Badger Region offers spots to athletes for elite High Performance training camps

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021

Over 300+ athletes tried out April 24-25 at the New Berlin Sports Plex for the Boys and Girls Badger Region High Performance program. In addition, close to 40 athletes also submitted their highlight videos to be considered as a video-only tryout candidate.

The coaching staffs made offers on Monday to just over 20 boys in the Boys Select (2005-2007 birth years) age group and another 20-plus boys in the Boys Youth (2003-2004 birth years) age group.

Both the Girls Youth (2004-2005 birth years) and Girls Select (2006-2008 birth years) age groups offered 32 athletes spots in the program.

For a look at the selections and athletes (by number) on the waitlist, click below.

Some athletes also submitted videos to receive guaranteed feedback. Those athletes will receive the notes taken by the coaching staff before May 7.

The coaching staffs chose athletes based on the athletes’ ability to compete at a five-day international tournament this summer. Since the staffs are only able to get about four days to train with these athletes, the coaches based their decisions off what they saw now, not what they might be able to foresee if we had an entire season to train with an individual.

There are also differences at the international High Performance Championships that make a difference in the selection process:

  1. Coaches only get 6 subs per set
  2. Liberos are designated for the entire match and cannot change game to game
  3. Liberos are not allowed to serve
  4. The travel roster is limited to 10 athletes

Other rules that are unique to the High Performance Championships/international volleyball:

  1. If two players simultaneously touch the ball, that counts as two contacts
  2. The ball is not allowed to touch the ceiling
  3. Only the head coach can stand, and all coaches must have matching apparel
  4. We play two best-out-of-five matches each day
  5. Technical timeouts are also used.

This is just a part of the experience that the Badger Region looks forward to bringing its top athletes.

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