TRYOUTS:
Due to limits on team sizes, we will not be able to offer every student that comes to tryouts a spot on the volleyball team. Students should focus on the things they can control during tryouts (i.e their effort, energy, attitude, teamwork skills, and being coachable). Getting cut can be a difficult experience for players (and parents). The adage of "when a door closes, a window opens" is often true and if students don't make one of the volleyball teams, there are many other sports teams, clubs, and activities at TJHSST they can and should participate in. Students that learn to overcome setbacks quickly become more resilient and adapt well in the face of adversity.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
- President Teddy Roosevelt speech entitled “Citizenship in a Republic” at the Sorbonne in Paris on April 23, 1910.
August 4 to August 8, 2025. Please make sure that you are available for EVERY day of tryouts, if you want to play volleyball for Thomas Jefferson this coming season. If you haven't filled out the interest form (either at the interest meeting in April 2025 or at Freshman Preview night in May 2025), please do so here https://forms.gle/1soYwhWPi3JRVSZP8 or use the QR code below:
Bring a full water bottle to tryouts. August is hot and tryouts can be physically rigorous.
MANDATORY
- Register Online for Activities at the Activity Registration Page (Click HERE to Register)
- Concussion Education Training - See the Message below about the updated concussion education requirements and procedures
- VHSL Physical Requirements, and
- Paperwork requirements
- Tryouts
*Players must be present at tryouts to make the team.
ATTIRE
Players will be expected to be wearing proper volleyball attire when in the gym:
- T-shirts (short or long sleeve) -- NOTE: NO crop top/cut-off shirts
- Spandex shorts (gym shorts are acceptable)
- Volleyball or gym shoes (non-marking soles)
- Hair must be kept off the face, so recommend hair ties: metal hair pins or clips are NOT permitted
- Knee pads are recommended (NOTE: if you make a team, you will need white knee pads without large logos on them)
PRACTICE
Practices start immediately after tryouts and run from August to late-October/mid-November.
Practice occurs every day after school (Teams will occasionally have Saturday practices). There are no practices on game days. Practice times will change for inclement weather, and/or school events as designated by the student activities office. On days of inclement weather or school events, the DSA office will contact coaches, who will notify the team captains to tell the players for their respective teams. Varsity is usually the only team that will practice during inclement weather.
TRYOUT Times (TBD): August 4, 2025 to August 8, 2025
Tryouts times are subject to change due to school maintenance and inclement weather. Please check the website regularly for updates.
TRYOUTS include:
- Athletic Testing: All Players (core strength, vertical jump, shuttle run)
- 3-4 days of tryouts for Varsity
- 4-5 days of tryouts for JV and Freshmen
