Sign up for Serve City Volleyball Club girls tryouts Oct. 1, 22

Serve City Volleyball announces that it is running middle-school and high-school girls volleyball club teams in six suburban locations for the 2017-18 season.

Serve City's practice facilities are found in Wheaton, Carol Stream, Des Plaines (new location), Downers Grove, West Dundee (new location) and West Chicago.

Tryouts take place for middle school starting Oct. 1 and for high school starting Oct. 22, with online registration available at www.servecityvolleyball.org/tryouts.

Serve City strives hard 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 mission since it was founded in Chicago in 2013.

The cost to tryout 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.

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, age 10 to 14, are available for the 13- and 14-and-under teams, and girls, age 14 to 18, are eligible to play for the 15- to 18-and-under teams. Serve City's program is also flexible for multisport 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 Nov. 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 information, including team registration costs and practice dates, visit www.servecityvolleyball.org/introduction-girls or contact asmothers@servecityvolleyball.org.