2017 LSHP Regional Tryouts
San Antonio March 10th 6:00- 9:00 PM Force Sports Center
Houston March 17th 6:00- 9:00 PM Fast Complex
Austin April 21st 6:00- 9:00 PM Austin Sports Center- South

Lone Star High Performance is a region program that allows the best players in the Lone Star region to train together and compete at the High Performance Championships.

Athletes tryout as individuals across the region and are selected based on skill and ability.

Athletes will compete at a international level and play international rules.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2017 USA Volleyball High Performance Tryout Schedules are now posted and tryout registration is now open.

What is USA Volleyball High Performance?

USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball in the United States. We run and manage the USA National Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Teams, the USA Olympic Teams, and also USA Youth and Junior National Teams for each gender. The Youth and Junior National Teams, along with a number of tiered training programs, fall under the High Performance Department, or HP.

The High Performance Department works to advance volleyball talent and build a broader and stronger pipeline of athletes and coaches for our USA Olympic Teams. The High Performance Program bridges the gap between our USA National Teams and youth volleyball programs across the country. This is done through a system of national tryouts which then qualify athletes for training programs, camps, and Youth and Junior National Teams. The HP Program at USA Volleyball is the “Pipeline” for volleyball athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and is intended to grow the pool of talented young players who may someday compete for a spot on the USA National and Olympic Teams.

The HP Program and Athlete Pipeline include players of each gender in five age groups that are based on the birth year of the athlete. Those age groups are referred to as Senior (oldest) Junior, Youth, Select, and Future Select (youngest). These age groups are determined by an athlete’s year of birth using mandatory international criteria beginning approximately when they are 11 or 12 years old as Future Select athletes and continues for eight seasons through the Junior age group, often into their collegiate years. Many athletes also continue through their college years in the Senior age group in the Senior A2 Program, US National Training Team, US National Team, and ultimately, the USA Olympic Team.

2016 & 2017 FIVB / USA Volleyball High Performance International Age-Group Classifications

Attending a National HP Tryout is a prerequisite for entry into any USAV HP Program. Each year, athletes attend tryouts held across the country and are evaluated by USA Volleyball HP Pipeline Coaches. HP Coaches and staff then combine all tryout evaluations from each age group and rank players based on overall skill, positional skill, athleticism, and potential. Based on this ranking system, athletes are then invited to attend one of our program levels. As athletes participate in our programs each year, we keep track of their progression, working to help each athlete reach their potential and to help develop the next USA Volleyball Olympian.

Athlete who move up the Pipeline who are Junior age or older are eligible to attend the Women’s National Team Tryout, held at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs each February. From that tryout, the Women’s A2 Team Programs are chosen and athletes may be selected directly from the tryout for the Women’s National Training Team. Often, athletes will play on the A2 Team and are then selected to move up to train with the National Team to compete for a position. Athletes from the National Training Team are then eligible to be chosen for the squad that attends the Olympic Games.

2017 Age Group Definitions:
Girls’ Youth – Born in 2000 and 2001
Girls’ Select – Born in 2002 and 2003
Girls’ Future Select (Born in 2004, 2005, or later) may tryout for Girls’ Select

One or two teams will be developed per age group; 1-2 Girls’ Youth team, and 1-2 Girls’ Select team. There will NOT be a Girls’ Future Select team. Girls’ Future Select players can tryout for the Girls’ Select program. Number of teams per age group will be determined by number of players, per position, at tryouts. Each team will carry at least 9 players and at most 11. Teams will be coached by collegiate coaches.

Program fee: $700
Includes pre-event training, uniforms, coach travel and per diem, and lodging at HPC’s. Airfare not included.

Practice dates:
July 7th 7-9pm
July 8th 10am-12pm & 2-4pm
July 14th 7-9pm
July 15 10am-12pm & 2-4pm
Location: Austin Sport Center- South, 425 Woodward St. Austin, TX 78704

Travel dates for HP Championships:
Depart local city for Ft. Lauderdale, FL- July 17th
Depart Ft. Lauderdale for local city- July 23rd

The 2017 High Performance Championships will be held at the Broward County Convention Center in Greater Ft. Lauderdale, FL from July 18- 23, 2017. The teams will play by international rules.

USA Volleyball Indoor High Performance
The High Performance Department works to advance volleyball talent and build a broader and stronger pipeline of athletes and coaches for our USA Olympic Teams. The High Performance Program bridges the gap between our USA National Teams and youth volleyball programs across the country. This is done through a system of national tryouts which then qualify athletes for training programs, camps, and Youth and Junior National Teams. The High Performance Program at USA Volleyball is the “Pipeline” for volleyball athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport and is intended to grow the pool of talented young players who may someday compete for a spot on the USA National and Olympic Teams.