The BIP/USA Development Team is a select group of High School Seniors, College Freshman, and College Sophomores that will be participating in the 8th Annual European Global Challenge. The team will spend four nights in Milan, Italy at the Italian Volleyball Federation's brand new training facility practicing and playing against Club Italia, a mix of Youth and Junior National Team players coached by the Italian Junior National Team Coach, Marco Mencarelli. We will make our way to Pula, Croatia for the Global Challenge, and then spend a fun night in Venice, Italy on the last day prior to flying back to the USA.

Itinerary:
July 10: Depart the USA for Milan, Italy (MXP)
July 11: Arrive Milan, Team Practice
July 12: Practice, Sightseeing & Match vs. Club Italia
July 13: Practice, Sightseeing & Match vs. Local Club Team (TBA)
July 14: Practice, Sightseeing & Match vs. Club Italia
July 15: Leave for Pula, Croatia, visit Verona, Italy on the way
Opening Ceremonies in Pula that night
July 16-19: Global Challenge VIII in Pula, Croatia
July 20: Full day and night in Venice, Italy
July 21: Leave from Venice, Italy to USA (Arrive Same Day)

Price for this trip is $1850 + airfare (players arrive to Milan on their own on July 11) and includes all hotels, ground transportation, meals, and team sightseeing activities.

A $300 non-refundable deposit is due on March 15, 2012, and this team will travel with 2 setters, 4 outside hitters, 2 opposites, 3 middles, and 1 libero.

Interested players should contact Tim Kelly immediately: bringitusa@aol.com

Also, please see last year's journal from the BIP/USA Team at the Global Challenge: http://www.bringitusa.com/gc11/journals/bipusa/index.html

Tom Pingel - USA Volleyball Quote from Tom Pingel, USA Volleyball "This is the 13th year that USA Volleyball has recognized a trip of this nature organized and managed by Bring It Promotions (BIP). The experience gained by the athletes and coaches simply can not be obtained through domestic play. The USAV/BIP partnership has worked well in that USA recommends coaches and athletes for invitation and Bring It provides post-trip reports on everyone on the trip. I'm confident that the 2012 experience will equal or surpass those of past years."
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