BIP hosts Exposure Tours throughout Europe at strategic times throughout the year to help players find teams to play for. Each Exposure Tour comprises a group of individual players that sign up to train and play against European club teams together (typically without knowing one another upon arrival) with the goal of learning what professional volleyball is really all about, and often with the hope of receiving a contract with a team by the end of the tour.
The primary goal of every Exposure Tour is to get players as much as exposure to professional coaches, managers and scouts as possible while touring beautiful cities in Europe and educating players on the differences in international volleyball leagues throughout the world and understanding what its really like to accept a contract and decide to live in another part of the world.
During the tour we LiveStream practices and matches to increase exposure for players while improving the chances of signing a professional contract.
Exposure Tours also offer players the opportunity to meet veteran players and European coaches to learn more about what life as a professional volleyball player in Europe is really like. We’ve found that the players who come on Exposure Tours are more likely to complete a successful European season as a result of their learning from tour. Every year we have players that come on our Exposure Tours and turn down club contracts because after being on tour they learn that playing volleyball in Europe is not for them.
For many, Exposure Tours are the ticket to a professional career overseas and for others, it will provide a positive closure to a career. In either case, playing in Europe on an Exposure Tour provides players a valuable education.