How to get into a Volleyball Team

Try outs / Trials Can be a very unknown time in your journey. What are coaches looking for? How will I know if I'm good enough. Hopefully these tips and ideas will help you get into to your next volleyball team.

[andrejburzanovic]

My specialty - tossing and receiving and I'm pretty all rounded

[skylargrayson]

My specialty- Flying my hang time is crazy when I'm blocking or spiking.

[aliaaya]

My specialty - first of all being a lefty (it brought me many benefits so far, especially since every blocker has to adapt and block differently against me), also my agility and the way I play defense. But I would really love to play more outside or being able to hit the ball harder and accurate more consistently in games. Somehow in practice I keep on hitting those good shots, but my biggest weakness is that ingames I'm just way to nervous and worry about not playing well too much. Other than that I'm a good oppo :)

[vitaminb]

My specialty is looking good on the court.

[Ilove_men]

My specialty- I can adapt to the way any spiker likes the ball, whether It's a beginner or an absolute monster. I'm also pretty good at serving as I can do a jump floater and a jump serve pretty well as I normally score points with my serves. I also think I'm the person that keeps everyone's spirits up, even when all hope is lost. I'm so happy about the fact I got into nationals last year, sadly we lost but I'm still happy.

[_Vampire_Gaming__]

My speciality is spiking through unbreakable defence. I have competed with 30 players in my school team for my position nd beated them all.

[Gigadildross]

my specialty - hmm is maintaining a positive team vibe a valuable team contribution?

[burgerboydraws]

Hi, I am an upcoming freshman in highschool. Boys volleyball is an official sport that only started at the highschool last year, and lucky for me i made it in time. It is summer right now, so I have been practicing serves, receives, and passes every day this summer. My serve is getting better, but there’s only so much one man can do. The only met around here is at my local park, and it has sand. I really don’t like practicing on the sand, but if it helps me get better I would ride my bike down there everyday. But the bet is like, super low, so I think It wouldn’t help and all it would do is develop a bad habit. So I’ve basically just been in my backyard slapping the ball around alone. There’s two 5 foot poles back there that stick out of the ground (obviously withojt a net.) so I use them as markers. I enjoy practice, but I can only do so much with no teammates, no net, no court, and no coaches. There IS a clinic coming up next month, so I’ll be there. The coach is my old science teacher. Anyways, any tips on how to practice without those things?

[enigma]

My main specialty is blocking mainly because of my height, but I’m wanting to mainly start playing RS/Oppo. Any tips on how to get better at hitting from the right side?

edit: 6’ 6” as a High School freshman.

[thundertomaxxplaza]

Next week is the tryout's so im watching this vid

[VoltskkiGaming]

I'm in junior and I can do jump serves so I guess I will impress the coach either way 😂
And I'm playing in higher levels because no one in my age group would want to play volleyball so i play volleyball so with higher levels and now I got the level of a higher player and my specialty is setting consistently and serving

[someguywithblackglasses]

I am rather short, abt 170cm, and only got 1 year of formal training cut short due to covid. I believe I am barely a volleyballer as I can set (not that well), Serve (jump float only sadly), pass quite decently, and attack (not powerful but sharp cuz I played middle quick when my height was considered on the taller side). I have no Idea what to specialize since I've always been taught to be an all rounder any recommendations since i wanna continue playing in a college level (i'd rather not be a libero tho)? One thing I'm good at would be positioning and court awareness (like finding gaps in our defence to cover or gaps in the opponents to target) but i think that's a skill all higher level players have.

[hawaiianbowler]

My coach cut me from the JV team, for players who can’t do any of these things even though I can do all of them and I have plenty experience 😔 I mean I know I’m a freshman so I still have 3 years but still😔

[zives]

Hi coach Artie, I am quite versatile in my skill set having played every role expect middle blocker. Currently I am playing outside hitter and while I have a good verical jump and decent tool set (Straight, cross, tip), I stand at only 170cm. While my coach knows my ability as an outside hitter, I am worried that when I go to college, other coaches won't give me a chance as an outside hitter anymore due to my lackluster height. Do you think I should realistically focus on improving my skills as an outside hitter or do you think it would be more beneficial for me to pivot into a setter/libero?

[Jpegkiwi]

how can i spike if i cant jump that high and im in the shorter people section but i can do everything else decently

[TikWyd]

nah idk if youve seen the 14u in canada their teams are crazy and im meanign a rep team !

[bigbawls_]

I've been wanting to play volleyball since I was like 5 now I'm 12. there isn't any volleyball class, coaching, court or club in the area i live so I'm the only place i can play volleyball is in the building i live. I've also been requesting volleyball to be added in my school since the last year and now I have two years left. my brother tells me I like volleyball because of anime but I truly feel like like playing it with my heart but I can't. Even my parents are unenthusiastic about my playing volleyball as they keep on pressuring me with my studies.

[Saefph]

man i’m jus decent but i have a 43 inch vert💀( not looking good for tryouts tmr)

[Elliork]

My club dont even have try outs, i dont know how to show my skills and go to a higher team 😢

[akatsukiakg]

im a setter, i've trained as libero for a while i can get the ball to the setter if im not playing as such or if we are doing a 4-2 comp, i dont have problems with jump serve's and stuff the problem is my teammates don play high balls they give me mid to low balls to set for them and makes harder to practice setting plus they want me to set them perfectly almost because if not they cannot hit properly and is frustating because i want to play in the main league but they keep me in the sub 18 league and its even harder because most of my teammates there are new to the sport and dont even know how to pass a ball properly :/ but idk its a bit frustrating but i hope next year i can play in the main league (its a regional league)