Tryouts / PRACTICE INFO

FRHS Girls’ Tennis – 2024 Tryout Instructions and Practice information

1. ELIGIBILITY - You must have an Orange-Card from the Athletic department before you can Tryout.  We cannot let you on the court without you handing us this card.  To obtain your Orange-Card, starting beginning of February you can …  

   • Go to https://frh.psdschools.org/athletics  

   • Click on the Participation Information green bar.  This will guide you through the process to fill out all forms.  

   • You will be directed to the Online Registration green bar on the athletics page.  Follow that link to the PSD registration page and complete as instructed for High School Sports.  

   • If you have questions, please contact the Fossil Athletic office.  They can help you.  

   • After you have paid your fee, completed all forms, have a valid physical, etc, you can go to the athletic office to get your Orange Card.  

2. OUR SEASON

   • NEW THIS YEAR - Pre-Season Conditioning and Camp (optional)

     1. • • Pre-season conditioning with Coach Jill on Monday/Thursday afternoons from 4:15-5:30 in the weight room starting January 8th.

          • Pre-season Camp - sign up required (weather permitting) - Fossil Creek Park - Feb 20th-23rd 4:30-6pm

   • Season Starts: 2-26-24, 4:15pm-6:30pm at the FRHS courts/Fossil Creek Park Courts.

   • Season Ends: 5-14-23 at the Team State Championship  

3. PRACTICE 

   • 1. • We will practice every weekday that we don't have matches and occasional Saturdays for Varsity (with advanced notification).

        • Varsity plus rotating high V2 (decided by coaches) 4:15pm-6:15pm at FOSSIL HIGH SCHOOL

        • V2/JV - 4:30pm-6pm at Fossil Creek Park (March 18th-31st)

        • V2/JV starting April 1st - 5pm-6:30pm at Fossil High School

        • Overlap will be filled with off-court warm ups/cool down and strength/stability and core work 

        • NEW THIS YEAR - we will still try to meet for a workout or team meeting on days where we cannot practice outside. Locations and times will be communicated those days with specifics by mid-afternoon.  Please always plan on having practice in some form each day M-F if there is not a match.

        • Bring work out gear and shoes to school with you each day in case we can't practice outside.

        • We will not practice, nor have matches over Spring Break 3/09/24 – 3/17/24. Hitting on your own is encouraged.  

4.  TRYOUTS

3. • Tryouts start 2-26-24, 4:15pm-6:30pm at the FRHS courts/Fossil Creek Park with hopes to be finished by March 6th  

   • At the end of tryouts, we will announce the results of tryouts and meet with every player individually if cuts are necessary.  

   • Tryouts Purpose:  

     1. The purpose of tryouts is to determine who makes the team and the first pass player stacking for our combined team.    

     2. Which position or team each player will be playing (Varsity, V2, JV) should be able to be finalized during 2 weeks of tryouts and challenge matches within those days. 

     3. Coaches will determine if further challenge matches are needed after March 8. We have strict CHSAA rules that need to be followed and met for post-season play qualifications and seeding purposes.

   • Tryout format:  

     1. The format for tryouts will be as follows: (weather permitting) There will be 3 days of singles and 3 days of doubles tryouts which could be over the 2 week period from 2/26/24 - 3/8/24.  Please be available as missing tryout dates could negatively impact your position on the team, especially at the higher levels. ALL TRYOUTS BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTERSCHOOL, PLEASE BE ON-TIME!

        • DOUBLES - 2/26, 27 & 28 will be practicing the tryout ladder tournament at Fossil High School. You still need an orange card to participate in the practice on 2/26 & 2/27!!

        • DOUBLES TRYOUT BEGINS 2/29/24 and will be held at both Fossil Creek Park and Fossil High School (You will be assigned a location)

          • Ladder tournament (seeded by coaching staff) to 15 points.  Play a doubles game to 15 with each player on your assigned court. One team serves 4 points, then other team serves 4 points. Change sides after first 4 points and then after every 8 points.  When one set of players gets to 15 points, record your scores, switch partners and play another round to 15.  After the 3 sets have been played, top 2 players move up a court and bottom 2 move down a court.  This will continue over several days to determine rankings.

        • SINGLES (Tryout begins 2/26-2/28)- All Singles tryouts will take place at Fossil Creek Park 

          • You need to talk to the Coach about trying out for singles. Coach has final say as to who has the ability to try out for singles. You will still be asked to tryout for doubles as well if you do not take a singles position.

          • Singles tryout format will be determined based on number of players trying out.  2/3 sets and/or 8 game prosets may be used depending on weather etc. 

          • Singles practice will begin on 2/29/24 at Fossil Creek Park.

     2. Depending on numbers, players will play multiple games/matches over the tryout days.

     3. The results will be a stacking of players based on results.  

   • What to bring to Tryouts:  

     1. Orange-card: you must give your card to Coach Jill or Coach Deb before you can step on the court.  

     2. Your Racquet, Shoes, Drinks, and Snacks for yourself, and anything else you need.  

     3. Warm clothes. Please remember that it can be very cold during tryouts and you may not always be playing. Please bring warm sweats/coat/pants and blankets.  

4. Weather  

   • As you know, spring is Colorado is our snowiest time of year and that’s really bad for Tennis fans.  

   • If the weather is bad and the courts are just wet, we will likely have a limited practice / tryout. 

   • If the courts are snowy or it is too cold, we will inform you by 3:30 that afternoon what the plan for practice will be that day. You should always have workout clothes with you in case of an indoor workout due to weather.

5. What’s after Tryouts

   • Transportation:  This year we have been notified that again that Busses are very hard to get due to a lack of drivers.  We will need many helpers to help drive players to away matches.  Please consider helping out, especially if you have a big car.  

   • Volunteer opportunities:  It really takes a village to have a tennis team and parents play a huge part of that.  Whether it’s transporting players, organizing snacks for matches, taking pictures, organizing the year end banquet, etc, please consider helping out make this season a great time for your players.  

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to holler. 

• Contact Jill (970-412-2188), or Deb (720-341-2238) if you have questions.

• Website: sites.google.com/site/frhstennis/home

• Email: fossilgirlstennis@psdschools.org