Wisconsin Dells USA Volleyball

Tatum and I are spending 10 days in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Tatum made the Girls Youth Continential Team with USA Volleyball High Performance program. She has tried out for 3 years and finally this year she made one of the teams. So off we go to WI where the championships are being held. Tatum spends 4 days practicing with the girls and now we are spending 5 days in tournament play. They are playing in the Women's Junior International division. Lots of great competition and real life volleyball for Tatum's dreams of playing in college. These girls spend all year playing volleyball. The tall girls have scholarships available for the taking. The tall athletic girls have college coaches knocking at their doors in 7th grade if they are REALLY good; but they REALLY begin watching them play at club tournaments in 9th grade. It is quite a world - this volleyball world. Being tall is the magic ticket for volleyball scholarships. If you are short, you better be athletic, fast, and smart with an SUPER attitude of team spirit, team cooperation, and team leadership. My girls are fighting for this place. They are between 5'7" and 5'8" tall. I wish I had known this in 2005 when we started this journey. They would have started in different positions. However, here we are fighting for our place in the volleyball world because they love it. And just think I started this whole world in our life because I wanted Courtney to exercise. I was tired of trying to make her exercise. So, Courtney at 17 years old is still fighting on the front row and Tatum started on the back row at 14 years old. We spend hours on the road, in hotels, in convention centers, and in gyms all over the country. This is our vacation, our family fun, our bonding, our friends, our family.....volleyball family. We love it...