To all players,
I am very excited about the season and I hope you are too! Please use these next few weeks to prepare your body and mind. These first few days of tryouts and practices will be extremely difficult. Coming to tryouts out of shape increases your chance for injury or not playing up to your ability.
For the next few weeks, I suggest doing some power walking or jogging, crunches and push-ups. Also lunges and squats for your legs. Jumping rope and playing catch with a softball or baseball are also good ways to get your volleyball muscles ready for tryouts. And of course if you can find some volleyball to play that would be great too. I know on Wednesday nights they play volleyball at the YMCA.
I can’t stress enough; showing up thinking tryouts are for getting into shape will be a mistake.
As of August 1st, rules say the coaching staff can’t have contact with you. So, please review this information and check our website stadiumvolleyball.com for additional information.
The coaching staff will be evaluating you on these areas. Our tryouts will be done on a point system. Please review this closely and be prepared in all areas listed below
Skill - 50%
Aggressiveness - 10%
Athleticism - 10%
Attitude - 10%
Focus - 10%
Communication - 10%
Maximum points a player can achieve is 100. Note each player making a team will be given a review by their coach as to their strengths and weaknesses.
Tryout Schedule
Day 1 - Starts at 8:30 am and ends at 4:20 pm
August 21st – Monday 8:30
· Must have all paperwork to tryout. Physical/ASB/AD Catalinch signed off.
· Sign In
· Statistics on each player
Height
Reach
Jump Reach (There will be a formal stretching period before jumping)
Block Reach
10:00 -12:40 pm Morning Conditioning and Skills Session
10:00 – 10:45am Conditioning Evaluation
Line times
Net swing times
Wall times
Crunch times
Push Up times
Lunges
15 minute Break:
Hydrate, stretch and warm-up while coaches put players into 6 player groups, these groups are for skill evaluation only. It doesn’t represent teams ie varsity, jv, or c-team. It allows the coaching staff to focus on smaller groups at a time for the evaluation process. Note teams 7 and 8 will mainly be incoming players that staff has no playing information on.
Groups could change at any time. Depending on how many groups we have there might be periods where your group might not be involved in a drill. I suggest you watch the other groups, so you get a feel for when it’s your turn. There will be a short break to hydrate at the start of each 20 minute segment. Please have your personal water bottles marked clearly with your name. I don’t want the water fountain as your water bottle!
11:00 to 12:20 Skills Session
11:00 – 11:20 Passing Drills Groups 1 and 2 (Court 1)
11:20 – 11:40 Passing Drills Groups 3 and 4 (Court 1)
11:40 – 12:00 Passing Drills Groups 5 and 6 (Court 1)
12:00 – 12:20 Passing Drills Groups 7 and 8 (Court 1)
11:00 – 11:20 Scrimmage Groups 3 vs. 4 (Court 2) and 5 vs. 6 (Court 3)
11:00 – 11:20 Groups 7 and 8 Shagging Court 1 and lines on Courts 2-3
11:20 – 11:40 Scrimmage Groups 7 vs. 8 (Court 2) and 1 vs. 2 (Court 3)
11:20 – 11:40 Groups 5 and 6 Shagging Court 1 and lines on Courts 2-3
11:40 – 12:00 Scrimmage Groups 3 vs. 7 (Court 2) and 4 vs. 8 (Court 3)
11:40 – 12:00 Groups 1 and 2 Shagging Court 1 and lines on Courts 2-3
12:00 – 12:20 Scrimmage Groups 1 vs. 4 (Court 2) and 2 vs. 5 (Court 3)
12:00 – 12:20 Groups 3 and 4 Shagging Court 1 and lines on Courts 2-3
Note: Scrimmages will be filmed and reviewed by coaching staff after practice. We will be looking for players focus, knowledge of the game, communication, leadership, competitiveness, skills and attitude.
12:20 to 12:30 Stretching
12:30 – 12:40 Team Meeting – Coach Staff will review the afternoon briefly and answer an questions
12:40 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
Players are allowed to leave. Note if anyone is late the entire team will run 20 walls before practice can begin.
Scrimmage film will be shown for those staying to eat lunch and rest, you are not required to watch.
2:00 – 4:20 pm Afternoon session
2:00 to 2:10 Stretching and Warm-up.
