Serve City Volleyball Club hosting middle-school tryouts Oct. 1, high-school tryouts Oct. 22

Middle-school and high school girls are invited to Serve City Volleyball's tryouts for its 12U to 18U club teams. Tryouts take place for middle school starting Oct. 1 and for high school starting Oct. 22 in Wheaton, Des Plaines and West Dundee. Online registration is available at www.servecityvolleyball.org/tryouts.

Serve City now has six suburban locations for the 2017-18 season. Serve City's practice facilities are found in Wheaton, Carol Stream, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, West Dundee and West Chicago.

Serve City strives to avoid cutting any athletes, as the mission of the organization is to help all athletes develop a deep love for volleyball by training them to reach their highest potential on and off the court. Serve City's club fees are also the lowest in the area, enabling all girls to enjoy the opportunity to play club volleyball. This has been Serve City's primary purpose since it was founded in Chicago in 2013.

The cost to try out is $15 to cover gym rental and equipment fees and must be paid online while registering for tryouts at www.servecityvolleyball.org/tryouts. Registration fees for athletes are among the most affordable in the Chicago area to match Serve City's family-friendly club mission built on love, relationships and excellence. Oct. 1 middle-school tryouts will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, 1 to 3 p.m. at Lifezone 360 in West Dundee, 2 to 4 p.m. for ages 10-13 at the Central Athletic Complex in Wheaton and 4 to 6 p.m. for ages 13-14 in Wheaton.

Serve City's coaches will run each tryout participant through a range of skills testing to determine the best team fit for each athlete. Girls ages 10 to 14 are available for our 13- and 14-and-under teams, and girls ages 14 to 18 are eligible to play for our 15- to 18-and-under teams. Serve City's program is also flexible for multi-sport athletes and students involved in other extracurricular school activities like musicals and band.

Serve City's girls volleyball club season runs from the week of November 27 to Saturday, April 21. This year Serve City is also offering athletes and teams the opportunity to upgrade participation from regional training to national training if they are interested by competing in the Asics Jr. National Tournament June 15-17 at Navy Pier in Chicago.

For more information, including team registration costs and practice dates, visit www.servecityvolleyball.org/introduction-girls or contact jsmith@servecityvolleyball.org.