Cost for Club (419)

Club sports are costly for parents. Every sport has a club fee fro playing the game, some more than others. They not only have a fee for playing, but they have to pay for their jerseys, team shoes, and socks if the sport team requires it. They also have to pay for every tournament they enter in.
Every tournament has a fee that the club will pay. It could be $100 to $800. The club then splits the amount among the athletes on the team. The more girls on a team, the less the cost is going to be for one player. A volleyball team has up to about 10 girls on the team, similar to a basketball team. There are perks to having more people on a team, because the cost will be lower. At the same time, having more players on a team could be stressful, because some girls might not get a lot of playing time, and you have to work harder for your spot.
A lot of teams that are good and have players that are going to big places will have matching shoes, socks, and knee pads. Having to buy new apparel can get expensive. If a team is sponsored by a certain company, like Nike, then they will have to wear Nike apparel when they play in tournaments. Say you had Mizuno shoes and Infinity knee pads, but your team is sponsored by Nike, then you would have to buy new Nike shoes and knee pads to play for the team.
To play for a team, there are tryouts that the athletes have to attend in order to be considered fro the team. These tryouts also have a cost. Usually a club hosts 3 or 4 tryouts. They will cost around 60 dollars, but you get to go to every tryout. It isn't just one and done; you can go to multiple to show that you are dedicated and want to be on the team. Now say you didn't make the team. That means you payed that club money but you will not even be playing there, and if you do make the team, you will have to pay even more for the club fee and everything else the club requires. Also, if you don't make their team, but still want to play volleyball, then you have to tryout at multiple places, just in case you don't make your first pick, and the more tryouts you go to, the more money you pay.