Be The Varsity Volleyball Girl Your Coach Is Forced To Notice First

Here's 5 Tips On How to Get Noticed So You Make Your Varsity Team


You may or may not be THAT volleyball girl that can rely on natural physical athletic talent when it comes to being considered for the varsity team.

And that's okay.

Because there are some specific things you can do to get the varsity volleyball coach to notice you if you are less athletically endowed.



For your next volleyball practice, try to adopt some of these good habits.



Be the varsity volleyball girl that comes early and leaves late for practice.



For my high school girls volleyball practice I use to come to my school gym one half hour before practice started and I'd lay in the middle of the gym to just visualize that the court was mine.

I'd imagine each serve receive, each serve each pass that I wanted to perform. I convinced myself that anything that happened on that court, any ball that came on my side I was going to be responsible for it.


I was going to be the volleyball girl that didn't let any ball around me fall in defense and no one was going to dig my hits.


I chose to come early and/or stay late to volleyball practice to get some quiet time to use my visualization skills to imagine myself as the volleyball player I wanted to become.

I also came early or stayed late to practice serving skills and to perform individual wall drills for setting and passing as well.


Become the volleyball girl with most

effective serve on your team.


To understand what it takes to become an effective server be sure to read the volleyball serving information on this site.

This information will teach you some serving strategies including the top 5 places to serve after a team timeout.





Be the volleyball girl that goes after every ball in defense.



To become that volleyball girl you'll first have to decide that no ball that you can get to with three or four steps will fall around you or in your immediate area.

You will need to take pride in making an aggressive attempt to dig any and every ball in your immediate area up so your volleyball team has another chance to play the ball for a point or side out.

You may not get it the first time.

You may not get the ball up the second time.

But you'll get closer and closer each time and most importantly your volleyball coach should start noticing your effort.


Be the back row quarterback who maximizes her communication skills to help guide your team through every play.


You want to talk to your teammates before, during and after the game in order to give them valuable information about what plays you see happening.

You can direct traffic by calling out plays you see developing.

Many times if a back row player is really concentrating she will see how the opposing team's play is developing just like the front row player does.

If you're in the back row and you see the right front hitter on the opposing team start to slide over to run the "X " play behind her middle blocker then from the back row you need to call out "Watch the X!"

"Watch number 15 coming around" You need to say it loud enough so all your teammates can hear it.


If you see the fake "X" developing which is what a lot of setters call after running the X then you need to call out what you see. "Watch number 15 coming around for the fake X".

Let your blockers hear you, let your defensive players hear you, let your teammates hear you.

There are no secrets on the volleyball court. Let your teammates know what to expect.

If a volleyball girl on the opposing team goes through her front row rotation and all the points she makes are by wiping off the block or hitting cross court, the next time she rotates up to the left front you go up and out loud you need to tell your front row blockers in a loud voice "Hey that #15 hit everything cross court the last time she was front row. Be ready for her cross court attack."

This is a very good way of "getting inside" your opponent's head.  Also, this action shows the varsity volleyball coach your leadership skills.  

The coach should sees that you are invested in helping your team win, even when you aren't in a position to touch the ball.

This shows initiative and lets the coach know that you are aware of what is going on in the game and you're doing what it takes to help your team win.

The varsity volleyball girl who takes on the responsibility of becoming the backrow quarterback doesn't have to be the tallest or the quickest player on the team.

But she will turn out to be one of the smartest girls on the team.


Varsity Volleyball Girl Power:
Fake It Until You Make It


If you are not on your varsity team yet but you are reading this website and these pages to figure out how to be, start following the tips and suggestions outlined on this page. 


You'll notice that several of these suggestions are about attitude and not ball handling skill.

Your attitude and your behavior and your habits are things you CAN control. And you can control them starting now so they become natural and normal to you.

So when you do get in front of that coach, these habits will be normal for you and as a freshman you will already know how to behave and carry yourself like a varsity volleyball player.


Trust me..that will get you noticed. 

For more great advice on how to make your varsity team continue reading the articles in the Varsity Volleyball Girl section. 


Where do you need to go now? Here are three options: 

  1. Learn more about The Volleyball Girl by checking the links in Related Links section.
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  3. Or visit the pages in the How To Play Volleyball section in the drop down menu at the top of the page.

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