What are High School Varsity Volleyball Requirements?

Question

Can anybody tell me what skills are required to make Varsity Volleyball, I know sometimes it depends on your school, but could anybody tell me? I'm going to be a freshman next year, and I'm just curious if I have what it takes. Ha probably not, but anyway.

Thank You!

Answer 1

Well most schools like there varsity members to be able to serve over hand.

Also you have to be willing to dig and spike hard.

You just have to try your hardest to get that ball.

But I would say in order to be a great varsity player your attitude over hand serve and willingnedd to get the ball would help

Answer 2

A good strong pass, physical fitness, and an area of specialty

Answer 3

In my years of coaching high school volleyball, very few freshmen made the varsity.  I'm in California, where a lot of girls start playing club volleyball when they're 12, so by the time they get to high school some girls already have 3 years of club experience.  That helps a lot.

The tryouts I ran evaluated all the volleyball skills.  The thing that would make me look at a freshman seriously is serve receive.  One of the freshman I remember taking on the varsity was a pretty skilled setter, and my other setter that season was a senior.  We had been running a 5-1 the previous season, but I started using a 6-2 during the year because the freshman was good enough to get some playing time.  She ended up setting the next 3 years for the varsity in a 5-1 and went on to play in college.  

Thinking about the freshmen who've made varsity though, they usually have a lot of confidence and court awareness.  They have played enough that they're aware of the positions and the basic rotations (5-1, 6-2) used in high school volleyball.  

You might try to find out how many seniors were on last year's team to get a feel for how many players need to be replaced.  If 5 or 6 graduated and you have a lot of experience, you've got a shot.  

I never put a freshman on the varsity unless I expected her to get some playing time.  I've put quite a few reasonably talented freshmen on the JV -- the inexperienced freshmen would end up on the frosh team -- because I wanted them to get more playing time than they would have gotten on the varsity.  

So don't take it as a terrible horrible thing if you make JV rather than varsity.  Step up and be a great team player and the coaches will look at you your sophomore year as a varsity member.  

Good luck at tryouts!  

Answer 4

Freshmen normally dont play on varsity, you would probably be able to play on Freshmen or Junior Varsity

Answer 5

If I was the head coach at your school, my general requirements to pull up a freshmen would be:

A) They know the zones.

B) They know how to serve a topspin and floater.

C) They know when to roll/tip/spike

D) Blocking ability

E) If this player was a hitter, can hit cross, deep, and work the weaker opposing defensive players

F) If the player is DS, moves well and is in position to cover the floor when and where they should be.