Virginia Youth Volleyball League
VYVL IS A WINTER/SPRING PROGRAM WITH TRYOUTS IN NOVEMBER AND PRACTICES STARTING IN JANUARY
Virginia Youth Volleyball League is designed to be an introductory travel program for girls ages 11-16. Therefore, we designed it for kids who want to make travel teams in the coming years or who simply don’t want to commit the additional time or money to travel. It will give players and parents a small taste of what a full travel team does. Tryouts are required and not everyone will make a team.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Online Registration: August 10, 2020 – November 8, 2020
- VIRTUAL Informational Parent Meeting: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM. Please email juniors@rvc.net for log in information.
- We recommend parents who are new to the RVC Travel program or those with questions about the new VYVL level attend.
- Pre-Tryout Orientations (pick one date to drop-in):
Saturday, August 29, 2020 drop-in between 12:30 – 2:30 PMSunday, August 30, 2020 drop-in between 12:30 – 2:30 PMSaturday, September 19, 2020 drop-in between 12:30 – 2:30 PMSunday, September 27, 2020 drop-in between 12:30 – 2:30 PM- Sunday, November 8, 2020 drop-in between 10:00 AM -12 PM
In order to reduce the number of walk-ins during a pandemic requiring office staff assistance, any player that does not attend a pre-tryout orientation and has to come into the office to complete the pre-tryout orientation steps will be charged a $75 fee
- Try-outs:
- Ages 11-14: November 14th from 9 AM – 12 PM at RVC Stonebridge
- Ages 15-16: November 21st 9 AM – 12 PM at RVC Stonebridge
Age
VYVL is for girls ages 11-16. As teams are not a part of USAV, teams may be mixed ages based on registration numbers and skill.
Registration
Registration for VYVL is the same as our Junior Travel teams. Please see the Junior Travel Registration page for more details.
Tryouts
Tryouts are required and not everyone will make a team. Players who tried out and did not make a travel team will still need to attened VYVL tryouts if they wish to make a VYVL team.
- Ages 11-14: November 14th from 9 AM – 12 PM at RVC Stonebridge
- Ages 15-16: November 21st from 9 AM – 12 PM at RVC Stonebridge
Cost
Total season cost is $625 (A $75 non-refundable tryout fee is paid when registering online plus $550 paid when accepting spot on a team after try-outs). Players who wish to play VYVL must register online before tryouts, attend a Pre-Tryout Orientation Day, and attend their age group’s tryouts.
Raffle Tickets
To help reduce the cost of playing for parents and players, each player is given a book of 50 raffle tickets at their first team meeting. These raffle tickets are pre-paid for as a part of your team fee and can be sold for $1 each. When you sell the 50 raffle tickets, you keep the money, bringing the cost of the program down to $575. The raffle is for a cash prize drawn on President’s Day in February with 1st Place winning $1000, 2nd place winning $500, and 3rd place winning $250.
EXPECTATIONS
We expect our players to abide by the USA Volleyball Participant Code of Conduct and our parents to abide by the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation Sport Parent Code of Conduct.
PRACTICES
Starting the week of January 3, 2021, VYVL teams practice 1x a week with extra optional practices on Sunday afternoons throughout the season
Competition
The Virginia Youth Volleyball League (VYVL) is designed to be an introductory travel program. Teams will compete again other RVC VYVL teams, and similar teams from Northern Virginia Volleyball Association (NVVA) and Tidewater Volleyball Association (TVA). There will be five tournaments between February and April – three held at RVC, one at NVVA, and one at TVA.
Note: Because of COVID-19 we are still finalizing plans with NVVA and TVA for tournaments. If we are unable to partner with NVVA and TVA due to health and safety concerns, the plan is to play in house against each other with the possible addition of RVC Regional teams to increase competition.
