What Our Club Offers and Expects

Fox Cities Elite, Ltd. is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Wisconsin’s Fox Cities area athletes achieve their volleyball goals and aspirations. The Club offers Junior National Volleyball competition and coaching to girls age twelve through eighteen. All of the programs are designed to help each player understand the game of volleyball and develop the skills to compete at a high level.

The Club offers the expertise of some of the best coaches in the Fox Cities area. All the coaches are devoted to making each player the best they can be. Many are top level players with high school, college, and post-college playing experience. A number of the coaches have well developed and established high school programs.

The Club offers each player the opportunity to learn and apply new techniques in practice and in competition, without fear of losing a starting position or ridicule from coaches or other players. We try to have fun while learning, practicing, and playing in tournaments.

Each team within the Club is limited to 10-11 players to ensure adequate coaching and playing time. The commitment of the players is crucial to the team and the club. All players are expected to participate in each practice and competition.

The volleyball club season starts with tryouts in November and continues through April. A typical season can be described as four to six weeks of practice followed by three to four months of tournaments and practices. During the tournament season each team will try to get into two tournaments each month with a total of eight or nine. Most of the tournaments will require travel as the majority of the tournaments are in the Milwaukee, Madison or Chicago areas. The Club is planning on having the following age group teams for the 2006-2007 season. The final number of teams is dependent on the number of players trying out and the number of coaches available to coach.

Girls Age Group	Number of teams planned
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	1
18	1

Expectations

Of the Club

Provide a quality experience to all players of the team.
Develop the skills and game understanding of the player.
Increase the parents understanding of the game of volleyball.
Provide player exposure to college recruiters through participation in tournaments.

Of the Player

Be ready and willing to learn about volleyball, athletics and sportsmanship.
Participate in all practices and tournaments.
Be a supporting member of a team and understand the various positions and roles on the team.
Learn and understand the rules of volleyball through scoring, line judging and refereeing during tournaments.

Of the Parent

Support and provide assistance to your child.
Provide a means of travel to and from practices and tournaments.
Assist the team through the call tree or as a team parent.
Assist the club through various activities the club has. For example, helping with the flower sale or concessions at home tournaments.
Be willing to learn about the game of volleyball and advanced strategies and tactics being used.

All teams will have two scheduled practices each week. It is not the Club's intention to compete with other sports but to give the players more of an opportunity to improve with additional practices. We do understand that athletes play in multiple sports. We will try to schedule practices around other schedules as much as possible. We do not want to deter our players from participating in multiple sports.

Our Mission

Fox Cities Elite, Ltd. is dedicated to developing highly skilled volleyball players in the Fox Cities area. FC Elite, Ltd. will offer a top-quality club experience through intense and competitive tournaments, the ability to pursue volleyball opportunities beyond the high school level, and a coaching staff that is knowledgeable, dedicated, and caring. FC Elite, Ltd. is committed to developing self-confidence, stressing personal development as a volleyball player and as an individual, and educating each athlete and parent about the sport of volleyball.