Where to find DC/MoCo boys info? New to volleyball world

[Anonymous]

I know we are late. Looking for fall I guess. Boy just turned 14. Live in DC near Bethesda. He’s newish to volleyball and doing a clinic this winter.

Google searches turn up so much for girls but not as much for boys. He will be attending Jackson-Reed next year which I don’t think has a team.

Looking for rec or more. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

You can review all the clubs registered with the Chesapeake Region Volleyball Association (CHRVA) here: https://www.chrva.org/page/show/3927283-junior-club-directory

Sort offerings to view boys' clubs. Some girls' clubs allow boys to participate in clinics up to a certain age. MoCo may take boys. You'd have to check.

[Anonymous]

The boys club scene is dire: very few spots available in club and . He may have a chance at 14 if he is tall, but he will have to compete against players who played club for a few years already. Then there is the rec option. Most Montgomery County volleyball offerings are open to boys and girls. That is definitely the case for clinics (Rockville clinics are open to boys and girls as well). Some of the leagues may be slated for girls only (as far as I know, the Gaithersburg league only takes girls), but boys can participate in the co-ed leagues (I am not aware of a league for boys only).

[Anonymous]

Bethesda Volleyball Club has clinics. Their pictures show boys playing. You can email the director to find out more.
https://bethesdavolleyball.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The boys club scene is dire: very few spots available in club and . He may have a chance at 14 if he is tall, but he will have to compete against players who played club for a few years already. Then there is the rec option. Most Montgomery County volleyball offerings are open to boys and girls. That is definitely the case for clinics (Rockville clinics are open to boys and girls as well). Some of the leagues may be slated for girls only (as far as I know, the Gaithersburg league only takes girls), but boys can participate in the co-ed leagues (I am not aware of a league for boys only).

The boys' scene is scene has been exploding. The supply cannot keep up with demand but a lot of girls' teams are adding boy's squads.

Looking at the CHRVA list linked above, I see several teams that are listed as girls teams, but I know they are fielding boy's teams.

I suspect most of these organizations will have boys teams by the end of the decade.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with boy teams scene? Too girly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The boys club scene is dire: very few spots available in club and . He may have a chance at 14 if he is tall, but he will have to compete against players who played club for a few years already. Then there is the rec option. Most Montgomery County volleyball offerings are open to boys and girls. That is definitely the case for clinics (Rockville clinics are open to boys and girls as well). Some of the leagues may be slated for girls only (as far as I know, the Gaithersburg league only takes girls), but boys can participate in the co-ed leagues (I am not aware of a league for boys only).

The boys' scene is scene has been exploding. The supply cannot keep up with demand but a lot of girls' teams are adding boy's squads.

Looking at the CHRVA list linked above, I see several teams that are listed as girls teams, but I know they are fielding boy's teams.

I suspect most of these organizations will have boys teams by the end of the decade.

They will need some tournaments closer to home before all the clubs field boys teams. I could see MVSA dropping their 3rd teams (which are weaker) to field a stronger boys team instead. But it doesn't make sense if you have to cross state lines for every single tournament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The boys club scene is dire: very few spots available in club and . He may have a chance at 14 if he is tall, but he will have to compete against players who played club for a few years already. Then there is the rec option. Most Montgomery County volleyball offerings are open to boys and girls. That is definitely the case for clinics (Rockville clinics are open to boys and girls as well). Some of the leagues may be slated for girls only (as far as I know, the Gaithersburg league only takes girls), but boys can participate in the co-ed leagues (I am not aware of a league for boys only).

The boys' scene is scene has been exploding. The supply cannot keep up with demand but a lot of girls' teams are adding boy's squads.

Looking at the CHRVA list linked above, I see several teams that are listed as girls teams, but I know they are fielding boy's teams.

I suspect most of these organizations will have boys teams by the end of the decade.

They will need some tournaments closer to home before all the clubs field boys teams. I could see MVSA dropping their 3rd teams (which are weaker) to field a stronger boys team instead. But it doesn't make sense if you have to cross state lines for every single tournament.

+1 on travel. My son is in his third year of club volleyball. First year travel was all driveable - Pittsburgh, VA Beach, Richmond. After that, flights came into play in order to face a more competitive field. I would love it if there were more local clubs, and we also had local scrimmages! And it's true that 15/16/17 teams are almost exclusively made up of boys who played club the previous year. There are openings on younger teams and also 18s.

[Anonymous]

Well DMV got rid of their boys teams, so that's one less club.