Updated 5-15-09
E-mail: info@SealBeachVolleyballClub.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New tryouts for girls will start in
October, 2009. If you would like to be
get on our flyer list for an immediate copy of our tryout flyer when we
publish it, send an email message to info@SealBeachVolleyballClub.com and let us know
the player’s name, birth date, school, grade, and some very brief information
about her volleyball experience or her experience in other team sports.
For the
2009-2010 season we plan to have the same size club as last season -
about 15 teams for
girls. We plan to have 3 teams of age
12 and under, 3 teams of 13’s, 3 teams of 14’s, 2 teams of 15’s, 2 teams of
16’s, and 2 teams of 17’s). Players in
each age division are grouped together by skill level, so when we have multiple
teams in an age division, we are able to offer separate
teams at different skill levels (elite, advanced, intermediate, or developmental). In that way every player
in our club will get significant playing time in the tournaments to gain the
skills necessary to move up to the next skill level. All teams are capped at only 10 players per team for playing time
purposes.
As for our boys teams, at this time
we are not planning to have teams for boys in the 2009/2010 season. This could change if we get a large group of
boys (10) in one age group who play together in school and are eager to play
together in club volleyball.
For information on any of the following
summer volleyball clinics, contact head instructor Maria Fattal by email to sbvbcmaria@yahoo.com or by phone at 562-430-1092.
Instructors: Maria Fattal and Jim
Mercer
Cost: $140
Ages: 9-14 years
Place: Oak Middle School Gym (10909 Oak
St., Los Alamitos)
9 classes - once a week - Wednesday,
July 8, thru Wednesday, September 2
- 3:00-5:00
Learn to play volleyball this summer! Basic skills of passing,
setting, hitting, and underhand as well as overhand serving will be taught,
then reinforced in games.
Instructors: Maria Fattal and Jim
Mercer
Cost: $180
Ages: 12-14 years
Place: Oak Middle School Gym (10909 Oak
St., Los Alamitos)
12 classes - twice a week - Mondays
and Fridays from July 6 thru August 14
- 3:00-5:00
Perfect your volleyball skills and learn how to run a 6 – 2
offense. Class consists of a warm-up, skills work, and a half hour of playing.
For those players who play on 8th grade school teams or club teams,
or by instructor’s approval. Please email sbvbcmaria@yahoo.com or call 562-430-1092 with
experience. Must have approval to be in class.
Instructors: Maria Fattal and Jim
Mercer
Cost: $190
Ages: 13- 16 years
Place: Oak Middle School Gym (10909 Oak
St., Los Alamitos)
12 classes - Tuesdays and Thursdays
from July 7th thru August 13th - 3:00-5:00
Fine tune fundamental volleyball skills while learning advanced
skills. Learn middle quick attacks, blocking, diving, rolling, and jump
serving. Must have prior volleyball experience playing in a 6-2 offense, blocking,
a three step approach, and overhand serving to target areas. Instructor’s approval needed to
participate. Please email sbvbcmaria@yahoo.com
or call 562-430-1092 with experience before enrolling.
Instructors: Maria Fattal and Jim
Mercer
Cost: $100
Ages: 10- 15 years
Place: Beach Courts, south side of Seal
Beach Pier (Ocean Avenue at 10th Street)
6 sessions of 1 week long classes,
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Session 1 Monday through Friday
July 6-10
Session 2 Monday through Friday
July 13-17
Session 3 Monday through Friday
July 20-24
Session 4 Monday through Friday July
27-31
Session 5 Monday through Friday
August 3-7
Session 6 Monday through Friday
August 10-14
Dive into the sand for summer volleyball action! Experienced
coaches from Seal Beach Volleyball Club will lead these one week camps. Fundamentals
taught, then reinforced in games.
Instructors: Maria Fattal and Jim
Mercer
Cost:
$150
Ages:
12 to 16 years
Place:
Beach courts, south side of Seal Beach Pier (Ocean Avenue at 10th
Street)
6 classes - twice a week -
Mondays and Wednesdays from July 6 thru July 22 -
11:00-12:30
Class is designed for players who have 2 or more years of indoor
club experience and will be playing in CBVA or AAU Youth Beach Doubles
Tournaments this summer. Sign up with a
partner so you can practice for tournaments together. Instructor’s approval needed to participate. Please email sbvbcmaria@yahoo.com
or call 562-430-1092 with experience before enrolling. Fundamentals and advanced techniques of
beach doubles will be taught, then reinforced in games.
GENERAL
INFORMATION ABOUT SEAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLUB:
Club fees for the upcoming season: $1795 for the season (includes all practices
and all regular-season tournaments up through the Southern California Regional
Championships in June, 2010). Player
pays a $400 deposit to join the club, then $1395 on December 1 (or else they
can go on the “payment plan” and pay the $400 deposit up front, then $400 on
December 1, $400 on January 1, $400 on February 1, and $280 on March 1). Also, each player rounds up $250 of sponsor
ads for the club’s annual yearbook (or the player can just pay an extra
$250). Player earns a 50% commission on
the surplus if their ads total over $250, which is our club’s only fundraiser
(and a very good one). Uniform packages
are chosen by each team. The three
uniform jerseys are $110, and other uniform items are available as well.
Most teams practice twice a week for 2
hours. Some of our elite teams practice
3 times a week, and players on those teams pay $300 extra for the season (March
1 dues payment becomes $580 instead of $280).
