Volleybird Joins The Directors Club as Partner

Partnership strengthens Volleybird's connection to club leaders and decision-makers across the racquet sports industry

MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Volleybird, the sport discovery company behind subscription boxes for tennis, pickleball, padel, and golf, today announced that it has joined The Directors Club as a Partner.

The partnership strengthens Volleybird's connection to the club professionals, operators and industry leaders serving the company's core racquet sport customers as Volleybird enters a period of accelerated growth and product expansion.

The Directors Club, founded in 2022 by Jarrett Chirico, has grown to almost 1,700 members in 603 clubs across 45 states and 9 countries. The organization exists to educate, connect, and help club directors, general managers, and racquet professionals succeed through conferences, workshops, and year-round programming.

Founded by GenX lifelong amateur players Tracy Thomas and Cassandra Toroian, Volleybird is building its presence across tennis, pickleball, padel and golf, while expanding from direct-to-consumer into exclusive distribution and development of its own proprietary products.

"Tracy and I built Volleybird around discovery, community and understanding what players actually want," said Cassandra Toroian, co-founder and CEO of Volleybird. "The professionals leading clubs and facilities interact with those players every day. Joining The Directors Club gives us another opportunity to listen, learn, build relationships and introduce Volleybird to the people helping shape the future of racquet sports."

For Volleybird, the partnership also creates opportunities to introduce its products and discovery model directly to club leaders while developing long-term relationships across the industry.

"We are thrilled to welcome VolleyBird to The Directors Club. Our community exists to help industry leaders educate, communicate, and grow the future of the racquets and hospitality industry - and VolleyBird's discovery mindset is exactly the kind of fresh thinking our directors want to bring back to their members," said Jarrett Chirico, Founder and President, The Directors Club.

About Volleybird, LLC:
Volleybird is a premium sport discovery company serving tennis, pickleball, padel, and golf players across North America. Founded by Tracy Thomas and Cassandra Toroian, Volleybird curates gear, apparel, and lifestyle products from established brands and emerging makers. Its flagship subscription box delivers value of more than $200 in sport-specific items every 60 days. Volleybird also designs its own products where it sees gaps in the market, beginning with women's golf accessories and the Darling Collection. Volleybird has been featured in the New York Post, Florida Tennis Magazine, Fox21 News Colorado, and CBS News Washington, D.C. Learn more at volleybird.shop. Wholesale inquiries: support@volleybird.shop.

About The Directors Club:
The Directors Club is an exclusive community of industry leaders with the sole purpose to educate, communicate, and illustrate the continued path to success in the racquets and hospitality industry. Through online networking events, workshops, guest speakers, classes, and video libraries, members share knowledge, solve problems, and reach higher levels of success together. Founded in 2022, the organization has grown to almost 1,700 members in 603 clubs across 45 states and 9 countries. Learn more at www.thedirectorsclubofamerica.com.

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Mike Knowles, Inside the Lines Advisory, mike@insidethelinesadvisory.com, 205.789.4006

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