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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD did 4 seasons of club (this year opting out) and it is my impression that tryouts are prevetted via private invite only pre-tryout clinics. Often these are for girls who played in previous years and those the club has seen during camps and sign up clinics. If you aren’t invited to the private clinics, your chances of making the team via the try out are slim unless you’re DD is 6ft.

My DD had many volleyball friends from other teams and often they would post on social media of them at the invite only preseason clinics. Clubs don’t usually post about these but individual teens will.

There is also no loyalty in volleyball year to year. That goes both for the club and for the players. Never trust a coach who says “I want you on my team”.  Get it in writing, even if a text. Or a coach who says: “you’re my first alternate/ top spot on my wait list and as long as one player declines an offer you’re my first call”.

I hate that adult coaches do this stuff because my teen DD ALWAYS believed that was an offer and wouldn’t listen to me, no matter what, that it wasn’t an offer unless in writing and that we needed to keep trying out for other clubs. She always, ALWAYS thought the coaches meant she had an offer and just refused to budge. And it cost her every time and it was so hard as a parent to watch this happen and not have your child trust and listen to you.

Last year she got caught up in the ECP debacle (ECP announced 1 week before try outs they were leaving/closing their DMV clubs and just focusing on Delaware/PA leaving so many girls many girls without a returning club. This was after hosting camps, clinics and invite only clinics (all which are $$$). Her previous coach contacted a bunch of former players, asking them to follow him to his new club and to come to those try outs. At those try outs he literally said to my kid: “i’d love to have you on my team. I’m so excited to see you play again this year.” And other stuff. She thought she was on the team again just at another club. I told her it wasn’t an offer until we got an email but she wouldn’t listen and said she didn’t want to go to anymore try outs. She did not get an offer. So many tears. And anger (from me) that an adult would say this stuff to a kid knowing how it would be received.

Good luck out there. [/quote]

+1.  Parent of the 8 tryouts and back again.  I really wish all of you luck this weekend and as low stress as you can make it.  This is exactly how my DD ended up at 8.  She got caught up in the verbal discussions of coaches at invite clinics.  “We hope you come here.”  “We really want you on the team”.  All of this means nothing if it’s not an official offer in writing.  She wouldn’t listen and made some poor decisions tryout weekend and almost ended up without anything.   I wish the coaches would not say that.   I think she learned some very hard lessons and it took a few days, but she’s very excited and looking forward to a season on a team she originally never considered.

If Sunday comes around and you don’t have any offers, don’t waste time going to make up tryouts on late Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.  First email and ask if there are any open positions.  We went to tryouts only to find out at the end all of her position were filled.   Email first to save time and money.  [/quote]

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