HP try-out results are up!

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TxClubMom	HP try-out results are up!	Lead	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 100 (04/29/08 7:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None http://www.usavolleyball.org/HighPerformance/08TryoutResults-Girls.asp
DirectionallyChallenged	HP	#1	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 244 (04/29/08 7:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Results are only out for birth years 1992 and 1993. Expect others around May 6th.
JTawa		#2	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 13851 (04/29/08 8:39 PM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I heard they were going to do this by the numbers but this is ridiculous!
TxClubMom		#3	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 100 (04/29/08 8:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I guess they got the biggest group out of the way first. Per the USA HP site: A total of 2860 girls attended the 30 tryout sites offered this year. This included 698 in the Junior age group, 1381 in the Youth age group and 781 in the Select age group.
jusamom		#4	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 14 (04/29/08 9:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think I managed through all those numbers and found my kid. Please excuse my ignorance... Can anyone with more experience tell me: What's an Development A1 camp? What does a player who plays middle on her HS team and Outside on her club team do at given "position specific" camp? Is this camp better than other camps out there? They sure seem to be offering a lot of camp, to a lot of kids. I would expect my little freshman/sophomore to come home with some wicked new skills for $600 Does anyone have any experience they can share to help my daughter make her decision. She's trying to decide if she wants to head out to one of the colleges that has sent her a questionnaire, or go to this camp. Last Edited By: jusamom 04/30/08 10:52 PM. Edited 1 times.
verticalhelp		#5	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 9 (04/29/08 9:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Go to a college camp that you are interested in.
TxClubMom		#6	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 100 (04/29/08 11:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi verticalhelp - is your advice from personal experience? Just curious to hear from anyone that attended a recent A1 Development camp. The coach to athlete ratio is 1:8 - but I have no idea who the coaches are. The fee covers lodging, food, and the camp - plus transportation to and from the airport and camp/if needed. Our HP representative recommended the A1 camp over regional HP programs (not that we have one this year). He recommended a regional HP program over the lower camps. The A1 camp includes the team alternates. Last Edited By: TxClubMom 04/30/08 12:10 AM. Edited 1 times.
TX09ER		#7	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 49 (04/30/08 12:53 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	jusamom- If your daughter is a rising sophomore, I would suggest the A1 camp this year and then college camps after that. My daughter did it that way and it helped her in two ways: 1. Exposure. Not the way you'd probably think... - She worked out with girls at her skill level from all over the country - it forced her to look at her game more objectively. - She made friends from all over and had some friendly faces at later qualifiers. - She got to work with some good coaches who exposed her to different ideas and goals for herself. 2. It gave her confidence that the hard work she put in to her sport got her recognized at some sort of a "national level." That same year, she did include a local university's camp - but not one she ended up being interested in - thanks to attending the camp. The following years were all about camps where she would be a potential recruit. Staying on campus, working with the coaches, and getting to know the team is so helpful for them in their decision process. Watching the teams play in season was also very helpful and enlightening. In her case, waiting to attend college camps until being a rising Junior gave her ideas about what she wanted in a college a chance to develop. It also gave her and her game the chance to mature so she could go in to the camps with the confidence and determination to go where she was really interested, make a good impression and know what she wanted to take away from the experience. As a rising Sophomore, college was "so far away" she wouldn't have accomplished the same things in the experience. In reality, both are worthwhile options for the summer - the way we did it really worked for us - someone else might have a different and equally valid suggestion. Just another one of those wonderful decisions we get to make being the grown up! Oh the joys of parenthood.
beachmama6	DA2 Camps	#8	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 3 (04/30/08 8:23 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Are the DA2 camps worthwhile? None are in our immediate area so travel to the camps would be lengthy and/or expensive. What time to these camps start and end (Morning or evening on first and last day)? This will make a huge difference in travel arrangements.
JumpOnIt69		#9	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 9 (04/30/08 10:45 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Out of curiosity...did everyone that tried out make a camp of some sort?
BigTenVball	Tryouts	#10	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 1249 (04/30/08 11:22 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	yes, everyone more or less will be extended an invitation to some camp.
