How important are Volunteer Hours?

<p>Thanx guys! That makes me feel so much better knowing an enormous amount of hours is not essential. See I’ve chanced some people on here, and it’s so intimidating when some kids have 200+ or even 400+ hours!! Like where do they find the time?!?</p>

<p>Anyways, I’m very involved with basketball and my church(hence Christian club @ school). So would it be a good idea to volunteer at my church doing small things that might hopefully add up? And for basketball, I get hours for helping out the jv team, like tips, ect during their practice. I was hoping this way adcoms could see my dedication to basketball and church, as opposed to just a bunch of random hours at like a clinic, tutoring, cleanups, food drives, and etc(not that any of them are bad!).</p>

<p>Is that a good idea? Because I’ve read a lot on here that adcoms like to see dedication and committment, not just a gianormous list of random ecs.</p>