I apologize in advance for the length of this but I wanted to clarify just a few things based on questions I received last night that may be beneficial to all of you:

Ways to Play/Practice between now and tryouts in August:

2.  June 11-14 6-8pm

Grayson HS Gym: Youth Camp for any students grades 2-8.  Again, another opportunity to learn about volleyball!  Cost is $58 register through Grayson Community School

3. Open Gyms: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 8am-10am starting July 16th.  These are free and a great way to not only improve your volleyball skills and overall conditioning but also to meet other Grayson HS students. You must have a physical form to participate.

            4. Suwanee Sports Academy- They usually run clinics and camps all spring and summer

5. Summer Camps- these are usually at every major college in the country.  A few I know of off hand: Georgia Southern, Univ. of Alabama Birmingham, GA Tech, Emory, University of Florida, Wofford, etc.               

6. Bay Creek Park- They have sand courts available that quite a few of our current players get some friends together to play!

7. Club/Travel Teams- there are many US Junior Olympic Volleyball teams in the Atlanta area that play from November-June.  Although we would LOVE all of our players to have an opportunity to play at this level, it can be expensive and for this year it is honestly a little late to try to join a team.  Please keep it in mind for next year!

Places to Watch Volleyball:

Check out srva.org. This is the website for Junior Olympic volleyball in our area. They have tournaments listed all over!  The Big South tournament is a national qualifier where you can see anywhere from 50-100 games being played under the same roof! It is a great way to experience high quality volleyball.

Physicals

            Physicals are valid for all sports for one calendar year from the date of the physical exam.

How do we choose our teams:

            As with any sport, our program is looking for the best players we can find.  Every young lady has something they can contribute to our teams whether they are tall, short, quiet, loud, athletic, or not!  We recommend  that if your daughter is interested in playing volleyball at Grayson that she attend as many of our open gyms or camps as possible.  These valuable practice sessions will get her the basic skills that she needs to be competitive.

How many players on a team:

            Generally we have 10-12 girls per team.  During a game only 6 are allowed on the court at the same time and we want to make sure that as many of our players are getting as much playing time as possible.  During practices we also want to make sure that the players get as much individual instruction as possible and we can't do that with 1 coach and 25 girls.

Season:

            Tryouts are August 1^st-3rd.  We post a list online within a few hours of the end of each tryout day.  We post the list online so that young ladies who do not make the team can find out in the privacy of their own home. Official practices begin August 6rd and run 2:30-4:30 on any non game days. Games usually begin around 5pm two times per week.  9th grade and Junior Varsity teams have their end of the season tournament the first weekend in October. Varsity can run up to the beginning of November based on performance.

Cost:

            Booster Club fees $150

 shoes, practice shirts, warmups, kneepads, etc. usually run approximately $100-125.    

Not all apparel items are required for 9th grade teams so it may be cheaper for you depending on what your daughter orders.

*Please budget for approximately $300 to cover pictures, extra equipment, etc. that may come up.

Equipment:

            Sizing will be done at the Meet the Team event  (TBA- should be August 4^th). 

What happens once my daughter has made the team:

            Official practice will begin August 6rd at 2:30.  Before this time we ask players to return with a signed commitment form saying she is going to play on the team until the end of the season.  We ask our players to do this because we have had players in the past make the team and then the next day/week quit.  This does not benefit the young lady, nor our team because we could have given that spot to another young lady who was heartbroken already for not making the team.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me at amy_fultz@gwinnett.k12.ga.us.

I know many of you picked up our informational packet last night, but just in case I have posted most of the information on our website at graysonvolleyball.com.

http://www.graysonvolleyball.com/aregister1.php?type=prospect

 If you just need something to do at home with no equipment necessary:

Do wall sits, planks, pushups, sit ups, etc. during commercials of a TV show.  Most commercials are 15-30 seconds long with the entire commercial break being approx 2min and 30 sec. That is perfect to get some strengthening in!

If you have a neighborhood where you can run or a convenient park/track:

SAMPLE Basic 1 day workout

Jog 2 laps

Plyos and Stretch

Do 1 of these on each side of the upstairs track continuously:

*LAP 1 lunge, butt kicks, lunge, butt kicks

*LAP 2 high knees, shuffle, high knees, shuffle

2 sets of 50 abs of your choice

2 sets of 10 push ups

*LAP 3 high knee skip, jog, high knee skip, jog

*LAP 4 frog jump, walk, frog jump, walk

*LAP 5 Sprint, jog, sprint, jog

2 sets of 50 abs of your choice

2 sets of 10 push ups

*LAP 6 lunge, butt kicks, lunge, butt kicks

*LAP 7 high knees, shuffle, high knees, shuffle

*LAP 8 high knee skip, jog, high knee skip, jog

*LAP 9 Sprint, jog, sprint, jog

*LAP 10 Jog

4 sets of 20 abs of your choice

1 set as many as you can clap push ups

 Walk cool down lap and stretch

Sample Workout Schedule for 1 week