Making the team @ provincial tryouts!

Question
hello tom houser,
i am trying out for the provincial team, and i was wondering what i should do to get notcied and make the cuts, i am not very tall only 5'4 but i play libero. i have confidance and will get over my mistake and learn from it. is there any advice you ccan give me to help me make it ?

Answer
Good evening, and welcome to www.allexperts!  It's great to hear from you.

First, a few obvious facts:
a) if you are very very good, you'll make the team regardless of your height or age;
b) if you are a very weak player, you won't make the team, regardless of what you do.

I assume you feel like that you don't know if you're going to make the team or not.

If that's the case, then here's my advice:
1) In the weeks before tryouts, get as much time on the court as you can.  This may even include some private lessons.
2) On the tryout days, arrive early, smile, help set up the nets, smile
3) encourage your teammates throughout all drills.  Back in December, a girl who we didn't know made my team over other girls we knew, not only b/c she was really good, but b/c my assistant noticed that she was always encouraging her teammates during drills.
4) Hustle, hustle, hustle.  Coaches know that if you don't hustle during TRYOUTS, that you certainly won't hustle at normal practices.  

Then trust the coaches to keep the best players!  And if you don't make the team, try out for another!

I hope that you have time to visit www.coachhouser.com.  I think you'll really like all the smiling faces!!

Chat later!
Coach Houser


p.s.  After tryouts are over, please email me at [email protected] and tell me how it went.  Also, are you from Canada?  I'm not familiar with "provincial".