Spike Up Performance started in Brooklyn in 2023 when Coach Chris realized something he had never experienced in the NYC volleyball scene: people had plenty of places to play, but almost nowhere to actually develop. Crowded courts, but none where you could learn the timing, rhythm, and awareness that make volleyball—and performance in general—feel controlled instead of reactive.

After years of coaching, studying psychology, and competing, he still hadn’t found a space that treated volleyball as what it naturally is: one of the best environments for training flow — not just a place to rack up reps.

So he built one.

Chris designed a training model grounded in early reads, organized movement, and clear decision-making at speed. Small groups. Structured sequences. Sessions that make volleyball more readable — not more rushed.

Very quickly, athletes realized the difference. And soon after, people from outside the sport did too — designers, healthcare workers, engineers, musicians, analysts. They weren’t just drawn to “flow” as a concept; they were drawn to how volleyball made it tangible. The pace, the patterns, the instant feedback — it clicked.