaches with their practices, coaching his 13’s or 16-1’s teams or tutoring his Flash players in Math from time to time.


Coach - Lizbeth Lau

Lizbeth Lau graduated from Castle Park High at the top of her class. She has played 3 years of volleyball; receiving honorable mention her junior year and selected to be on the first team All South Bay League her senior year. She has also played 2 years of basketball.

While attending UCSD, Lizbeth has started her coaching career by coaching teams in the local Starlings program. From there she has coached at Castle Park HS (2005-2007) and University City HS (2008-2012), where she coached both girls and boys volleyball program.

In 2013, Lizbeth returned coaching to the South Bay at Otay Ranch HS. She coached 3 seasons for the girls program as the JV head coach. She also teaches volleyball classes at the South Bay YMCA. Since 2017, she has been an integral part in the multi-level success for all the girls volleyball programs at Eastlake High School. In 2019, as assistant coach, she helped the girls varsity program reach the Southern California CIF Division 2 semi-finals, the programs highest finish so far in the school's history.

In 2017, she led our 15-U team to the championship and champions at the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix. In the 2019 season she took our 18-U team to medals and 3rd place finish, again at Volleyball Festival.

Lizbeth is glad to be back home and hopes to continue to see immense growth and popularity for the game of volleyball in the South Bay. She is thankful for the opportunity to be part of Flash 619 coaching staff and the bright future of this club going forward.


Coach - Chelsea Speaks

Graduate of Fresno Pacific University where she played four years on the women's volleyball team as setter and defensive specialist. Also an Eastlake High School alumni who spent four years on the varsity team under coach Erwin Mac. Earned all-league honors four times while helping lead her team to three league titles. Earned first team all-league honors as a junior and a senior. As a senior she was named team MVP and was a San Diego senior All-Star selection as Eastlake reached the CIF semifinals.

Coach Chelsea led our 15-U team to gold medals at the 2021 Volleyball Festival tournament in Phoenix, AZ.