1. Tartan Volleyball August 15, 2018
2018 Player Parent Meeting
Tartan Volleyball
August 15, 2018

2. Welcome!
Congratulations to all who made a team for Tartan Volleyball this year!
We are looking forward to developing a strong program and get the season underway

3. Wally Wakefield Tournament
Agenda
Introductions
Program Philosophy
Player Expectations
Parent Expectation
How To Volunteer
Wally Wakefield Tournament
Gear Overview
Practice Policy
Travel Policy
Important Date
Booster Club
Breakout Groups

4. Coaching Staff Alyssa Engel – Varsity
Heather Zebrowski – Varsity Assistant
Rita Girgen - JV
Jennylee Fahey – B Squad
Shari Hanson - 9th Grade
Eric Nordstrom - 9th Grade

5. Mission Statement
Our mission as a volleyball coaching staff is to provide all players in the Tartan Volleyball program with a positive and competitive experience in which they will continue to develop their volleyball, teamwork and life skills.

6. Team Philosophy
Your Tartan Volleyball coaches are dedicated to you as students, athletes and as young women. It is our goal to provide every opportunity for all players to become as good as they can be. However, it is up to each player to achieve this by being ready and willing to learn and commit to the process.
Here are some key components of Tartan Volleyball’s program that can help you be successful.

7. Philosophy Components:
The team comes first.
Rules help our program run smoothly.
Our athletes will be coachable.
Our team works hard.
We will make and embrace mistakes.
Our team has balance.
Our athletes are students first.

8. Philosophy Components:
Be on time and be prepared.
Take care of your body.
Communicate.
Respect all officials.
Be mentally tough.
Be a student of the game.
Pass it on.

9. Communication
As coaches we plan to keep the lines of communication open with both athletes and parents. Our players are at an age and maturity level where they can be expected to communicate effectively. We ask that player come to their coach with any questions or concerns.

10. Communication Acceptable steps of Communication *********************
1. Player and Coach
2. Player, Coach and Varsity Coach
3. Player and Parent meets with Coach and Varsity Coach
4. Player, Parent, Coach, Varsity Coach and AD.
*********************
Parents may a coach informing us their daughter would like to talk – but do NOT include any details.
Encourage your players to express their own concerns.

11. Communication 24/72 Hour Rule:
Wait 24 hours to contact a coach when an issue arises.
Do NOT approach a coach with an issue on a game day.
Please call or the coach to set up a time to talk.
If an issue is not brought up within 72 hours of it occurring, move on.
Coaches will NOT discuss the following with parents:
Playing Time
Coaching Decisions
Other Players

12. Grades
All players involved in the Tartan Volleyball program must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.
Grades will be check after midterms and periodically throughout the season.
Players may be benched at any time throughout the season for low grades or poor behavior.
All grade cases will be judged on a case by case basis.
Players MUST be on track to graduate.
If at any point in the season a player is not on track, then you will not be eligible to play.

13. Playing Time
All players on 9B, 9A, B-Squad, and JV will ideally get to play in at least one set per match.
NOTE: If a player is a 3 rotation player on their team, then they are only guaranteed those three rotations in one set.
Varsity players are NOT guaranteed any playing time.
Playing time can be reduced or cut completely at any time based on work ethic, behavioral issues, attitude, health/injuries, attendance and team chemistry.
If playing time is cut due to any of these issues, it will be clearly communicated to the player by their coach in an effort to get the player back on the court.

14. Player Expectations
Players will represent Tartan High School in a positive light. This includes:
Being respectful to teammates, coaches, officials, fans and faculty at all times.
Attending all scheduled practices, games and events.
Being on time
LANGUAGE
No conduct violations
This includes
Substance violations
Grades
Social media
Etc.
Putting forth full effort in practice and games
It is the athlete’s responsibility to communicate with their coaches
This includes any and all absences, conflicts, goals, etc.
Clothing
Before or after games, you will need to either change out of your spandex or to put on shorts/sweatpants over them. Either change out of jerseys and into a Tartan VB shirt or wear one over your jersey. REPRESENT OUR PROGRAM

15. Player Expectations Cont.
Game Day Responsibilities
9th grade AWAY games -
Due to bus schedules and supervision issues, 9th graders will not be able to stay for varsity games unless a parent brings them back to watch. All athletes must ride the bus to and from all games.
9th grade HOME games -
9th graders will be required to attend and line judge all of the JV and B Squad games. This will be on a rotating schedule.
9th graders will also film all of JV games
JV/B Squad AWAY games -
All athletes must ride the bus to and from all games.
JV/B Squad HOME games -
Players will be required to be ball handlers & film all varsity games
All players will be required to attend all Varsity matches
Varsity AWAY games -
Riding the bus
Watching and cheering on younger teams
Varsity HOME games
Keep book and score for all JV/B Squad games

16. Parent Expectations
Your job as a parent is to SUPPORT your daughter and their team. You are not a coach, official or administrator.
Encourage your player to communicate with their coaches - it is their responsibility - NOT YOURS.
PARENT NIGHT
September 18th
All parents will be invited down to the court while we acknowledge all your hard work!
This will be right before the varsity game (7:00pm)
Parent admissions are free
Be respectful in the stands. YOU are also representing Tartan High School. Do this well. Be conscious of your language!!

