Club Volleyball: Tournament Schedule

Looks like our club is stepping it up a notch. The Animals have not been traditionally known as team with a heavy schedule. Indeed, several girls joined because there were only 5 tournaments scheduled and nothing outside of the region. But we have a coach that wants to win, and a group of parents who seem willing to push the envelope. I think we have a mix of wants and expectations. Kate is in the group that tried out for teams like SI and KJ, but didn't make it this year so is excited to be on a team that aspires to play at that level. Another group joined this club because there are only a few local tournaments. I think we've achieved a good compromise, although I pushed for more events. The first step was joining Power League. I then took up the job of adding more tournaments to the schedule. After discussing with our coach, I sent out a proposed schedule and asked parents to let me know if there were any conflicts. Obviously, you can't have 5 girls who can't make an event. That knocked out MLK. Finals are the following week. A very studious group, I guess! Then we added an event in Bremerton but decided that makes for too long a day. We want to get in an event before PL#1 so we added Highline CC on 1/10. Signed up for regionals. Want to do NW Jr's Spring Classic but parents seem to hate 2 day events. Anyway, you get the picture. Dozens and dozens of emails, but when its all said and done, I think we have a good schedule. And I think we will be able to do Spokane! We have a couple of no's because it requires a day of missed school. (Really, they can't miss a day of school to be with their team?) If things work out, we have 10 tournaments scheduled. Now we just need to see how the coaches and girls perform! I feel like we're treading water with just one practice a week, but it triples to 3X in January. Looking forward to practice tomorrow!