Volleyball tryouts in real time
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Anonymous
It’s pretty common for clubs to not communicate a no offer situation. If you don’t have an offer or a callback by now, it’s pretty safe to assume they’re not interested. I agree it would be nice if clubs would take the time to send out a “Thanks for your interest, but…” message, but that seems to be the exception rather than the rule. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately this is true. We heard quickly if an offer was coming and often never if no offer was coming. Sometimes a club sent an email that all rosters were filled. Sometimes they didn’t, even when they promised they would. |
Anonymous
The easiest situations for clubs to handle are definite yes and definite no. Both MVSA and Moco will tell you after the first day: "thank you, but don't bother coming back the next day." You immediately know that you have to manage expectations and look for a lower level club to try out at. It is also easy to send offers to the top talent that showed up at the tryouts. The hardest to handle are the players on the bubble, because their decisions depend on who and when accepts offers. You may be on the bubble all the way to the end of Tuesday and you may get an offer or a polite rejection. MVSA and Moco always sent out a thank you note to all the players on the bubble as soon as their rosters were complete. We had to deal with other clubs (including our current club) where the communication was awful. We were still happy when we learned that we made a team, but the stress was real. |
Anonymous
It was silly of them to even promise it then. I am used to NOT being informed of a decline, but they ask that we please wait to hear back (in other words, hold out hope). See below. From their first email, Sat 5pm: “ Our goal is to get all offers, declines, and alternates out by 5pm on Sunday evening. If you haven't yet heard from us, you can expect to hear from us sometime between now and 5pm on Sunday.” Later in the email, they say “… if Paramount is a club your child is interested in, we ask (but of course cannot mandate) that you please wait to hear from us before you make any decisions on other offers your child may have received. We promise to get back to every player who tried out for us.” From their second email: “Here is an update about our U10-U14 Tryouts. I know that we previously said 5pm is when we were hoping to notify all the families who attended our Tryouts of their tryout result. However, we are now pushing this back to 8pm this evening. By 8pm tonight, every player who attended our U10-U14 Tryouts will have been notified of their Tryout result via email. You will receive one of three statuses in writing via email: an Offer, a Rejection, or an Alternate.” |
Anonymous
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We’re new to the entire club volleyball scene and DD was very intimidated by it but decided to tryout out for Vienna Elite U14 yesterday afternoon (last day of tryouts). She’s intermediate (one year of travel for a local league) so probably considered beginner in club. She’s also short (5’1”) but can play most positions (her current coaches keep her in the game the entire time for all their sets). Yesterday, at tryouts, they were told that a total of 75 girls tried out and they would be filling 24 spots for the two teams. I’ve been reading this thread and worried she may not have made it, or is no news good news? Does anyone know if Vienna Elite has made any offers for U14? Like I said, we’re new to this scene and completely understand that her chances of making the team is slim especially since she tried out on the last day and only tried out for one club.
Someone also mentioned VA Athletics Volleyball Club in this thread and it looks like they have one last tryout tonight for U14 but I haven’t heard much about this club so I’m not sure if it’s worth it to sign up. Any feedback would be much appreciated! |
Anonymous
Not sure about this particular club, but normally clubs are quick about offers. Couple of hours after tryout usually. If you DD did not get anything at this point, that means she is not on the first batch of offers. Will the offer come later? Maybe yes maybe no. But no news does not mean good news. Hope you have a backup team which still runs some makeup tryout if she really wants to play (in any club) this year. |
Anonymous
Any club is better than no club. If you wait another year, the difference between your DD and the other players of her age will increase even more significantly. |
Anonymous
One option for you would be to try out for XP in Sterling. Their tryouts begin tonight. I don't think they participate in the same league as the other clubs, which is why their tryouts are this week, rather than starting last Friday. https://www.xp-volleyball.com/programs/club-volleyball |
Anonymous
DD tried out for Vienna Elite over the weekend but haven't heard anything back either. You should email and ask if your DD is still under consideration. |
Anonymous
Totally agree with this. XP's first tryout is tonight and they have multiple teams at every age level. It was our backup plan. We also saw a lot of girls this weekend at other club tryouts with XP backpacks. I think thats a good sign that you can get good enough experience and move up to other clubs in the future if thats what you want to do. |
Anonymous
| Need a little advice. We have one good offer in hand and two that we know are close. We prefer one of the two clubs that we don't have a full offer from yet. We have communicated with all three clubs but they can't provide advice because they aren't sure how many girls will turn down their current offers. What happens if this goes up to the deadline on Tuesday? Are we really in danger of losing the one good offer if we wait to accept past the deadline? Should we lock in the one good offer at the deadline if we don't have an offer in writing from one of the other two clubs? Anyone ever go through something similar? What did you do? Thank you for any guidance. |
Anonymous
Have the email accepting the offer you have ready for Tuesday. Send it two minutes before the deadline. |
Anonymous
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We're new to volleyball and had a question about committing to a club if you have a kid trying at two levels at different clubs. My dd can try out for U14 and U15 since U14 is her birth year and U15 is her grade (she has a late birthday). She tried out for a U14 team at club A this past weekend and received an offer. However, she also has tryouts for a U15 team at clubs B and C this upcoming weekend. If she accepts the U14 club A offer, could she back out of it if she receives an offer from the U15 team at club B or C? I don't know if it's ok to switch from one club to another once you've accepted an offer. Can that be done and if so what are the repercussions/penalties of doing that, if any?
I didn't think it through when we signed up for both U14 and U15 tryouts and don't want to burn any bridges. I want her to accept with the best club she can get in to, but also don't want to leave her without a team if she doesn't get any offers from the U15 clubs. Trying to figure out what our best option is here. Appreciate any guidance from anyone who's done this. |
Anonymous
That’s a tough one and you really should have thought about it ahead of time. It also depends on how good she is, if she got a spot on 14 as a beginner she must be decent, so you could take a chance on 15, but on the other hand 15 is also very competitive and chances are very slim as a newbie. I personally would take the 14, tryout for 15 just to see, so next year I can decide to jump up to 16. Really hard to give advice without knowing her skill level though. |
Anonymous
You should have taken her to 15 clinics and asked the coaches for her chances. |