[1][2] In the 2016/17 season, Kadochkina moved to Kazan to attend the Yekaterina Gamova School which was established there in July 2016.

She began to play for Dinamo-UOR-School Gamova team, which is a part of the Dinamo Kazan club, in the Premier League B of the Russian Championship.

[3] A few months later, she won the silver medal at the inaugural Girls' U16 Volleyball European Championship and received the “most valuable player” award for the tournament.

[5] In August 2017, 14-year-old Kadochkina again called up for the U18 team, this time for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, and won the bronze medal.

[3] She’s also the member of the Russian team that won the gold medal at the EEVZA (Eastern European Volleyball Zonal Association) U16 Championship in December and was selected as the “most valuable player” of the tournament.