FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions - 2015/2016
These are some of the questions we are most frequently asked.
Click on any question for the answer.
If you have another question contact us at wisconsinselectvolleyball@gmail.com
You can also attend our Club Information meeting Sunday, September 27, 2015: 3pm-4pm
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1.When and where do you hold practices?
2. What types of tournaments do you attend and how often?
4. What does the club fee cover?
5. When are your tryouts and where?
6. When do your tournaments start and when does your season end?
7. My daughter wants to play other sports. How do you handle potential conflicts?
8. How many players do you have on a team and now many teams do you have per age group?
9. Do you conduct fundraising?
10. What if my daughter can’t make one of the tryout dates?
11. I am unable to print the club brochure & registration form or other USAV forms.
12. How do I register for Select tryouts?
1. When and where do you hold practices?
Select teams have two (2) team practices per week and one (1) position skills training per week. See your Calendar page for dates/times. Team and skills practices are scheduled as follows and subject to change before the season begings:
All practices this season are at KEVA, Waunakee Village Center(WVC) & St. Francis(Cross Plains)(SFX)
All teams will have their first practice on Monday, November 30th!
Sunday’s - KEVA: All Skills Training 10am-12pm
Monday’s - SFX: 14’s 7pm-9pm
Monday’s - KEVA: 15’s, 16’s, 17’s & 18’s 8:30pm-10pm
Tuesday’s - KEVA: 14’s 6pm-8pm
Wednesday’s - KEVA: ?? 6pm-8pm // 18’s 8pm-10pm
Wednesday’s - WVC: ?? 5:30pm-7:30pm // 15’s & 16’s 7:30pm-9:30pm
Wednesday’s - SFX: 17’s 7:30-9:30pm
See our Calendar page for specific dates/times.
2. What types of tournaments do you attend and how often?
Tournament information is posted on each team’s Roster page.
13/14’s
We average two tournaments per month from January until May.
About half of our tournaments are multi-day events.
Most years our multi-day tournaments are held in Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, Indianapolis, IN, St. Louis, MO, Milwaukee and Wisconsin Dells, WI.
Compete at two national qualifiers.
Our single day events are usually held in the Badger Region (Wisconsin), Great Lakes Region (Northern Illinois), and the Iowa Region (Eastern Iowa).
15’s-18’s
Compete at Great Lakes Power League in Chicago, IL. Click HERE for details.
Compete at 1 or 2 national qualifiers
Compete at 2-3 other tournaments
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3. How much does club cost? See 4 below
4. What does the club fee cover?
The club fee for teams are 14’s-18’s = $1900.
These fees cover the cost of uniforms, tournament entry fees (except season ending tournaments), equipment, coaches expenses (except season ending tournaments), gym rental, etc..
The 13/14-18 club fee covers the cost of two national qualifiers. To be clear….there is NO additional club fees for National Qualifiers.
The club fees do not cover the players cost of travel such as hotels, meals, gas, etc..
Families may pay the club fee as a lump sum, but at a minimum must pay according to the monthly payment schedule listed below.
Payments are spread over the season as a convenience to our families. We require a start-up fee when the player commits after tryouts and then the remainder of payments are spread over the season in monthly payments. Players must keep their payments up-to-date in order to continue to practice and compete at tournaments.
Season ending tournaments are handled on a team by team basis and this may include National Championship tournaments. Each attending player will be charged an additional fee for these tournaments.
| Payment Schedule | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commit Payment | Monthly | Payments | ||||
| Age | Total Fee | 12/02/15 | 12/31/15 | 01/31/16 | 02/29/16 | 03/31/16 |
| 18 | $1900 | $1000 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 |
| 17 | $1900 | $1000 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 |
| 16 | $1900 | $1000 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 |
| 15 | $1900 | $1000 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 |
| 14 | $1900 | $1000 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 |
| 13 | $1900 | $1000 | $225 | $225 | $225 | $225 |
5. When are your tryouts and where?
All tryouts will be held at KEVA Sports Center
13/14’s Age Group
Friday, October 2nd & Sunday, October 4th
15’s-18’s Age Group
Saturday, November 14 & Sunday, November 15
See Tryouts Page for full details
6. When do your tournaments start and when does your season end?
Our tournament season starts in January and ends in May for most of or teams. Our 13/14’s through 18’s will compete to qualify for nationals and if successful will play at nationals in late June. If they do not qualify they will have the option of another season ending tournament in May or June.
7. My daughter wants to play other sports. How do you handle potential conflicts?
We understand that many of our players are part of their high school athletics programs and other activities such as dance, music, etc.. We expect that academics will take precedence in whatever time conflict presents itself. We do however, expect a serious commitment to Wisconsin Select practices and tournaments. Wisconsin Select exists to help our players improve their level of play and provide the opportunity to compete against some of the best competition within USA Volleyball. To do that we need to have all of our players together working as a team. We inform our players early about the tournaments we expect to enter and we expect feedback from them on possible conflicts. We also expect to be informed by our players well in advance when they will be late or miss a practice. Each team will define what a player can expect when they miss practices with regards to tournament play, especially if they miss without prior notice to their coach.
8. How many players do you have on a team and how many teams do you have per age group?
Wisconsin Select usually carries ten players per team and we have one team per age group. Ten players allows us to give all of our players a good amount of playing time and still gives us some buffer in case a player, for whatever reason, is unable to attend a tournament.
9. Do you conduct fundraising?
Wisconsin Select does not typically take the lead in conducting fundraising. If our parents are interested in fundraising we will create a parents’ committee with representatives from each team to organize and execute those activities.
10. What if my daughter can’t make one of the tryout dates?
If your daughter cannot attend one of our tryout sessions let us know. On the first day of tryouts part of the session deals with physical testing. If you daughter can come at another age groups time to do the physical testing that would be okay. If she cannot attend any session on the first day then she should try to come about 1/2 hour earlier on the second day to do the physical testing. In either case, make sure you let us know about the situation so that we can expect her at a different time. You can send us an email at wisconsinselectvolleyball@gmail.com to let us know of the conflict and how you plan to address it.
11. I am unable to print the club brochure & registration form and other USAV forms.
The Wisconsin Select Club Brochure and other USAV forms are .pdf files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your PC you can download the software for free.
12. How do I register for Select tryouts?
ONLINE REGISTRATION VIA USAV WEBPOINT
Follow the Webpoint link from our website
Note from Badger Region:
Badger Region/USAV Registration will be using Webpoint again this year - it’s all online! In order to attend a clinic or tryout, prospective athletes must be registered with the Badger Region for the new season. Specific step by step instructions for registration are posted at www.BadgerVolleyball.org . Once you register online, please print your USAV Membership card and bring it along to tryouts (along with your Medical Release Form). No one will be allowed to tryout without presenting their USAV Membership Card and Medical Form at check-in.
NOTE (14’s): If you are trying out for 14’s and you have a USAV Membership from last season, it is still active for our October tryout. Just reprint your USAV membership card. Remember to register for our tryout via Webpoint also.
CHECK-IN STARTS 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE TRYOUT SESSION BEGINS
Details. Register in advance to save money!