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Anonymous
How many players has MVSA sent to Division 1 schools? You get what you pay for. |
Anonymous
This argument would persuade only a minority: I am willing to bet that most parents in the area don't care about Division 1 schools (or college volleyball in general). Like me, they want to offer their kids opportunities to be part of a team, exercise, stay healthy, and off the screens. I am personally fine with a regional team where players are around the same level as my DD. Why pay thousands of dollars more and waste time travelling for no reason? |
Anonymous
D1 is a pipe dream unless your child is at least 6'2". |
Anonymous
I’ll add that some of us don’t want D1 in college for our kids. That’s a full time+ job and not appealing to many. They can still love volleyball and not want that. My DD’s goal in college is finding a place to play, maybe even an adult league elsewhere then and as she gets older. She wants to focus on college in college and the main focus won’t be volleyball. But it is still something she loves and will likely always love. |
Anonymous
I really hope that club directors / coaches read this thread and understand that their personal goals might not align with the goals of most players. If your players are not taller than 6', it is not necessary to drag them to nationals, qualifiers, and other far away places. These activities might be fun for the girls and some parents might be willing to shovel the money, but you are making volleyball less accessible and more of a financial pain to others. |
Anonymous
Yes, every club raised prices this year, it’s an unfortunate fact of life for volleyball families. Personally, we wish they weren’t doing so. But according to other posts here, those two clubs are still some of the lowest cost options in the DMV. For fees published so far this year, MEVC, DMV, Columbia, and Maryland Juniors are all higher cost than MOCO. Historically, Metro (both Travel and Regional) had higher prices as well. They are also lower than virtually all VA clubs. If you think a club is too expensive, then you shouldn’t try out for that club. Set a price point your family can afford, and hopefully there will be clubs that are at that price with the level of competitiveness that fit your DCs ability. |
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| Unless I am mistaken, DMV Elite was formed (two years ago?) to re-brand the very top teams of Vienna Elite, effectively allowing them to get more teams into tournaments. I don't know if the DMV Elite teams have been successful on the court, as they tend to play Open. |
Anonymous
I think you are correct that they were a rebrand of Vienna Elite. I don't think that they play open, at least not at the qualifier/large tournaments. Last year at NEQs their 18 & 16s were in Liberty, 15 were in USA and 17s were in American. I don't think they were very successful at those type of tournaments. |
Anonymous
We saw some of the DMV players at the Sportsplex during open gym. They were ok players, probably around the average for the age group (definitely better than rec). However, they were definitely not open material. These are the type of players who get cut from MVSA and MOCO and the parents can afford to shovel money to support their hobby. |
Anonymous
Don't get me wrong, MOCO is a very good club with decent fees, especially when you compare them with those of Virginia clubs. Thank you MOCO for providing relatively affordable options to those of us in Maryland! However, claiming that they only increased the prices the same amount as MVSA was a bit of an exaggeration. |
Anonymous
Are we paying for our kids to be recruited to play D1? I thought the baseline return on investment from youth sports is having fun, making friends, fitness, and hopefully some lessons/skills that help our kids become more well rounded people. If at some point a player expresses a desire to play in college and based on their skill and physical traits that seems realistic, then doesn't the family adjust course and move to a club with more recruiting history/support at that point? I think it's somewhat common for a player to start volleyball at 10 or 11 years old with one club and play for for other clubs as they get older. Sometimes it's a high potential player that moves to a more competitive club. Other times a player might not make a team at the club they played for last year and has to move to another club to continue playing. There are a spectrum of clubs that meet the needs of players at all levels. Generally, a club that is geared to players seeking to be recruited will go to more national qualifiers and more large tournaments which costs more for the club and those expenses are passed along to the players' families. A club that mostly attends regional tournaments and a few larger tournaments within driving distance should be cheaper. I think one trend that is concerning is that clubs that do not have demonstrated success in collegiate recruiting or at more competitive tournaments are starting to attend more qualifiers and other far away tournaments and their prices are going up. |
Anonymous
I would add that only a small number of kids benefit from these qualifiers and away tournaments. Clubs should start cater to the type of players they can attract and be realistic about the tournaments they sign up for. It's not about where the club director / coaches would like to go, it is about where the team can be successful. That means regional tournaments for most players. |
Anonymous
| Question about overlapping tryout time on the same day. We are thinking about trying out for both club A and B. The only problem is that the time of club A overlaps with the start of club B. Do you think it's appropriate to go to club A and leave early to go to club B? |
Anonymous
Is MEVC really more expensive than MOCO this year? In the 14u-17u, the top teams for both clubs charge $3600. The 18s marginally higher for MOCO. MEVC had the bigger price point increase though, price used to be more comparable to MVSA but now in the same price point as MOCO. FWIW, I think this is the real price point, MVSA is just significantly below market because their coaches are volunteers. |
Anonymous
It is never appropriate to leave the tryout early - it just sends the message that you don't care enough about club A if you pack your bag and go to the tryout for club B. If in the process you are late for the club B tryout, then you send a different message to club B: they cannot count on you to be on time for a really important event. You could try to explain your way with both club A and club B, but then you show lack of commitment with both. Most clubs have tryouts two days in a row, sometimes an additional tryout by invitation only. You should discuss options with both clubs and figure out if any of them can accommodate you on a different time slot. |