Volleyball club- recap and thoughts

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they are looking at the big picture (college recruitment) instead of focusing on the instant gratification (bringing home easy medals). They may have found the recipe for success in their niche market (rich families with tall players

THIS! Especially now, with portal/roster limits, every club that has 4+ college commitments for the class of 2026 (and later) has a niche market (80% of greater of players with a few standout exceptions who show up on their instagram a lot).

VAE = rich families with tall players (who can be full pay in college on a volleyball roster) based on their website & instagram to date: 6 commits for 2026

METRO Travel= tallest, most athletic/talented highest number with parent(s) who played in college thus greatest number D1 commits. Close to 100% commitment for 2026 class

Paramount 1s team= not as tall, extremely athletic, talented enough to easily win in CHRVA, do decently outside the region. Very few commits in 2026 and club doesn’t seem to care about college commits generally. 3 commits for 2026

540 undersized , very athletic, talented players who want play in college and are pragmatic about it (impressive number of D2 and D3) 8 or 9 college commits for 2026

Vajrs ? What their niche is. used to be a powerhouse in terms of college players, but very limited success on this metric since 2023/2024. 1 commit for 2026

MVSA = at HS level niche is strongest players from MOCO public and independent school teams who are not on Metro or PM. No college focus. 1 commit for 2026

At the 1-2 commits for a grad year level, that suggests partial (or even very little or ineffective) club support for the college recruitment process.

Paramount doesn't care about college commitments? Their 2027 class already has commitments to Penn State, Vanderbilt, UConn and Delaware? Agree about VAJRS, although they do have two 2027 commitments to UVA. Metro's 2026 class was exceptionally long/athletic/talented.

VA Juniors is a bit of a spent force these days - there was a time they were a clear second in region behind metro. Paramount ate their lunch and they haven’t recovered. Toxic environment as I understand it.

VA JRS parent here, not a toxic environment at all there were rumors of that a couple years ago but that was a particualar team and coach who have since dispersed and a lot of it was fake drama. I'll agree that "Paramount is eating JRS" but also it's a completely different vibe and caoching style. So it's more about what you want for your DD in terms of environment and coaching.

Is the guy who was unofficially running the club now gone from the club?

When Liz stepped back, the club turned into a toxic mess. Hopefully it’s back on track

Don't see it turning around anytime soon, especially considering they don't have anywhere to practice this upcoming season since King Abdullah shut down.

please just state facts instead of perpetuating drama. They have a practice location.

If you think the Fieldhouse will have enough availability for 6 hours of practice per week for each team…

Isn't that where Vienna Elite has been practicing for several years? Will Jrs be bumping them out?

They mostly practiced at the Nzone last year and only used that location for two teams.