WCMS, WCHS volleyball teams look to future with annual camp
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Warren County High School head volleyball coach Franklin Fisher and middle school coach Farrah Griffith held their annual volleyball camp in the Charlie Dalton Gym, with over 48 girls attending the four-day session.
Girls from the ages of middle school through high school worked on the proper techniques of passing, setting, hitting and serving. Each camper was schooled on how to be in the correct position to make each one of the four basic components of the game easier to execute.
‘I thought we had a really good turnout,’ said Fisher. ‘Basically what we hope to achieve at the camp is to introduce as many girls to the game as we can. Getting the younger girls involved in the game as soon as possible at the middle school level, is very beneficial to our high school program. Even with some of the high school girls who already play the camp gives them a chance to polish up on some of their skills.’
Normally Fisher holds tryouts for the high school program this week, but due to the new TSSAA rules concerning the dead period, tryouts will not be held until July.
‘This year tryouts will be held on July 7 starting at 9:30 a.m. in the WCHS gym. It might put us in some disadvantage with July being a time a lot of people take vacation, but we’ll make the best of it. The camp did give me the opportunity to see what type of talent will be coming out for the team this year.’
Griffith used the four-day camp to prepare for her tryouts, which were held on Friday. Although Griffith hasn’t decided on the number of girls she will keep for next year’s squad, she was pleased with the turnout.
‘We had 24 girls today and that makes my job of narrowing a team down to 12-14 players a lot harder,’ said Griffith. ‘I hope to have the list posted early next week. We have several starters returning and with a mix of new players, we should be able to put a solid team of the floor next season.’
Of the 24 girls trying out on Friday, seven were seventh-graders while there were10 sixth-graders and seven fifth-graders.
For more information on the high school tryouts in July you may contact Fisher at 668-5858, ext. 410.