Club volleyball help!!!?

Question

Ok, so let's say i made a really nice club team. could i sit the bench (even if im really good) because im short, or just for no reason? can they take ur money and not let you play? Also, what you consider expensive for a volleyball club season, let's say, $450? tell me anymore. i made A team for my school and have played a ton before.

Answer 1

The answer is yes, they can take your money even if you never step on the court during a match in the entire season.  What the club will say is that you are paying for practice and you are paying for the coaching.  You will be paying for the coach to get to the out of town matches.  You will be on the court during practices.  

And I will agree with the other posters, $450 is cheap.  I have been looking at club websites.  Most clubs here in Houston want a $500 deposit.  There are some clubs around $1000, but most are over $2000.  It is expensive early due to the cost of uniforms and entering tournaments early.

Answer 2

Yes they can take your money with you just sitting on the bench, although it isn't fair. They wouldn't sit you cuz you're short, a good volleyball player can be ANY size. $450 is definitely not expensive, most are $1000-$2000.

Answer 3

it depends on the club. some clubs will say that you might not play at all, and they will still take your money for practices and stuff. and the clubs that i am trying out for are 2500, and 2700 dollars! but usually you would get some playing time.

Answer 4

well first i'd ask you where you live, as that has a lot to do w/ cost.

the OVR is my region of USA volleyball.

and they have a website  with links to all the clubs& players, tryout info, clubs that need players, club websites, etc.

I would look here for your region

http://www.usavolleyball.org/

Answer 5

Picking a club team is very difficult.  There are so many choices.  You just have to shop around.  

Ask the club director what the club mission is.  If the club is all about "skill development" and not too concerned about winning, then you should see the price being sort of low.  If the team is a travelling team, then you should expect higher payments.  

There are also teams out there that have a "you pay, you play" attitude, which means you will get playing time.  However, be careful of that.  Playing one rally per game is getting playing time.  Not much, but still playing time.  Don't trust a team that "guarantees" you playing time.  Yes, it might sound good for you, but it also sounds great to the next player.  So, when you don't get enough playing compared to the next player (or vice versa), the parents start complaining.  Then, there's teams out there with the attitude of "you earn your playing time", which means if you're not good, you won't play.

Look at clubs that take anywhere from 8-10 players.  Any more and the chance of playing is less.

The most important thing is to really study the coach.  What is his/her qualification?  What "constitutes" the payment amount?  Here's a true example (which I don't think was fair for the entire club).  I coached club ball for 10 years.  I coached for one team and won regionals.  After that year, I moved to a brand new club.  As you can tell, when starting a brand new club, you can't charge that much because no one knows your "character".  However, I went to a new club and won regionals again that year.  So, the next year, the club director raised the price for all the teams.  He figures since I won regionals that the "name" of the club is now more popular.  However, for the other teams in the club that didn't do well, he raised their prices.  That's not fair for them.  I understood raising prices for my team because my team won.  

So, when researching prices, find out what they charged last year.  Then, find out how well the teams did last year.  Not just the team you're trying out for, but all the teams.  If the prices raised, ask them why.   Was it because of "popularity"?  But yet, maybe last year's team wore t-shirts and this year, they're wearing Adidas uniforms.  That, I can understand.

Here's one more thing to think about.  There are tons of young players out there (18+ years old) trying to coach.  They might have been a good player, but doesn't mean they're a great coach.  Beware of that.

If clubs have the words "elite", "travelling", "high performance", or "national", then most likely they're expensive.  These are teams that plan to go to the expensive tournaments and have the best expensive equipment.  And of course, you pay for it.

Beware of "start up" teams.  Unless they find a great coach as a diamond in the rough, most of the coaches are probably "bush-league".  Most coaches like working for well-developed clubs that have a great name and good opportunities.  Start up clubs usually don't have great equipment and don't pay their coaches that much.  In turn, even though they don't charge much, you'll get what you pay for.

And just because a club is expensive doesn't mean their great.  That's why I said for you to research how they did last year.  See proof of "why" their expensive.

Now, for money.  To be honest with you, $450 is really cheap.  My very first year I coached 10 years ago, we charged $500.  Then, 10 years later, we charged $800.  Then, there's clubs out there which charge $1200 and even $2000.  But, we beat them in tournaments.  So, let me ask you.  Which was the better team "for the money"?

Don't be fooled by the dollar signs.  Be willing to pay a lot, but expect to get something out of it.

When I say, "Get something out of it" doesn't mean that you're going to play $800 worth of volleyball.  Don't forget, you're there to learn the game.  Playing tournaments is just a way for you to perform what you've learned.  And winning is just a bonus.  

The idea is where to go and who will you learn the most from?  You want to be able to look back at the year and say to yourself, "Did I learn something new this year?"  Not just skill-wise, but attitude, strategy, court-smarts.

Talk to your region volleyball office.  If you don't know what it is, go to www.volleyball.org and click on the URL for Regions.

They will help you research your choice of clubs.

Oh yea, finally.  Tryouts.  Go to several tryouts.  Don't pick the first team that offers you.  Beware of the clubs that say, "I need an answer right now."  You have the right to say you'll contact them back.  And if they give your spot away because you wanted to wait, then that team is only thinking of themselves and not for your benefit.

If a club gives you a "call-back", beware.  What that sometimes mean is that there is a player that told them "maybe" and they wanted you to be a put on "standby" just in case that other player said no.

If a coach can't decide whether he/she wants you and wants you to come back to re-evaluate you, then that team is not worth it.

This is the honest truth about what happens in clubs.  Don't get me wrong, club ball is an excellent place to learn different perspectives on the game, but beware that some teams don't have the you as their best interest.

Good luck.

Answer 6

u think $450 is expensive. where i live its not even that close i cnt even find a team where u have to pay that much!! thats like no big deal!! but n/e here its like $2,600!!! good luck

Answer 7

ya i belonged to a club team where they played major favorites

so you have to be careful alot of the time

just assert yourself and join in

now the sad truth about vball

if you and a taller girl are at the same level

they will play the taller girl thats just how it is

just be good work hard on defense so you can be a DS or libero

$450 is cheappp like miarculously

i'd say average is about $1,500

that may not be including hotel rooms during tournaments

me and my parents spent $300 a weekend for hotel/food etc.

good luck vball club is the best way to get a leg up on the school competition

and thats how they recruit you for college

so i your serious about vball club is a must