Saline Volleyball Club: Welcome
Saline Volleyball Club
P.O. Box 662
Saline MI 48176
Contact: salinevolleyballclub@gmail.com
2009 AAU Tournaments
April 18, 2009 12U & 14U SalineVBC took Silver Championships in the 12U and 14U divisions.
May 9, 2009 12U & 14U Opening for 2 more teams.
SALINE VOLLEYBALL CLUB - Informational Flyer 2009-2010
The SalineVBC is a non-profit organization and a registered club sports program affiliated with USA Volleyball, the Amateur Athlete Union, and the Michigan Junior Volleyball Association. The primary mission is to promote competitive youth volleyball in Saline.
OBJECTIVES for USAV/AAU teams:
1. Provide girls who attend Saline Schools the opportunity to participate in a travel and tournament quality competitive volleyball program at a reasonable cost and value when compared to other local clubs.
v Cost includes five-six regular tournaments plus the State Championships during the period from February to early June. Tournaments are all day Saturday or Sunday affairs. Two home tournaments are scheduled each season.
v Age divisions are 12U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U, 17U, 18U. 2008-2009 teams consist of three 5-6 grade AAU teams, two 7th grade AAU teams, one 8th grade AAU team, and two high school teams.
v The Club will offer one team practice from January through February and two team practices in March-May. Teams normally consist of 10 to 12 players.
2. Provide multi-activity girls who play spring school or travel sports with the opportunity to maintain their volleyball skills and not fall behind their classmates who only play volleyball. The Club agrees that school athletics participation takes precedence over club activities. The Club believes the commitment to volleyball should be relatively equal to that of other travel sports or activities.
3. Provide a feeder program of skilled volleyball players for the high school volleyball program. 39 out of the 42 players on the fall 2008 Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity high school teams are SalineVBC veterans. AAU/USAV volleyball experience helps prepare players for school team tryouts.
REGISTRATION: Next registration will be held in November 2009. Players should bring a completed registration form to tryouts. Registration forms will be available at the Community Ed office, Saline Rec Center, Heritage and Middle School offices, or downloaded at www.eteamz.com/SalineVBC.
TRYOUTS: See web site, Saline Reporter and Ann Arbor News for details. The Club is open to residents of the Saline School district. Ability shown during tryouts, Community Ed Youth Fall Leagues, the Saline Recreation Center 4 on 4 League, and the Middle School seasons are used to place players. Those observations plus attitude, schedule availability, & player positions are criteria used by the evaluating coaches. In a policy change: for girls 13’s and older, registration does not guarantee a place on any team.
COMMITMENT: AAU/USAV practices begin in January and tournaments begin in February/March and run all day on Saturdays or Sundays. Players are expected to attend practices and play a minimum number of tournaments to be determined by the coach. Last year’s tournament locations were Dexter, Chelsea, Adrian, Ypsilanti, Livonia, Dearborn, Mt. Morris, Howell, Flint, etc. Two local hometown Saline tournaments are planned. The two day AAU State Championships are in Grand Rapids. The 12 and under “States” are a one day affair at UM Dearborn.
COST: Fees are $350 to $450. Fees include registration, gym costs, administration fee, tournament entry fees, coach’s fee, game t-shirts, etc. Additional hotel costs may be incurred during state championship weekend.
COACHES: The club policy is to use experienced, paid coaches, some of which are qualified parents. The club is dependent on volunteerism.
Visit the club website at www.eteamz.com/SalineVBC and download the Club Handbook under Handout/Registration tab. For additional information please email Club Director Stacy Fuqua at SalineVolleyballClub@gmail.com