DYS Club Volleyball

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🏐 DYS Club Volleyball

📌About the Program


Dulles Youth Sports (DYS) Volleyball Club is our most competitive program. It is intended for experienced players who are looking to be challenged regularly.

 

⚡ How DYS is Different

  • Unlike many clubs, our coaches are unpaid volunteers who donate their time for the love of the sport and make a difference in the lives of local athletes.

  • All our coaching cadres are experienced at the club and high school levels.

  • Over the past several seasons, DYS Club Volleyball teams have consistently placed among the top of their respective age groups.

  • Our operational expenses are primarily offset by our robust fundraising efforts, which allow us to operate with very little overhead.

  • Because we operate as a co-op, we can develop a pro forma each season and set the player fees based upon a pro-rata share divided by the number of participants.

  • This translates into one of our region's best values for club volleyball.

  • Also, because we operate as a co-op, all members pitch in to help take care of the club's business.

🙋 Volunteer Opportunities


There are volunteer positions available at all levels.

  • Team Level: Team Treasurer, Team Social Coordinator, Team Communications, Team Travel Coordinator, Team Video/Photography.

  • Club & Board Level: Fundraising, Community Service, Networking, Website Management.

We want everyone to enjoy their experience with DYS. It has been our experience that “many hands make light work.” Most of our past families will tell you that the added interaction required to coordinate the various club-related activities helped connect the parents and enhance the DYS experience.

👤 What We Are Looking For in Players and Parents

  • Players:

    • We are looking for good kids who are good teammates and are hungry to be good volleyball players.

  • Parents/Families:

    • We are looking for people who will support their players, their teammates, and the club with kindness, encouragement, and participation.

💡 Our Philosophy


Every season, we establish a club mantra for that year. This year we are repeating a mantra from previous seasons, primarily because it resonates with the crazy world we find ourselves living in.

  • Mantra: “Grateful for Everything, Entitled to Nothing.”

    • We believe the right attitude starts with gratitude.

    • As coaches, we express gratitude regularly to model the behavior we are looking for from our players.

    • We are looking for players who want to be great teammates and will adopt this philosophy.

  • Growth Mindset:

    • We embrace and practice a growth mindset.

    • We believe players need to learn how to fail to learn how to succeed.

    • We encourage aggressive mistakes and risk-taking for the sake of long-term growth.

    • We are looking for players who are open-minded and can embrace discomfort for the sake of improvement.

  • Hard Work:

    • We work hard. Strong teams are forged in the crucible of hard work for a common goal.

    • We are looking for players who want to work hard with and for their teammates.

  • Life Lessons:

    • We believe that the sport of volleyball serves as a great medium to learn valuable life lessons.

📖 Players’ Creed (on the back of every practice jersey)

  • Stay Humble

  • Hone Your Craft

  • Express Gratitude

  • Put the Team First

  • Give Your Best Effort

  • Find Joy in the Journey