<p>So I had been trying to contact this D2 school's womens volleyball coach for a while. She finally answered me today in an email. She said that she is looking to recruit 2 setters for my class, which is my position that I play. She also asked if I would be interested in coming to a tryout sometime in January. I of course answered yes. Has anyone else been offered a similar tryout in their senior year? What can I expect? Any way that I can prepare?</p>
<p>I’M NOT familiar with volleyball, but I can say from the basketball side of it they are looking for pure drill type skills, coachability, compatibility with your teammates, desire.</p>
<p>vballgirl94,</p>
<p>I think you can take the tryout offer at face value. They will include you in a team practice, and try you out with their various skill drills. I would expect they will have a battery of drills for setters both offensively and defensively. I know D2 is the only NCAA Division that allows this “tryout” in baseball, and I assume it is the same in volleyball. If you are in shape, and ready to go then I think there isn’t much you can do to prepare except for the normal volleyball drills that you do in high school. Good luck.</p>
<p>D II permits the same try-outs for softball, I believe.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone 
I’ve talked to the coach a little further, and it seems that I will be going down to the school on a weekend in January for an official visit and the tryout. I am in NJ, this school is in Florida. I have visited there once before, about a year ago, but I was not able to meet with the coach. Should one of my parents come with me on the official visit?</p>
<p>^We went on all the OVs, but there is no right or wrong. Our involvement ranged from not seeing S except for a brief end of visit meeting with the coach (for the sales talk) thru hours spent with the coach and team. We played out involvement by ear - it really depended upon the agenda provided by the coach. We noticed that most of the time parents accompanied their athletes and used the visit as an opportunity to scout the school - especially including personal meetings with FA staff - and the surrounding area.</p>
<p>If our S had not wanted us to go, we would have stayed home.</p>
<p>Let me emphasize, however, that we saw S minimally during the visit. It was his choice which mattered and we were merely along for the ride (and the enjoyment of watching a long term partnership evolve to a sole endeavor).</p>
<p>FWIW, S did not chose the school we liked. And it worked put very very well for him. He chose wisely.</p>
<p>My daughter has gone by herself (Div 3), primarily because she needs to fly rather than drive to the schools. It seemed like a waste of money for us to pay for an extra plane ticket, a rental car, and a hotel. The coaches will set everything up for you and should help with arranging transportation from the airport.<br>
So, if you think you are ok to go by yourself, I would say you will be fine!</p>
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<p>Isn’t that what a money belt is for? ;)</p>