2010 Girls CompetitiveVolleyball!
General Information: The Warriors have provided the youth of our community the opportunity to play youth sports for over 40 years. This year the Warrior's has teamed up with Highlands Ranch Community Association (HRCA) to provide "Home" gym space to practice and play at. The Warriors are one of nine member clubs of the Arapahoe Youth League (AYL) and serve the youth in Northern Douglas County (for a description of the Warriors territory please select the "Our Territory" button). The AYL scheduled and provided referees for the 2009 season with over 100+ teams participating. The Warriors teams will play an 8 game regular season schedule followed by a single elimination end of season tournament. Practices for the 2010 season will begin the week of Feb 15th, 2010. Warrior teams will be given two 1½ -hour practices weekly. Games will be played on Saturdays at Inverness Sports Complex and will begin on March 13th, 2010. Our end of season play-offs and championship tournament games are usually completed by the middle of May. *Note all games and times are subject to gym time availability and could be played on alternate dates/times).
Registration: Registration begins November 1st, 2009 and goes thru January 15th, 2010. Registrations are accepted on a first come first serve basis. All registration fees include premium game jerseys for each player. Limited amount of space is available and programs do fill quickly.
Game & Play Information: Games in the AYL are played by having a continuous running clock for 55 minutes (for ages 7-14) and 5/6 years olds will play a 45 minutes continuous running clock game. Ages 10 and under will play on 6'6" nets and ages 11 and over will play on 7'4" nets. For ages 5-8 and "Oversized Trainer" ball will be used, for ages 9 & 10 a "Volleyball Lite" will be used and for ages 11-14 any high school approved regulation volleyball will be used. The court size for ages 6 and under will be 30' x 40' long and for ages 7-14 the court size will be 30' x 60' long. Additional information regarding the AYL league, rules and eligibility can be found at the official web site: www.aylsports.net. In Warriors volleyball, players are grouped on volleyball teams based on their age as of August 1, 2009. The teams at each age group are further divided into two Divisions based on the team's experience and past record. The Divisions are National and American with National being the highest level. All newly formed teams are generally entered into the American division while the more experienced teams comprised of players with the most prior playing experience generally play in the National division. All of the Divisions have play-offs and championship games and based on past performance and record, teams can be moved up to the next division the following season. The Warriors and the AYL understands that players not only develop and improve their individual skill levels through practice but with the opportunity to play in actual games. Thus to provide eligible players the maximum opportunity to improve their skill level, the AYL volleyball league has established as a "Minimum Play" rule. An example of this would be: The following example is for a match that is won 25-0, 25-0 and 15-0. If the team has 11 players, then every player must play a minimum of 24 points. For more information on this rule visit www.aylsports.net. We often monitor our Coaches' compliance to the rule, as does the AYL. We encourage all of our Coaches to explain their individual philosophy with regard to earning playing time at their first Parents meeting.
Should you have further questions about the program please feel free to contact Danny Main at 303-471-8849 or dmain@hrcaonline.org or Kevin McAllister @ 303-898-3214 or kbigmac19@yahoo.com .
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