TxClubMom		#11	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 100 (04/30/08 11:25 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	JumpOnIt69 wrote: Out of curiosity...did everyone that tried out make a camp of some sort? Hi JumpOnIt69 My understanding is the A1 and A2 camps are by invitation, and only open to HP tryout participants. The Youth High Performance Training Camp YHPT is open to anyone that wants to attend the camp, including athletes that did not try-out for HP. The site directs player/parents to contact them if your number is not located ... so I assume they placed everyone in either one of the two team programs or in one of the 3 levels of camps ... but what do I know? Per the HP site "The HP Training Camp is for athletes not ready to train at our Development camp level or for Athletes that did not attend a USA Volleyball National High Performance Tryout, yet want to train under the guidance of a USA Volleyball High Performance."
TxClubMom		#12	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 100 (04/30/08 11:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	beachmama6 wrote: What time to these camps start and end (Morning or evening on first and last day)? Questions concerning the Development A2 Camps should be directed to Mary Wright at (mwright@theamericanathlete.net) or (269) 342-0029.
tvguy		#13	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 46 (04/30/08 12:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Is going from a DA1 camp one year to a DA2 camp the next considered a "step down"?
jusamom		#14	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 14 (04/30/08 4:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks for the insightful comments as I guess what you call a "rising sophomore" a current 9th grade student. She usually has very limited free-time in the summer summer, and the schools that are interested in her are in the South, and we live in CA. This is our concern with waiting. She won't be able to see these schools play; she has expressed interest in "going far away to college," but I feel it's really important to at least have some interaction with the coach. There is a lot to consider. Thnaks for the helpful insight. Last Edited By: jusamom 04/30/08 10:56 PM. Edited 2 times.
TX09ER		#15	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 49 (04/30/08 4:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	We're in TX and our child was only interested in the SE. We watched some team when they came to TX but we also watched some on video streaming - great tool!!
jusamom		#16	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 14 (04/30/08 4:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Good idea. Thank You. Last Edited By: jusamom 04/30/08 10:53 PM. Edited 1 times.
vb4me2	HP Results	#17	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 2 (05/01/08 10:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	While I am thankful that My daughter made the A1 team, It appears to me from looking through the literature that the Developmental camps possibly pay for the National teams expenses? Does it look that way to anyone else? From experience of other players we know, the camp is a great experience if you can afford the time away and financially. These camps conflict with alot of summer high school camps etc..., so, it's really an individual decision. This was my daughters first attempt at the High Performance tryout. It was a great experience and we will probably do it again regardless of the result.
VolleyballFan13	Everything pays for the national teams	#18	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 669 (05/01/08 10:14 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It appears to me from looking through the literature that the Developmental camps possibly pay for the National teams expenses? Pretty much everything pays for the National teams: these camps, youth dues, JO profits. The amount of revenue they get from the National teams does not come close to covering their cost. The USAV have added a lot of camps and probably profit in the last couple years. Hopefully, this will be the funding they need to not only support the National teams but invest in junior volleyball development too.
VKorchnoi	Developmental Programs	#19	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 124 (05/01/08 11:22 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The A1 & A2 developmental camps are nothing more than camps, and very expensive ones at that. Most girls are much better off going to a camp at one of the colleges or universities, although some like to put the USAV camp designation on their v-ball resume. During this time of the year the girls are better off either enjoying some time off or building camraderie with their high school team mates. Ask yourself this, "Is my daughter better off going to the Penn State camp and playing in front of coach Rose or going to a USAV camp and hoping someone who knows coach Rose sees me play"? The answer is clear!
Old Coach		#20	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 308 (05/01/08 12:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I would have to disagree with the notion or the implication that the A1 and A2 Dev. camps are "just" camps. Any camp is "just" a camp. The issue with the developmental camps is there are only so many quality coaches free (time), to go around. I've had kids come back and say they learned ton and would do it again. I have had others that said it was a waste of time and they learned more at the regional camp the previous year. Some of the camps staff is going to be stellar and others probably not so much. Ask questions ahead of time as to who the staff is going to be (and chances are, right now, they are still trying to figure a lot of that out). From there, privately ask questions of those who may know better and take their opinion(s) about the various staff members. There is a certain reality to questionnaires and take this for what it is worth; a LOT of kids get them. It's a starting point and it's a good sign but it is little more than a questionnaire. I know 13 and 14 year olds that received questionnaires. It is not the be all end all to college recruiting. To that end, another thing to keep in mind is there are a lot of assistants and even some major DI coaches working those developmental camps. I won't urge you one way or the other, but I would encourage you to make a very informed decision on both ends. Make some calls, send some emails, get some information from the source and that should help you make a better decision. In the end, both camps want your money. If your daughter is driven, my guess is either decision will work out just fine for her. Good luck!