The ST James

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are so new to this. DSL was trying out for the white team and got an invite for the navy one surprisingly. But they start practices in Sept which conflicts with school practices and games. How do people handle that?

Congrats to your son! This is a new calendar for boys' club in the Chesapeake region - last year tryouts were in late October.
We were told that there would be minimal practices in the fall bc of HS volleyball, but have not yet seen the actual schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$4700 is wild

With flights and hotels the total cost is a lot more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$4700 is wild

With flights and hotels the total cost is a lot more.

Are they flying to tournaments? Can't they find anything in driving distance? The only thing that could explain this would be the relatively low number of local boys clubs. It can get very expensive very fast if you need to fly to tournaments. We are complaining about spending a lot of money on volleyball, but we can drive to most of our tournaments. I didn't know we have it so good.

[Anonymous]

Boys who play on club teams fly all over the country for tournaments. The list does include several within driving distance (Pittsburgh, Richmond) and even local at St. James and MD Juniors in Jessup. But with flights, hotels, rental cars/Ubers and meals away from home, the total cost of a year of club volleyball will be much, much more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear from a relative that the boys team they only play the starting players at tournaments. The others Onky get play at practices and are there to finance the program

Girls program is the same except the coaches are terrible in comparison. The directive is funding the league, not development of the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know what happened with Battle 15 Boys team? It was cancelled for the season