Club Volleyball: Parent Dinner and Tournaments

The club held a 90 minute clinic for hitters yesterday which seemed helpful; Kate enjoyed it and I used it as a forum to drill into her that it's all about technique and repetition. Practice Practice Practice! The coach had the girls submit goals and position preferences. Kate said she wanted to be a hitter but had mostly been a setter in the past year and that she was willing to work at whatever the coach wanted her to do.

We all got to Red Robin about 7:45. Girls at one table and parents at at another. (I will say right here that RR did a very nice job all around). I think 9 of 12 girls were there. While the girls got to know each other, the parents were talking and assigning duties. We seem to have a very capable 'team mom' who takes lots of notes, etc. Well done. I kind of tuned out during the team spirit and slumber party discussions, but jumped at the chance to suggest other tournaments to join in addition to Power League. My immediate thought is to schedule us at a Sports for Youth U15 event on 1/17 so we have a little experience going into the Power League #1 weekend. Also, the Spokane Qualifier so they can do an overnight, then the Tulip Fest in April followed up by the ECC in May. That would be 8 tournaments (4 Power and 4 additional). I think we will look as a club in March or so about whether we want to travel to Phoenix. I don't really have a take on whether this group is using this club to just have a good time, or to use it as a springboard for their girls to try out for a National team next year. I know that's what we're doing unless they form a U16 travelling team next year.

Anyone have thoughts on tournaments?

I like the fact that we are moving our practice scheduled for 12/24 to 12/23 and that we are going to hold our normal practice on 12/31. Shows me that it's important for the coaches to practice and have a winning team.