17. Parent Expectations Cont.
Volunteering
It is important that we all help out to make this a successful season.
All parents are required to sign up for one or more events on our sign up genius (instructions to follow)
Each volunteer job has multiple spots - you will not be on your own. The booster club is also here to assist you should you have any questions
Once you sign up, you will be contacted with more details of your duties and what to expect.
Volunteer jobs include:
Wally Wakefield Tournament (Sep. 8th)
Spaghetti Wild Boar (Sep. 9th)
Event Night Leaders
Program Dinner
Team Photographers

18. How To Volunteer
1.Click the check box next to sign up on the event you wish to volunteer for.
2. Click the Submit and Sign up button at the bottom
3. Fill out name and contact info as well as number of volunteers
4. Click Sign Up Now
5. Confirmation page shows up

19. Wally Wakefield Tournament
September 8th
Varsity - Plays at North High School
JV - Plays at Tartan High School
B Squad - Required to volunteer for at least one shift for the day
9A - Required to volunteer for at least one shift for the day
9B - Required to volunteer for at least one shift for the day
ALL PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT THIS MANDATORY EVENT.
This is one of our big fundraisers for the year. We will need all hands on deck to volunteer for admissions and concessions
All shifts will be 2 hours long
Shifts will include:
Set up
Concessions
Concession shopping
Admissions
Tear down

20. Spaghetti Fundraiser @ Wild Boar
This is our big fundraiser for the year.
All players are required to sell TEN tickets at $10/ticket
Tonight we will be collecting the $100 in advance for the tickets - you will keep the money from what you sell!
This is how we provide uniforms, fund our event nights, how we budget for the year, pay for dig pink t-shirts, etc.
We will have a raffle from the tickets for a $100 gift card (good selling point!)
Contest for who wins the most tickets - winner will get a pair of Gopher Tickets and a gift card!
We will have raffles at the event for great prizes and some great silent auction items.
September 9th
4-8pm
We need volunteers!
Shifts include:
Food service
Selling raffles
Wheelbarrow of fun coordinators (parents only)
Team basket coordinators (parents)
Set Up
Tear Down

21. Gear Daily Practice Gear Uniforms
Daily assigned practice t-shirt.
Black or blue spandex
Knee pads
Volleyball shoes
Extra t-shirts will be for sale during practices.
Players may not cut their sleeves or alter their shirts in ANY way.
Players may not wear any jewelry during practices.
Uniforms
All players will need to wear black spandex with their uniforms on game days.
B-Squad, 9A and 9B will be given their uniforms to take home for the season.
JV and Varsity uniforms will stay at the school for the duration of the season.
Air dry ALL uniforms.

22. Practice Policy
Players must be at all scheduled events. This includes all practices, scrimmages, meetings and matches.
If a player is absent from school and not coming to practice, they must contact their coach via , phone or text by 2:30pm.
Absences are NOT automatically excused if they tell their coach.
Unexcused absences will result in the player sitting for one set (per absence) in the next match.
If a player usually only plays one set per match, that is the set they will have to sit.
Excused Absences
Illness (Doctor’s note may be required)
Bereavement
School excused absence
Religious events
Unexcused Absences
Family vacations
“Too much homework”
We will be willing to allow this per teacher request.
Ride to practice or event
“Didn’t feel like it”
If a player does not contact the coach prior to missing an event, it will automatically be considered unexcused.

23. Travel Policy
Busses:
All players will be required to ride the bus to and from all away events.
JV and B Squad are required to stay for all varsity home and away matches.

24. Important Dates Dig Pink – October 9th Senior Night – October 16th
Pack the Gym/Youth Night – September 27th
Parent Night – September 18th
Varsity/JV Hosted Program Dinner - October 2nd

25. Team Communication Band App Website
Look for invite from coach to player
Parents look for invite from player
THIS WILL BE YOUR TEAM’S MAIN FORM OF COMMUNICATION -- ALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS NEED TO BE ON THE APP.
Website
Check for weekly s from coaching staff

26. Website https://www.isd622.org/Domain/1082
We will update as often as possible
All documents from tonight will be available on our website

27. Booster Club

28. Breakout