How do you find some one to sponsor you in a sport for a high school athlete?

Question

Volleyball

Answer 1

First of all -where do you live? The aount of sponsorship available will depend on a factor of how often sponsorship is practised in your country as such. Another factor is the popularity of volleyball in your country -i doubt you will have much sucsess if volleyball is not very popular in the place where you live.

Secondly, as far as my logic goes, i doubt that sposors will show great interest in high school teams. I believe high school volleyball just does not reach a sufficient standard of play to attract sponsorship. In college it is more likely, but things such as how sucsessfull your team is will play a major role.

Thirdly, are you implying that you want to be sponsored as an individual? If you are, cross that option out, you are highly unlikely to find a sponsor for just one individual out of the team

Finally, if you are in high school and very good at volleyball, perhaps your best bet is to use that when applying to college. Colleges value good althletes.

Answer 2

All you have to do is go around asking different businesses to support you and give them some good reasons why. I would suggest asking area businesses and businesses that do things that you like to do. Example: If you like to garden ask a flower shop or florist. Businesses are sure to agree if you give them good reasons why GOOD LUCK!

Answer 3

just go to your local stores and ask them to be your sponsor, the worst thing they can say is no

Answer 4

Finding an individual sponsor would be very tough if not impossible.  

You might have better luck finding a business to sponsor your team.  IE.  Go to a subway and work out a deal with the manager that your team recieves a discount on subs in return your team eats Subway as a post game meal get together.  Or a sporting goods store to sponsor your team in return you have their logo printed on your game jerseys or warm up shirts.  Even that might not be allowed.

Your Schools athletic department has probably allready worked out some sponsorships, check the banners in your gym or the score clock.

I would doubt individual sponsorships are allowed in High School.  I dont know of any College or University Athletic Associations that allow it.  Maybe some stuff is done under the table!

But hey, it doesn't hurt to try.  Good Luck!