The following information attempts to answer many of the Frequently Asked Questions for the
2009 - 2010 Western Buckeye Volleyball Club season.

Club Meeting:  Western Buckeye will NOT hold an informational meeting prior to the try outs.  We believe we can communicate the necessary information through our website, and we don’t want to take any more time out of your often busy schedules.  As always, if you need other answers, please contact Kevin at coachkevin@westernbuckeye.com.

Fees:  Fees for all age groups remain the same as the last 2 seasons – NO PRICE INCREASES!  Club fees remain at $585 for all age groups.  In an effort to make payment of fees more manageable, fees can be paid in one payment due on December 1, 2009 or Western Buckeye will accept 3 payments of $195 each due on December 1, 2009, and then January 1 and February 1, 2010.  All checks should be made payable to Western Buckeye Volleyball Club ($25 fee for checks that do not clear).

What you get:  The following is included in your club fee - all practice time, individual OVR registration, coach’s salaries, tournament entry fees, a jersey and a warm-up top.  No additional money will be required unless individual teams decide to do something extra like order team socks.  Our fees do include all travel expenses for our coaches – you WILL NOT be asked for additional money to cover any additional coaching expenses.

Practices:  Each team will practice 2 times per week.  Generally speaking, each team will practice on one weekday night and one weekend afternoon or evening each week (no practices held on Sundays before 4 PM to minimize any church conflicts).  Weekend practices will not occur for an individual team when they have a tournament scheduled.  All practices are scheduled to be held in Springboro.  Days and times will be determined after try outs for each team – but you will have that information at the time an offer is extended to you.  We do not pre-determine days and times, because we look at the make-up of each team and try to minimize any conflicts on a team-by-team basis.  Contact Kevin if you need more info.

Tournaments:  Tournament dates are unknown until late December. If the options are available, our teams will be entering 1-day tournaments.  We will try to schedule tournaments that do not require more than 2.5 hrs for travel (most will be much closer) so that players and parents do not have to incur overnight hotel expenses.  Each team will be scheduled for 6 regular season tournaments (or 6 tournament playing days if entered into a 2 day event) and the OVR Regional Championships in Columbus for a total of 7 tournaments.  Most tournaments will be scheduled on Sundays to avoid conflicts with school athletics.

Length of Season: Practice will start for all teams on January 9, 2010.  The date for the end of your season will depend on the date the OVR Regional’s are scheduled for your age group.  All teams will be done before Memorial Day weekend (see the OVR website for championship dates).

Number of teams:   Western Buckeye anticipates fielding 6 teams this season.  We are prepared to have single teams at all age groups from 13 – 18 years of age.  If we do not have enough skilled athletes at a particular age group, we reserve the right to not field a team at that age group.  If this occurs, we will consider having a second team at another age group as we have done in the past.  Also, if we are overwhelmed with talented athletes at a particular age group, we do have the ability to field a 7^th team.  Our goal is to field COMPETITIVE regional level teams and to develop individual players. 

Try outs:  Try out dates and times are posted on our website at www.westernbuckeye.com.  One significant change we have made this year is that we will have a separate try out for each age group (only 17’s & 18’s are together).  We have made this change so that we give each player a better opportunity to be evaluated by all coaches and evaluators on the Western Buckeye staff.  Please bring the necessary forms already completed to the try out session and wear a shirt with a name or number on it if at all possible.  To give you the best chance to receive an offer, please try out with the youngest age group or grade level most appropriate for you.  We may still make offers to have players play up in age.

 
Coaches:   All Western Buckeye coaches have experience coaching in the Ohio Valley Region and also have experience coaching at local High Schools or Junior Highs.  We are proud of this fact and have coaching bios on our website!

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