Bring It Promotions is running their 2nd annual Women’s European volleyball exposure tour January 10-24, 2000. As always, the participating players include female players that want to play professional volleyball in Europe after college, want to learn about the European leagues, or just want to travel Europe in a top level volleyball atmosphere.
Bring It Promotions (BIP) is the premier volleyball agency for American and other top players that want to play professional volleyball in Europe or the rest of volleyball’s professional world. BIP represents over 75 athletes worldwide, including over 50 players playing in Europe this season.
This year’s tour has a few changes. They will be travelling with a handful of top collegiate coaches who’s main goal is to recruit European players for the USA. The team will have two principal coaches, Kevin Hambly of UNLV and the USA "B" Team, and Brian Meyer from the University of Tennessee. However, there will be other coaches that will participate with the team in some fashion. BIP is happy to welcome tour director Cory Solomon from the University of Utah, Beth Kuwata from the University of Denver, Meg Colado from the University of Central Florida, and Robert Patrick from the University of Tennessee. They may add another coach before our departure date as well…spots are open if there are interested coaches out there.
They will also be travelling in a full size coach with a professional driver rather than the vans they have used in the past. This will enable the coaches to enjoy themselves more (no driving) and will make the trip safer and more fun for the women. It will also facilitate team bonding and making volleyball the #1 priority of the trip.
Tour 2001 Details
Date: January 10-24
Itinerary: The tour will include at least 10 matches at least 3 of the following countries:
Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Austria. There will also be days off in Amsterdam, and Munich. A detailed itinerary will be available before the tour and we will keep an updated journal on the internet
at About.com It is a truly cultural experience and there is never a dull moment.
Tentative Itinerary (subject to lots of changes) as of November 20:
Amsterdam, NL; Ommen, NL; Münster, Germany; Leverkusen, Germany; Wiesbaden, Germany; Augsburg, Germany; Vilsbiburg, Germany, Salzburg, Austria; Innsbruck, Austria; Feldkirch, Austria; Munich, Germany
Players: The player list is being held until the termination of the NCAA season and until the roster is complete.
Contact info: If you are interested in obtaining more information about the tour, reserving a spot, or reserving a spot on a future tour, please visit our website or contact:
Tim Kelly: tim@bringitusa.com – voice/fax USA: 805 435 2002
Interested coaches should contact Cory Solomon at: corysolomon@bringitusa.com
Current Participants
All coaches and players that are participating in the January Tour 2001 are asked to read through some of the past journals of Bring It Tours – especially the Winter Tour 2000. These are available from the Tour page of www.bringitusa.com
The more that you know to expect, the better the trip will be for you and the journals do a good job of preparing people.
The few things that you do need to know before packing are:
- Bring a sleeping bag and pillow just in case.
- Do not bring a hairdryer or anything electric. It’s not as easy to change power as you think and it will prove worthless. I will have hairdryers for the team.
- Bring warm clothes. We will be in the snow and rain on this trip.
- Bring sweats for pre-game, etc. You are provided with a uniform (2-3 jerseys and 2-3 pairs of bikers) and a tour T-shirt but nothing else. You are responsible for sports bras, socks, shoes, sweats, etc. You may want to bring a lot of socks and underwear as we don’t get to do laundry as often as we’d like.
And some other info that you might like to digest on the flight over:
1. European Volleyball Rules: (we’ll go over all of these in Europe)
- Most all of our games will be 3 out of 5, rally score to 25.
- Net serves are
- We will play with a libero and the libero rules (we will go over these).
- There is only 1 toss on the serve (w/ 8 seconds)
- A yellow card is a point.
- The ceiling is out of play in Europe.
- Kicking and most overhand contacts are legal.
2. Tour Rules:
- Play hard and win when you are on the court.
- If a coach asks you to do something, please do it.
- Look out for yourself AND the other girls on the tour. This includes making sure that other peoples’ stuff (including staff items, volleyballs, camera, etc) doesn’t get left behind. This is a big problem on most tours.
- Shower in the gym after games. You wear "nice" clothes (what you’ll go out in that night) to the gym, change there, and then shower after the game and go right to dinner. Welcome to Euro-volleyball.
- Always have the tour mobile with you. From Germany: 0177 360 5658. From other countries: 00 49 177 360 5658. From the USA: 011 49 177 360 5658.
- Getting separated from the group is not illegal, it’s just your responsibility to get back to us. Try to stay together.
- Make an effort to meet people from the teams and clubs we play. Make an effort to learn about Europe, Europeans, and Euro-volley.
- Be ready for anything and always be positive. Have fun !
3. Journal:
We will be keeping a journal on this trip. I will have a different girl or coach write each evening and we’ll post it to our site every night. The complete journal will be there when you get home. Keep in mind that you will have one day to write about. |
