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Club requirements for practices
Carpe Diem Juniors Volleybal Club wants you and your child to make sure they know what they are getting into when they decide to play club volleyball. There are so many oppurtunities for kids to get involved in these days many kids are overbooked with things to do.
We encourage kids to play other school sports but we also want you to understand that we would also like for you to be at every club practice you can. We do allow girls that play other sports to miss club practice for school games without penalty however we want you to take your commitment to club seriously. Your team will only be great and win many of their games if everyone is there at practice. If you are missing it not only hurts you but also your team. Also, many parents have players that miss practice and still expect to play 100% of the time at club tournaments. This is highly unrealistic. If you have a child that is missing practice to play both sports take playing time at tournaments as a bonus for their athletisism but don't expect it. Finally, if you can't do both (a school sport and club) then we would ask for you not to try.
Club requirements for payments
We do everything we can to help you out as a parent to pay for your kids club season. We have payment plans- including 3 monthly payments. We also have payments through credit cards if you don't have it at the time. You also have the option to pay it all in one lump sum. However, if you choose to use the payment plans you need to stay up with them. The first payment is due right after tryouts and you decide to play with our club. In general you pay a month in advance. The next payment is due in January after we have started practicing. If you do not keep up with your payments your child may be asked to not come to practice until you have caught up with your payemnts. If it continues to be a problem then we will ask you to pay for the rest of their club dues with the credit card before she can return. We hate to do this but we have tournaments to pay for, coaches to pay, gyms to pay, and many other expenses.
Finally, if you choose to take your daughter out of club or if your daughter chooses to drop out for any reason- other than a medical injury- you are still responsible for your complete season dues. This is because if you choose to take a spot on one of our teams you are committing to the complete season.
Club requirements for players and cuts at tryouts
Carpe Diem expects its players to work hard at practice and play hard and have fun at tournaemnts. We want our players to have good sportsmanship and set a good example of what an elite volleyball athlete should act like both on and off the court.
We do not discriminate for any reason when we look at players joining our club. We have girls of all races, religions, and creeds.
However, we do look at skill level, aggressiveness, and volleyball drive. In our younger teams (14 and under) we usually do not make cuts because most of the time the players have not been taught the correct way to play volleyball before they come to us. If they are coachable we will keep them. However, we do make cuts in our older teams (15 and above). These cuts occur because in Carpe Diem once a girl makes the team we try to get everyone playing time. Therefore if we keep all of the girls that tryout- even if they don't deserve to be on the team- we run into trouble. If we don't play them because they are not as good as everyone else they don't have fun. If we do play them then they hurt the whole team and it isn't fun for everyone else. That is why we make cuts. It is a necessity and even though no one likes getting cut or excluded it is better for a player to not make a team and be disappointed for a couple days rather than be sad for the entire club season.
Club Requirements for Parents
We expect our parents at Carpe Diem to be supportive to both their daughters, other teammates, and the Carpe Diem coaches. There is also a way to show sportsmanship as a parent and fan. We want our parents to cheer as loud as they want in an encouraging way for our teams and its players. But we don't appreciate parents booing our teams, any of our players, or yelling at the refs. There is a no tolerance policy for parents in our region. This means that when you attend tournaments we expect you to behave or you might be asked to leave. Set a good example to your child about how to act and they will follow it.
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"Never say you don't have enough time...You have exactly the same number
of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo,
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