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What to Expect

  • Check-in and registration starts one hour prior to the tryout. You are welcome to check in anytime within that time, though most athletes are more comfortable at the tryout when arriving early. If you are registering as a walk-up, it is recommended that you arrive no later than 30 minutes early to the tryout.
  • When you arrive, you will be checking in at a red tent or a designated location close to the sand courts. There will be a line of athletes who have registered and another line for walk-ups.

    • Pre-registered athletes: Make sure to have your 2013 Player Medical Release Form completely filled out and signed in all appropriate places.
    • Walk-up athletes: It is very helpful to have your registration and medical release form already filled out, but there will be copies available at the tryout as well. Also, bring your USAV membership card with you or you will be charged an additional $5. If you are not a member, please bring $20 for your membership.

  • Make sure to pick up a parents’ meeting handout whether your parents are with you or not. There is lots of great information about USAV Beach HP.
  • Once you have turned in your paperwork, you will receive your tryout shirt. You will also receive a number on your left calf. The number is randomly assigned to you - it is just a way for the coaches to identify and easily evaluate you. You will want to put your shirt on right away.
  • After you have your shirt on, the coaches will conduct the physical testing. All players will be tested on the vertical reach and jump, 24-meter sprint, star drill, broad jump and serving before the tryout. You will want to go through each of the evaluation stations right away. If you do not get your physical testing done before the tryout starts (24-meter run and/or jump testing), it is your responsibility to let a coach know as soon as the tryout finishes so that you can get those things completed.
  • When it is time to start, the coaches will pull the athletes together and have a short meeting.
  • Right after the athletes’ meeting, the parents will meet at an on-site location and have an informational meeting of their own with a USAV Beach staff member.
  • Some coaches will be leading the drills, while others will be strictly evaluating. Remember, this is a tryout not a camp, so coaches may not give you much feedback. Their responsibility is to run the drills or evaluate your play.
  • At the end of the tryout, there may be a short wrap-up meeting.
  • The most important thing is that you have fun and enjoy playing the game of beach volleyball! The USAV Beach HP evaluators are experts - they can judge your ability and potential just by watching you play for a short time, so the more you work hard and enjoy yourself, the more it will show in your evaluation.
  • If you have any tryout-related questions, please e-mail us at beachhp@usav.org