In WVB Open Play does not mean anyone can just show up and play. Open Play means there is a group and people have signed up to play with that group ahead of time, usually via email. Organized means anyone can show up and sometimes a Rec Employee will give out numbers to limit the number of players to the max allowed in the pool (typically 84- and there are rarely that many people showing up in the summer). There are different levels of play in WVB. You start out at Basic level and then as you get more proficient you may want to move up to Intermediate, and possible to Advanced and Advanced Intermediate. The latter two categories are mostly men and are very good players. I also beleive for those two categories (Advanced and Adv Intermediate) there is an evaluation system before you can join.
For Basic you can either sign up for WVB 101 or just show up anytime WVB Organized Basic is listed in the Rec news.
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