About Travel Teams

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0c200640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>SMASH Volleyball</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SMASH Volleyball"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>          </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travel Team Program "><U><B><IMG SRC="0c80e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id319.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Tournament Results"><U><B><IMG SRC="0c90e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id334.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Online USAV Membership Procedure for 200"><U><B><IMG SRC="0ca0e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summer Clinics"><U>Summer  Clinics</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travel Team Program "><U>Travel Team Program  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="League Skills Program"><U>League & Skills Program</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id366.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Young Athlete Program 2008"><U>Young Athlete Program 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id192.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloadable forms"><U>Downloadable forms</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><U>Directions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id368.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Summer Training Program"><U>2008 Summer Training Program</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coaches and Staff"><U>Coaches and Staff</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=140 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TRAVEL TEAM Update Frequent!"><U>TRAVEL TEAM Update - Frequent!</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id369.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Summer Training Program"><U>2008 Summer Training Program</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Travel Teams Competition Schedule"><U> Travel Teams Competition Schedule</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id344.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Travel Team Rosters "><U>2008 Travel Team Rosters </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id319.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 Tournament Results"><U>2008 Tournament Results</U></A></div> <div> <B>About Travel Teams</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id334.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Online USAV Membership Procedure for 200"><U>Online USAV Membership Procedure for 2007-2008</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id291.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tryouts for 2007/2008"><U>Tryouts for 2007/2008</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AgeGroup Definitions for 2007/2008 "><U>Age-Group Definitions for 2007/2008    </U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>About Travel Teams</B></I></div> <div> <B>     SMASH </B>enters teams in NE Region USAV Juniors competition. Some teams play outside New England.   We have competitive tryouts and train the teams once/week (sometimes twice) from January through April/May.  Our Sunday practices are 4-5 hours and include mandatory physical training.  <B>Our 16's and 18's teams have regularly been amongst New England's strongest</B>, and have won several NE Championships.  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id328.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2007 NE Championships Results"><U>Click here for some of our 2007 results.</U></A></FONT>  Last season SMASH 18's was the top Massachusetts team, 2nd in NE; both SMASH 16's and SMASH 18's were Silver Medalists in the New England Regional Championships.   In 2005 SMASH had 3 of the top 15 18+Under teams in NE, the 3rd 16's team and our 14's finished 3rd in the NE Regionals. In 2004 our top 18's finished the season ranked #1 in New England.</div> <div>      Athletes train and compete in their <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AgeGroup Definitions for 2007/2008 "><U>age groups</U></A><A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AgeGroup Definitions for 2007/2008 "><U>.</U></A></FONT>    Players are selected on the basis of performance at the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id291.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tryouts for 2007/2008"><U>competitive tryouts</U></A></FONT>. Teams train on Sundays, some on additional days. Competition ranges from the local, eastern Massachusetts area, to the New England, East Coast, and some years, national arena. Details of cost and schedule vary according to the exact team. </div> <bR> <div> <B>SMASH Travel Team Philosophy </B></div> <div> SMASH treats all players as serious athletes, and expects committment, respect, effort, reliability, and adherence to all policies.  We take our tryout process seriously, and feel every player selected should benefit from competition.  Therefore all players  receive regular playing time.  We have no "bench" players.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Competition</B></div> <div> NE Juniors volleyball has several levels of play:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“Power League”- for 16’s and 18’s only - the top 8 teams in all of NE. Must qualify at January qualifier</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“Regional Level” – the next 8 (maybe 12) teams –also must qualify at tournament (Feb) </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“State Level” – In Massachusetts, the 50-70 teams not competing in the above levels</div> <bR> <div> We do not allow players to drive long distances to tournaments, and we require seatbelts.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>