Mia and Marco
ActiveKids Founders
1. CREATE: we are experts of sports, movement and motor learning science that created sports programs at kids' size, with unique practice plans and methodology.
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2. BUILD: we've assembled a team of coaches and experts in the area who share the passion for teaching and for sports to expand our reach and work with as many young athletes as we can with our programs.
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3. SHARE: that's the FUN part! We bring our sports programs to all the girls and boys who love to be active, unlocking kids' potential and building confidence through fun, challenging, and rewarding sports and movement experiences.
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OUR FOUNDERS
Marco Paglialunga
Co-Founder
Technical Director
Marco Paglialunga has 20+ years of volleyball experience as a coach. He coached the Italian Women's National Teams for 7 years as Assistant and Head Coach of the Youth, Junior, and Senior Teams, collecting 8 International Medals and one World Cup in 2011.
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Marco also coached 4 years in the Italian Serie A, the best Professional League in the world, and he collected 4 National Championships while coaching junior clubs.
In his tenure at Menlo School (CA), his team won one State Championship (2016), two League Titles, and three Northern California Tournament appearances; in 2017, he was named California Rookie Coach of the Year.
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His former players play now in many collegiate programs (Stanford, UW, Brown, Yale, Cal, and many others) and in many Professional Leagues around the globe.
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Marco is currently the Varsity Head Coach and Assistant Athletic Director at Carrollton School of Sacred Heart in Miami.
He is married to Mia Causevic, former Pro volleyball player and director at ActiveKids and Miami Wave VB Club, working with than 2,000 kids in the past 5 years; Marco and Mia have two daughters, Nina and Luna.
HONORS and AWARDS
6 Times Italian Champion
1 California High School State Championship
1 Time California Coach of the Year
10 National Medals
1 Time World Champion
1 Olympic Qualifications
8 International Medals
8 Years Italian National Team Coach
4 Years Italian Professional League Coach
MIA
CAUSEVIC
Co-Founder
Director
Little Volley Program Coordinator
Mia Causevic comes from a family of high-level volleyball players (both her parents played professionally for several years and her father Nurko was one of the top players in the World, a pillar of the Jugoslavian National Team).
She started playing when she was 10 years old and she fast became one of the top players in Croatia. When she was 14, she was recruited and got under contract with Teodora Ravenna, one of the top clubs in the Italian Pro League (Serie A), which started her Italian career.
While playing, she got her BA in Fashion at NABA and she then started her career in education and Fashion at the Fashion School - NABA in Milan in 2010.
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She moved to Miami in 2019 where she founded Miami Wave Volleyball together with her husband Marco Paglialunga and she is currently the Assistant Chair at the Fashion Institute at MDC.
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She is married to Marco, former Italian National Teams coach and director at ActiveKids and Miami Wave VB Club; Mia and Marco have two daughters, Nina and Luna.
HONORS and AWARDS
3 Times Junior Italian Finalist
2 Times Junior Croatian Champion
1 Time MVP Jr Italian National Championship
One of the Youngest Pro Players in Europe to reach Serie A (14 yo)
Played as Pro Player for more than 10 years
OUR COACHES
Federico Severi
Little Volley Head Coach
20+ Volleyball Experience
Victoria Boulay
Former NCAA Player
Little Volley Coach
3+ Year Coaching experience
Jamie Weston
Former NCAA Div 1 Player
6+ Years Coaching Experience
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