TAP Tryouts are being held for all TAP teams at specific Team practice locations. TAP teams will conduct ongoing tryouts during their normal scheduled practice sessions following the Club Centrict Tryout dates. Please contact a TAP Team Coach or Manager to setup a troyout. Slots filling up fast.
DIRECTIONS:
GEORGE WASHINGTON REC CENTER:
George Washington Rec Center - 8426 Old Mt Vernon Rd, Alexandria, VA
From the Beltway: Take Rt. 1 South approx 5 miles. Turn left onto Rt. 235 Mt. Vernon Hwy). After approx 1 mile, bear right onto Rt. 623 (Old Mt. Vernon Rd). Go about 1/2 mile, passing Riverside Elementary School on the right and Mt. Vernon High School Athletic Fields on the left. Make a right turn into GW Rec Center, just past Riverside Elementary School. From the south: Take Rt. 1 North. Just past Woodlawn Plantation (on left), turn right at the light onto Rt. 235 (Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy). There is an Exxon station at this corner. Drive several miles, passing Grist Mill Park on the left. At the second traffic light after Grist Mill Park, turn left onto Old. Mt.Vernon Rd (Rt. 623). Turn left into GW Rec Center, opposite Mt. Vernon High School (on right). Parking is in front of the Rec Center. Fields are behind the Rec Center. Field 1 is the farther field; field 2 is the closer field.
Interstate 270 intersects with the Capital Beltway
(I-495). Take I-495 toward Virginia.
Exit I-495 at the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Follow the Parkway to I-395 South.
After passing signs marked Shirlington and Quaker Lane, take the Rt. 7 (King Street) East and West exit.
Follow signs to Rt. 7 East.
Follow King Street East to the fourth traffic light and turn right onto North Quaker Lane. Go through one traffic light on North Quaker Lane and half a block to Episcopal's entrance gate on the right.
From Points South on Interstate 95 Northbound
Follow Interstate 95 to I-395 at the intersection of I-95 and I-495 (Capital Beltway).
Exit I-395 North at Rt. 7 (King Street) East and West exit.
Follow signs to Rt. 7 East.
Once on Rt. 7 East, go to the fourth traffic light and turn right onto North Quaker Lane.
Go through one traffic light on North Quaker Lane and half a block to Episcopal's entrance gate on the right.
From Washington on Interstate 395 Southbound
After passing signs marked Shirlington and Quaker Lane, take the Rt. 7 (King Street) East and West exit.
Follow signs to Rt. 7 East.
Follow King Street East to the fourth traffic light and turn right onto North Quaker Lane.
Go through one traffic light on North Quaker Lane and half a block to Episcopal's entrance gate on the right.
From Points North via Interstate 95 Southbound
Follow I-95 South to I-495 (Capital Beltway) toward Virginia.
After crossing the Wilson Bridge, get into the right lane.
Take Exit 176B to the right, marked Telegraph Road, North-Alexandria.
Get in the middle lane to cloverleaf down to Rt. 236 West (Duke Street).
Once on Duke Street, headed west, go through five traffic lights quite close together.
At the fifth traffic light, turn right onto North Quaker Lane.
Go through one traffic light and pass the Virginia Theological Seminary on the left.
Look for Episcopal's fence on the left (large brick columns separated by black wrought iron). The entrance gate will be on your left.
From Points West via Interstate 66
Follow I-66 to the intersection of I-495.
Take the Richmond/Alexandria (I-495) exit off I-66.
Follow I-495 to left exit to I-395 North.
Exit I-395 North at Rt. 7 (King Street) East and West exit.
Follow signs to Rt. 7 East.
Once on Rt. 7 East, go to the fourth traffic light and turn right onto North Quaker Lane.
Go through one traffic light on North Quaker Lane and half a block to Episcopal's entrance gate on the right.
TRYOUT GUIDELINES:
The TAP Policy Manual sets forth the basis for the tryout procedure and selection process. As set forth in such Guidelines, the selection of players for teams is based on a number of factors, which include (in priority order) Technical Skills, Athletic Ability, Speed, Ball handling, Field Sense, Teamwork, Insight, Personality, Physical Maturity, “Coachability”, Aggressiveness, Agility, Attendance record, Attitude, and Commitment.
TAP tryouts are open to all children living or attending school in Fairfax County, including the Washington DC Metropolitan area, in the appropriate age division, and are publicized in the local newspaper and on this website.
