2009-2010 Club Information

Staff and Coaching Philosophies

Skyline Juniors enters its 11th year stronger and more determined to lead the USA in volleyball. As we head into the 2009-2010 season, 8 of our staff members have collegiate coaching experience and twenty seven have collegiate playing experience. Each team will have a head coach and an assistant coach plus each will share experienced roamer coaches.  

Coaches are selected based on their playing experience, knowledge of the game, coaching capability, enthusiasm, and temperament, and have passed an extensive background screening. One main quality that we look for in our coaches is a belief in coaching by encouragement rather than intimidation. We believe the success of our club is only as good as the development of our coaches. All of our coaches are IMPACT certified, and many have CAP certifications. All coaches regularly participate in on-the-court training during clinics, camps, and other coaches’ training events.

Each coach’s main objective is to provide our athletes with as much quality individual and team training as possible in a positive and encouraging learning environment. They are required to plan and organize their team's individual practice sessions, administer instruction at tournaments, and develop the composition and organization of the team. Our coaches strive to be to be excellent role models for the players and all others with whom they may come into contact The staff of Skyline Juniors and SPV will provide all the administration for tournaments, travel, and finances within the club so our coaches can concentrate on coaching and their own professional growth.

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Skyline Juniors tournament participation is mandatory. Tournaments give athletes the chance to compete at higher levels, develop their court skills, and strengthen their knowledge of the game. They also give the athlete a chance to be seen by college scouts. Finally, the success of our team training depends upon all members of the team being present.

Tournament agendas, lodging arrangements and other important travel information will be provided to each player as soon as the club directors have received the information from the tournament directors. We prefer to do most of our communication through e-mail and our website. We will post hotel and tournament information for each team on the website as soon as it is available. All tournament schedules will be finalized in early December.

Skyline Juniors Playing Time:

The team’s head coach is responsible for the composition of the team and determining playing time. Each athlete will receive equal training time and repetitions in practice sessions, but we cannot and will not guarantee playing time to anyone. It is in the best interest of the team that we compete for championships and this involves some players not playing in some matches. The head coaches will make their decisions based on a player's attendance at practices, the importance of an event, the player’s attitude, work ethic, and proficiency at required skills, and most importantly the team's needs. As parents, please understand that our coaches do their best do get everyone playing time, but their primary focus at tournaments is the teams’ success. If a parent wishes to discuss playing time with a coach we require this to NOT BE DONE AT THE TOURNAMENT. It is very disruptive to the team if a parent confronts a coach in this setting. Consequently, if a coach is confronted by a parent during a tournament, that parent’s child must sit out the following match. In short, please save these discussions until after the tournament.

The following procedures are in place to resolve playing time issues or concerns:

• At any time after practices or matches a player may meet with the coach for a discussion.

• If questions or concerns remain, then the parents and player may contact the coach to arrange a discussion at least a day after the conclusion of a tournament.

• If the issue is still not resolved, the club director, coach, player, and parents may meet.

SPV Playing Time:

The team’s head coach will be responsible for composition of the team, and determining playing time. All players will be given the opportunity to play at tournaments. If you feel you must discuss your child’s playing time with a coach we ask this to NOT BE DONE AT THE TOURNAMENT.  Several times we have seen games lost because a coach lost their objectivity as a result of a discussion with a parent influencing their decisions. 

Tournament Transportation:

The club does not provide transportation to non-air travel tournaments. It is the parents’ (and not the coaches’) responsibility to find transportation for their athletes to and from these road travel events. For air travel tournaments, the club provides transportation to and from the hotel, and to the sanctioned events provided the athlete travels on the group’s flight. The athletes are prohibited from riding with anyone other than a coach, club director, or appointed chaperone. (They are permitted to ride with their parent/guardian , or someone their parent designates in writing.) If parents choose to arrange their own travel arrangements for an athlete, then the parents are responsible for getting their daughter to the hotel.

Hotel Accommodations:

We distribute hotel information for parents in advance on the web page or by email so parents may make reservations at the same hotel where the teams are staying. Each Skyline Juniors team has a certain number of rooms reserved for the players (except for 12’s and 13’s). In an effort to keep costs lower, SPV players and Skyline 12’s and 13’s will stay with their parents. We cannot guarantee space or make reservations for parents, but we will ask hotels to hold rooms for parents (including SPV and Skyline 12’s and 13’s) until a specified date. If you have not made a reservation by that date we cannot hold the room.

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Club Policies

Drug and Alcohol Policy

In order for the North Texas Region to support any disciplinary actions by the club toward a player, one of these two below procedures must take place in case a playeris in the possession of or involved with any type of illegal drugs or alcohol.

If the player(s) is found to be at fault, further action will take place depending on the severity of the issue. The player may be sent home from the event, dismissed for a period of time, or released from the team permanently (at the expense of his or her parent/guardian).

Prom Policy 

We understand the importance of an event such as Prom; therefore, in the case of Prom falling on the weekend of a National Qualifying tournament and Regionals (only), we have implemented the following guidelines to allow SENIORS to attend their SENIOR Prom.

• Each SENIOR will be allowed to attend their prom without punishment.
• They will need to be present the day prior and the day after the (main evening) Prom event.
• They will need to be present the day of the event until 12 noon (if the tournament is out of town) and 2:00pm (if the tournament is within the DFW area).

It is not fair to a team that has devoted so many hours in practices only to be disqualified from a tournament or to not be given a chance to qualify for Nationals because a few players are gone. It is also not fair to those who are seeking college scholarship and must be seen by colleges.

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* All payments must be postmarked by the 15th of each month.

Parents are expected to keep up with their dues and payment schedules. In order to facilitate payment, we provide account status online for each player, pre-addressed envelopes including the amount of payment and the date the payment is due. Alternatively,membership fees may be paid online with a credit card.

If a payment is late there will be a $25.00 late fee, and the athlete will not be able to participate in any sanctioned events until a payment is made A $25.00 transaction fee will be assessed for each returned check, andif the problem occurs two times, parents must pay by cash or a cashier’s check.

If an account is not paid in full, the participant’s name may be submitted to the UIL because she will have violated her “amateur status”. The parent/guardian responsible for the player will also be responsible for any additional costs or expenses incurred by the club while pursuing collections.

If there is some reason the payment cannot be made by the date specified, please contact Jon or Jodie Rye (for SPV, please contact Kirk Perry or Brent Crouch) and we will try to work out the situation. Please know, once you commit to a team we incur several expenses whether you continue your season with the club or not. It is your responsibility to make sure these payments are made unless there is a season ending injury.

In an effort to minimize payment problems we attempt to precisely determined fees and dues prior to the season. To this end, , most travel expenses, (hotel, airline deposits, rental vans, and nationals for some teams) for the players are included in their dues amounts. Please notice, however, that we have NOT included airfare for the players into their dues (we have included coaches air travel). Instead, we will provide an Airline Package in November for the Skyline athletes that will give them the option to arrange their own air travel to tournaments.

Additional fees may occur due to unforseen circumstances such as airline cancellations, inclement weather situations, or if a team misses a flight due for any reason (i.e. such as playing in a match for JO qualifying, or playing in the finals).

*All monies that are paid are non-refundable