Overview

• Team formation
  • Teams are formed by the Y and will initially be started 5 weeks before the beginning of the program. The following criteria will be used to form teams until teams are full at 12 players (after a team is full, players will placed on the next closest team):
    • Coach/Teammate Request
    • Date of Registration
    • School
      • Or combination of nearby schools
• Practice Information
  • YMCA Youth Sports Leadership will work with schools to solidify practice locations, days and times. The volunteer coach of your player’s team will choose from what practice options are available. Practices will be located at a school or Y facility as near to where the team is located as possible. In divisions that are smaller, teams may be made from multiple schools, so practices may be a little further from where you are located.
    • 6th/7th and 8th/9th grade teams practice once a week for an hour and when applicable teams will get one additional 1 hour practice a week
• Equipment
  • Players will be responsible for bringing a volleyball to practice.
    • For 6th/7th and 8th/9th grade divisions players will use a regulation ball.
  • Players will wear athletic clothing that they can easily move around and be active in.
  • Athletic type shoes that are non-marking, as we don’t want to damage courts.