Spring 2024 Girls Youth League

Big City Volleyball is excited to offer a Girls' Youth League for players Grades 7-12 in Brooklyn, Queens & Manhattan, who have the volleyball SKILLS and DESIRE to COMPETE in a LEAGUE with:

Weekly Practices

Weekend Refereed Matches

Standings / Playoffs / Uniforms

All-City Championship

This program is a great for players who want to continue playing after school volleyball season ends or as an alternative to club volleyball WITHOUT:

Lack of playing time

Ridiculous fees

Long drives to compete

10-month Club commitment

Holiday Tournaments

Tryouts

In order to participate, all NEW players must attend one Try-Out to be considered for the Spring 2024 League and should have prior playing experience on either a club or school team or have taken our advanced youth volleyball classes during the year or at one of our Summer Camps.

If you are selected, the entrance fee for new players to the League will be $950. Cost for returning players is $875.

All New players must attend at least one tryout to be considered for the league.

$25 Registration fee is a **TRYOUT FEE ONLY**.

For NEW players selected, the Girls Youth League program will cost $950 and include:

Spring 2024 Season: Feb 26th - Jun 8th

3 Complimentary Open Play Sessions

8 practices

8 Weekend Refereed Matches including Playoffs

City Championship - June 8th FOR TEAMS THAT QUALIFY

2 divisions: 7-8th grade / 9-12th grade

No Games - 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/20, 4/27, 5/25

Max roster size 12

All players are guaranteed to play a minimum of 2 sets per match

Professional Uniforms

Experienced Big City Coaching Staff with collegiate experience + referees

Match Locations: Manhattan (Midtown West) / Brooklyn (Williamsburg) / Queens (Forest Hills)

Match Days: Saturdays

Match Time Frame: 11 am-6 pm

Once a Week Practice Days and Time (Depending on location): M-F from 6pm - 9:30pm

Manhattan Practice location - Upper West side / Upper East Side / West Village (Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday)

Brooklyn Practice location - Park Slope (Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday)

Queens Practice location - Forest Hills (Monday / Friday)

League/Team Communication

OpenSports Team Chat (App and/or Web)

This is the most direct form of contact that team players and parents have with their coach, other than when meeting in person at practice and games. It is a great tool for communication regarding team specific issues, announcements, reminders, feedback. It allows all interested members (players, parents, coach, borough supervisors and BCV management) to be up to date with everything going on with the team. The following is key to take full advantage of the Team Chat function and to set the right expectations:

Common Cases Reported

  • The player is getting the chats but the parent can't see them and is not getting important information
  • The parent is getting the chats, but the player is not being able to access the team chat
  • Additional parents/guardians do not have access to the team chat
  • User (s) have multiple OpenSports accounts created (i.e. Email account, Apple Id account, Facebook Account) and the user they are logged into is not the user they registered with for the league

Troubleshoot Access to Team Chat

  • If you have multiple OpenSports accounts or only player or parent is being able to access the team chat, simply make sure you both log in with the same registered user (the system allows you to log in from different devices).
  • If you need to add an additional guardian to the team chat but don't want to share the same user you and your child share for registration: Email info@bigcityvolleyball.com indicating who needs to access the team chat, including player name, team name, and relation of the person to the player, as well as confirming that you as a parent authorize the additional person to be added to the team chat. We will share a secret link with you to share with the person to join the league as "Authorized Additional Guardian/Contact"

Support and Response Times

We ask to allow the coach/admin time to respond. Coaches/admin staff can not monitor the chat 24/7, so please allow at least 24 hours to respond. Non-team related questions should be directed to the borough manager (follow the Handbook for contact information)

Additional Channels of Communication for anything non-team related


This activity is not sponsored or endorsed by the New York City Department of Education or the City of New York