2:10 – 2:30 Serving Drills Groups 1 and 2 (Court 1)
2:30 – 2:50 Serving Drills Groups 3 and 4 (Court 1)
2:50 – 3:10 Serving Drills Groups 5 and 6 (Court 1)
3:10 – 3:30 Serving Drills Groups 7 and 8 (Court 1)
2:10 – 2:30 Serve Receive/Serving Drills Groups 3 and 4 (Court 2)
2:30 – 2:50 Serve Receive/Serving Drills Groups 5 and 6 (Court 2)
2:50 – 3:10 Serve Receive/Serving Drills Groups 7 and 8 (Court 2)
3:10 – 3:30 Serve Receive/Serving Drills Groups 1 and 2 (Court 2)
2:10 – 2:30 Speed and Focus Drills Groups 5 and 6 (Court 3)
2:30 – 2:50 Speed and Focus Drills Groups 7 and 8 (Court 3)
2:50 – 3:10 Speed and Focus Drills Groups 1 and 2 (Court 3)
3:10 – 3:30 Speed and Focus Drills Groups 3 and 4 (Court 3)
3:30 to 3:50 Scrimmage Groups
3:30 – 3:50 Scrimmage Groups 1 vs. 3 (Court 1)
3:30 – 3:50 Scrimmage Groups 2 vs. 5 (Court 2)
3:30 – 3:50 Scrimmage Groups 4 vs. 6 (Court 3)
3:30 – 3:50 Groups 7 and 8 watch other scrimmages.
3:50 – 4:00 Team Stretch
4:00 – 4:10 Team Meeting – Coaching staff will review Day 2 briefly and answer any questions
4:10 Practice Dismissed
Day 2 - Starts at 9:00 am and ends at 4:00 pm
9:00 to 9:10 Team Meeting – Coaching staff will review morning session and answer any questions.
9:10 to 9:20 Team Stretching and Warm-Up
9:20 to 9:50 Conditioning Evaluation
Line times
Net swing times
Wall times
Crunch times
Push Up times
Lunges
9:50 – 11:00 Individual Break-Out Drills – Coaches will break players up by positions, in some cases you will cross over and do other drills if you are going to be evaluated at multiple positions.
9:50-10:20 Hitting Drills Outside Hitters (Court 1)
Platform hitting all spots Left/Right/Pipe
Live hitting all spots Left Right Pipe
9:50 – 10:20 Setting Drills (Court 2)
Decision Making
Hitting Spots
Technique
9:50 – 10:20 Defensive Specialist (Court 3)
Hitting Targets
Digging Aggressiveness
Ball Tracking
Leadership/Communication (Remember the Libero runs the defense)
10:20 – 10:30 Break – Hydrate, light snack is you feel your body needs some fuel. Fruits, nuts, energy bars are my suggestion.
10:30 – 11:00 Hitting Drills Middle Hitters (Court 1)
Platform Hitting 1’s, 3’s, and slides
Live hitting same areas
10:30 – 11:00 Queen of the Court (Courts 2 and 3)
All players not on Court 1
Focus on communication and aggressiveness
11:00 – 11:30 Serving/Serve Receive Drills Groups 1, 2, and 3 (Court 1)
Focus Hitting Spots and Targets
11:00 – 11:30 Passing Drills Groups 3, 4, and 5 (Court 2)
Focus Communication, Targets and Floor Positioning
11:00 – 11:30 Passing Drills Groups 7 and 8 (Court 3)
Focus Communication, Targets and Floor Positioning
11:30 – 12:00 Serving/Serve Receive Drills Groups 3, 4, and 5 (Court 1)
Focus Hitting Spots and Targets
11:30 – 12:00 Passing Drills Groups 6, 7, and 8 (Court 2)
Focus Communication, Targets and Floor Positioning
11:30 – 12:00 Passing Drills Groups 1 and 2 (Court 3)
Focus Communication, Targets and Floor Positioning
12:00 – 12:30 Serving/Serve Receive Drills Groups 7 and 8 (Court 1)
Focus Hitting Spots and Targets
12:00 – 12:30 Scrimmage Split Court 2×2 Teams TBA Groups (Court 2)
Focus Communication, Competitiveness, and leadership
12:00 – 12:30 Scrimmage Split Court 2×2 Teams TBA Groups (Court 3)
Focus Communication, Competitiveness, and leadership
12:30 – 12:40 Stretching
12:40 – 12:50 Team Meeting – Coaches will review afternoon session and answer any questions.
12:50 – 2:00 Break – Note same rules as Day 1
2:00 – 2:10 Stretching and Warm-Up
2:10 – 2:40 Scrimmage 3×3 Full Court Teams TBA (Court 1, 2, and 3)
2:40 – 3:00 Speed and Statistics Re-Evaluation All Players
Testing will include:
Jump Reach
Block Jump Reach
Line Speed times
Lateral Speed times
Net Swings times
Crunch times
3:00 – 3:10 Stretching
3:00 – 3:30ish Coach’s meeting to make teams and cuts
3:30 Teams posted -Coaches will be available to 4:00 pm to answer any questions
Days 3-4-5 August (23-25) Varsity Practice times
Morning Practice 10:00 to 12:00
Afternoon Practice 1:30 to 3:30
Note Varsity Players, always have a notebook and pen in your bag at all times. There will be some classroom time and notes will need to be taken.
