Sparks Ignite!

This week we held our first ever tryout for Calgary Sparks Volleyball Club! What an amazing turnout we had too. With us being a brand new club we were a little surprised at how many girls showed up for our 16U team tryout. All said and done we figure we had 70 girls come give their 110% for 2 hrs straight both Wednesday and Thursday evening.

Coach Wildman ran the girls go through a very rigorous fitness portion of the tryout each night which really pushed the girls to earn his attention. Interesting feedback that we recieved was that most of the girls really enjoyed the high expectation and tough drills and appreciated his intensity. Go figure!

The main reason Jared and I decided to start our own club was because there simply isn't enough teams out there for all the girls that want to play. Our girls have gone through the process of trying out for multiple clubs amongst these high number of other girl athletes that are vying for one of 12 spots on a roster. Honestly most others , if not all other clubs, are only looking for a few new players and misleading these athletes and their parents to believe all spots are available which in fact they are not. Therefore taking tryout fees from athletes who never had a chance to begin with. That's deceiving in our eyes and want no part of that. Sparks volleyball is commited to holding open tryouts each and every year to have each girl earn their spot and not hold spots for favorable athletes. Our goal is to run an honest, reputable and successful club.

All said and done, the first tryout is done and two remain. We will also be running a 14U and 13U teams as well and are looking forward to seeing more of the talent and enthusiasm these girls bring to the sport of volleyball. Also can't wait to see the expressions on all our competitions and "nay-sayers" faces when we come out strong and victorious! Go Sparks!