Team Sask Identification

Sask Volleyball is committed to providing opportunities for kids of all ages, who enjoy the high-performance experience, and want to improve their skills. This encourages young athletes to remain competitive and achieve personal goals to become the best that they can be. These identification (ID) initiatives help identify long-term athletes who have volleyball attributes, are passionate and committed to volleyball, and potential to be selected for our Provincial summer program(s). Athletes who are short-listed will receive an email invite to our (June) Future Selects weekend camp or our (May) Team Sask final selection weekend for our Provincial men and women teams.

Please find below our identification events for this upcoming season.

2025 Jump Reach ID

Athletes will execute 3 spike approaches, touching as high as they can onto our Vertec machine to measure their current vertical jumping abilities. Top 10 jumps recorded will earn a free used ball and may receive an invite to an ID Event or our Future Selects camp.

14U Women (Born Jan 1, 2011 or later) – Saturday, Mar 29
University of Regina – Main Gym Hallway
$5 Registration – 12:00-3:00PM Testing availability – Limited spots available

14U Men (Born Jan 1, 2011 or later) – Saturday, Feb 22
Home Centre Communiplex – Warman
$5 Registration – 12:00-3:00PM Testing availability – Limited spots available

2025 ID Session

Athletes will participate in controlled volleyball drills, game scenarios, and physical data: height, 1-hand standing reach and spike touch. Please do not register for more than one session.

15U Women Only (Born Jan 1, 2010 or later ) – Friday, Mar 14
Henk Ruys Soccer Center – Saskatoon
$45 Registration – 2:30-4:00 PM Skill & Testing – Limited spots available

15U Women (Born Jan 1, 2010 or later) – Friday, Apr 4
REAL International Trade Centre – Regina
$45 Registration – 1:00-2:30PM Skill & Testing – Limited spots available
$45 Registration – 2:45-4:15PM Skill & Testing – Limited spots available

16U Men (Born Jan 1, 2009 or later) – Friday, Mar 28
*** This does not include grade 10 athletes born in 2008 ***
Home Centre Communiplex – Warman
$45 Registration – 12:45-2:15PM Skill & Testing – Limited spots available
$45 Registration – 2:30-4:00PM Skill & Testing – Limited spots available

16/17U Women & 17U Men (No ID session)
*** This includes grade 11 athletes born in 2007 ***
Sask Volleyball high-performance staff will continue to monitor athlete progress during Sask Cups and Provincial competitions. Athletes who are not returning provincial athletes from this past summer and interested in Team Sask this year, will need their Club coach to provide an email recommendation to Eric Marchildon (Women’s program) or Noah Miller (Men’s program). In order to be considered, please have your coach include: your team name, grade, DOB, position, jersey # and physical and leadership attributes. Please read the identification and selection process below.
Coach recommendation, contact us (Subject line – High Performance)

**NEW** 18U Men & Women Beach (Born Jan 1, 2007 or later) 
Team Sask open tryouts in June – Indoor athletes are welcome

*** 15 and under women (Born Jan 1, 2010 or later) and 16 and under men (Born Jan 1, 2009 or later) are only permitted to register for one ID Session ***
Ideally 14 & 13 year old athletes should (but not limited to) register for a Jump Reach ID session before attending an ID training session.
[Note] Athletes born prior to the required date of birth are not eligible to register for these in-person sessions. This includes athletes playing down an age group. Men and women born 2009 are not eligible for Future Selects.

IDENTIFICATION PROCESS

Athletes who are interested in the program must attend one of the ID events. Coaches will continue to monitor their progress at club events, until Provincials. The week following their Provincial Championship, the top-ranked athletes will receive an email invitation to our Future Selects camp in June or our Team Sask final selections camp in May. Please note that returning provincial team athletes (Does not include Future Selects) this past summer, will automatically receive an invitation to our May final selection camp, and DO NOT need to attend an ID event prior to tryouts. Team Saskatchewan high-performance programs are intended for athletes with the potential to compete at the post-secondary and national levels.

Athlete Development Stream
Step 1 – Attend Sask Cup ID Event (14U Jump Reach or 15U ID session)
Step 2 – HP staff create competition watchlist
Step 3 – HP staff evaluate watchlist at Sask Cups and Provincials
Step 4 – Men’s and women’s programs will invite up to 60 athletes for our Future Selects camp

Athlete Competition Stream
Step 1 – 17U & 16U head coach email athlete recommendation (include written attributes)
Step 2 – HP staff create competition watchlist
Step 3 – HP staff evaluate watchlist at Sask Cups and Provincials
Step 4 – Men’s and women’s programs will invite up to 60 athletes for our Final Selections camp

SELECTION PROCESS

The final selection committee in May, will evaluate athletes during a weekend of training. These experts will consist of the Team Sask coaching staff, Saskatchewan Volleyball’s High-Performance (HP) staff, and experienced senior evaluators. The week following tryouts, the top athletes selected by our selection committee will be invited to join our Team Sask summer program.

Team Sask Tryouts
Step 1 – Physical data testing and on-court competition, position
Step 2 – Men and Women selection committees evaluate, discuss and rank athlete attributes per session
Step 3 – Men and Women selection committees select the top positional athletes for 2 teams:

  • 17U team – 12 travel athlete + 2 practice players (red-shirts)
  • 16U team – 12 travel athlete + 4 practice players (red-shirts)

Step 4 – Selected athletes will receive an email the week following the tryouts