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[quote=Anonymous]Covid shut everything down for my DD when she was 11, who then was doing soccer (because we wanted her in a sport, she needs the activity and she had already tried swimming, tennis, field hockey, cross country and lacrosse). So things shut down, no sports at all.

Once school sports opened back up when she was 13, her school required a team sport and she signed up for volleyball. She really liked it (probably because that first team was such a nice group of girls, a really great coach and it was all super low stakes). He suggested she try out for club so we went to 4 club try outs and got 3 offers (in 2021). She had an ok experience in that first club.

In 2022, she made JV in high school and had a fantastic coach. He also encouraged her to try out for club, but that year we noticed an exponential increase in the number of girls trying out. Things were really opened up by then and everyone was coming out of the woodwork. She got 1 offer, took it, loved the team, parents were nice. Good experience.

But that club disbanded so she was without a returning club in 2023. Even more girls showed up for try outs last year, with some try outs "selling out". Also the difference in heights was very noticeable. It was clear our DD had stopped growing, and now in walked 5 ft 10+ girls. The popularity of women's college volleyball had made its way to the DMV. You can now watch it on tv, sell out crowd to watch Nebraska play UMD, etc. Something just happened from 2022-2023. She got one offer, took it and had a horrible experience with that last club.

DD who's U17 now decided her club days are over and she wants to just do high school. She did not try out for club this year. [/quote]

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