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Volleyball

Volleyball

Registration for Athletics

All students must register and be approved prior to participating in any athletics.

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Volleyball Coaching Staff

Varsity Head Coach

Tai Heath
tai.heath@pgcps.org
Accredited Interscholastic Coach

Junior Varsity Coach

Jill Turner
jill.turner@pgcps.org
Accredited Interscholastic Coach
Room 128

Assistant Coach

Angela Alcain
angela.alcain@pgcps.org
Accredited Interscholastic Coach

Volleyball Tryouts

Please join our Remind group to receive immediate updates. Use this link to join rmd.at/fdhsvball or text @fdhsvball to 81010.

Tryouts will be held August 18-20 from 4:00-6:00 p.m.. Both athletes and parents should join Remind (instructions above) to receive announcements related to any changes in this schedule and other important announcements throughout the season. All athletes must be approved through Aktivate in order to participate in tryouts. Parents should confirm approval prior to leaving their athlete at tryouts.

Family vacations and other events should be planned accordingly. (Additional note - Students should not get any new nose or other piercings for which jewelry cannot be removed for athletic practices and games by August 18th.)

All athletes must be registered and approved in Aktivate in order to participate in tryouts and practices. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please try to have this complete by August 15th, so our athletic director has time to review all records to approve athletes and coaches have time to review our lists and prepare for tryouts.
Please be prepared for practice in hot temperatures. Spend time exercising outside, gradually increasing your time as you get closer to August 18th. Spend time stretching (static stretches | dynamic stretches), doing strength training, mobility exercies, and core exercises to help avoid injuries. Most of these exercises don't require any special equipment and can be done at home or outside. For anything that does require equipment you can find ways to modify it by mimicking the motion with dumbbells. Jumping rope is also a great way to build stamina, strengthen ankles, and increase jumping ability.
Our gym will be hot.
  • Wear comfortable and light athletic clothing and athletic shoes.
  • Arm sleeves and knee pads are recommended. 
    • If you need to purchase those items black is the recommended color as any items worn with your uniform need to match the school colors, white, burgundy, or black. Shoes can be white or black.
  • Bring a large bottle of cool water. The bottle filling station may not work.
  • Sports drinks can be used as well to replace electrolytes lost while sweating.

Required Registration Process for Sports

All high school student athletes must register and be approved to participate in athletics by the school's athletic director each school year. You must have a current sports physical and complete the Medical Card for Athlete to upload to the registration portal. Sports physicals are current for one calendar year.

Aktivate Registration Portal
Aktivate Instructional Video
Aktivate Instructions & Checklist
Instrucciones y lista de verificación para Aktivate

Mission

Our mission as an MPSSAA approved athletic program is to develop students as scholar athletes who respect the game, their teammates, their coaches and their opponents. We strive to create an atmosphere of positivity to allow our athletes to be risk-takers, as many athletes' first introduction to the sport competitively is their freshmen year.

Team Communications with Players and Parents

Remind (Text message group)

Use this link to join rmd.at/fdhsvball or text @fdhsvball to 81010.

About the Program

Our junior varsity and varsity girls volleyball teams compete in the fall sports season. The fall season official start date is the 6th Wednesday following the first Sunday of July. The season concludes the last week in October and then the team competes in the MPSSAA State Tournament. 

Our varsity team has consistently placed in the top few teams of the 1A/2A/3A division in Prince George's County. Athletes are encouraged to participate in out of season open gyms, clinics, and camps to gain experience and improve endurance.

There will be some pre-season open gym/conditioning opportunities in the summer months. The dates are to be determined. To stay informed about pre-season and events during the season please join our Remind group. All athletes must be cleared  by our Athletic Director in Aktivate prior to participating in tryouts.  NO EXCEPTIONS

Required Registration Process for Sports

All high school student athletes must register and be approved to participate in athletics by the school's athletic director each school year. You must have a current sports physical and complete the Medical Card for Athlete to upload to the registration portal. Sports physicals are current for one calendar year.

Aktivate Registration Portal
Aktivate Instructional Video

Volleyball Camps

This is a list of local volleyball clubs and university programs which offer volleyball camps.  If the link does not work it is because they have changed the camps page location. Simply go to their main page or do a Google search to find current information. They don't always send it to be updated on here.