Most of our club’s families prefer to avoid practice on school nights as much as possible, in order to preserve the appropriate balance between athletic, academic, and family priorities. But we recognize that every family’s schedule and priorities are different. So our club has available gym time scattered throughout the week for team practices, as every team has different schedule complications due to the other outside activities of the players. When we begin the actual practice season, each player gives us a “conflict calendar” of their outside activities, and we compile those in order to optimize each team’s practice schedule.
Players are allowed to play another
sport in the same season as our club volleyball team, as long as schedule conflicts are
split at least 50/50.
We recognize that many families have
religious activities on Sunday mornings, so we avoid Sunday morning practices
for those teams. We do require that
players make other worship arrangements so they can play with their team in a
tournament if their team is scheduled to play in a tournament on Sunday. Players who will never be available at ANY
time of the day on ANY Sundays due to major schedule conflicts should not play
club volleyball, as some of the major tournament events will definitely be held
on Sundays, and occasional practices for some teams could be held in the
afternoon or evening on Sunday as well.
All players on all teams will be
strongly encouraged to attend one of the huge post-season travel tournaments with their
team in late June or early July. Participation
will be mandatory for all players on our #1 and #2 teams in each age division. Families need to plan well in advance for
the extra expense of those tournaments.
Players on our #1 and #2 teams who choose to not play in the post-season
tournament with their team will be moved to a lower team as soon as possible so
their replacements can become integrated into the team. In most cases, the non-participating player
would be moved to the highest available team that will not be playing in a
post-season tournament. We have found
that fully absorbing a new player into a team roster does take some time, so we
will make those roster changes as early in the season as we can.
All of our club’s teams are capped at only 10 players per team for
playing time purposes so every player in our club will get significant playing time in
the tournaments to gain the skills necessary to move up to the next skill
level. We do have a formal playing time
policy in our club to ensure that players who work hard at practice WILL get to
play in the tournaments.
Players who attend all practices (or make up every practice that
they miss) are GUARANTEED playing time in our club.
Players who leave the club before the end of the season will pay a $100 termination fee and will receive a pro-rata refund of their club dues IF we are able to find a replacement player from outside our club who has similar skills and who is willing to step into the roster spot and take over the dues payments. If we cannot locate that similar replacement player, there will be no refund. Generally we have no trouble locating replacement players by December 1. After December 1, available qualified replacement players are more difficult to locate, so refunds are definitely not guaranteed.
DIRECTIONS
TO OUR PRIMARY PRACTICE SITES:
In our club we use 2 primary practice
sites:
McGaugh School (MG) is at 600
Seal Beach Boulevard in Seal Beach, on the corner of Seal Beach Blvd. and Bolsa
Avenue. The school is on Seal Beach Blvd.,
about 2 miles south of the 405 Freeway, or about 2 blocks inland (north) from
Pacific Coast Highway.
Good Shepherd Church (GS) is at
11600 Los Alamitos Boulevard in Los Alamitos, which is about a mile and a half
north of the 405 Freeway, or about a half mile south of Katella Avenue. Note that the exit on the 405 Freeway is
Seal Beach Boulevard, which becomes Los Alamitos Blvd. just north of the
freeway.
In addition, some teams could occasionally schedule some practices at our three alternate sites:
Fountain Valley Recreation Center is located on the west edge of Mile
Square Park in Fountain Valley. The address of the recreation center is
16400 Brookhurst Street, which is on the corner of Brookhurst St. and Heil
Avenue. To get there, take the 405 Freeway south (7 minutes south of the
Seal Beach Blvd. exit), exit on Warner Avenue EAST, go east one half mile to
Brookhurst, turn left (north) and go one half mile to the intersection of
Brookhurst and Heil. There is a signal intersection at that corner with a
very large street sign over the intersection that says "Fountain Valley
Recreation Center".
Huntington Beach Pier (for occasional beach practices) is located at the
intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street in Huntington Beach. From the 405 Freeway, take the Beach
Boulevard South exit (toward the ocean).
Go all the way to the end at Pacific Coast Highway, then turn right
(north) and proceed one half mile to the pier.
There are convenient parking lots on both sides of the pier right next
to the sand (about $12 per day), or you can park for free by going two blocks
north of the pier and parking on the street in the residential
neighborhood. Volleyball courts are
usually set up right next to the pier, on both sides. Courts cannot be reserved, so we will use what is available. Look for your team on both sides of the pier.
Golden West
College sand courts (for
occasional sand court practices) are located on Goldenwest St., about 1 mile
south of the 405 Freeway. The sand
courts are located in the northwest section of the campus, next to the tennis
courts, which are visible from Goldenwest St.
Be sure check the parking signs in the parking lot, as they DO give
tickets as posted.
New tryouts for girls will start in October, 2009. If you would like to be get on our flyer
list for an immediate copy of our tryout flyer when we
publish it, send an email message to info@SealBeachVolleyballClub.com and let us know
the player’s name, birth date, school, grade, and some very brief information
about her volleyball experience or her experience in other team sports.
If you need more information, feel free to contact club director Bob OBrien via e-mail at info@SealBeachVolleyballClub.com or call our
club’s office at 562-430-6671.
Best regards,
Bob OBrien
Director, Seal Beach Volleyball Club