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[quote=Anonymous]OP here with a few clarifications. I am a bit paranoid about privacy on this topic, so I don't write anything from home. Even though the forum is anonymous, the IP address is likely stored with each post as metadata. This explains why I don't immediately answer questions. I have no problem contributing to other topics from home, but not on this one.

I didn't want to talk about the other player, but the doubts expressed here force me to go that way. The story is true, not just gossip or the imagination of a teen. As I mentioned, I had my doubts, but I talked to other parents. The parents were not allowed at the tryouts, but all the kids know and talk about it. Apparently it is common knowledge that the player didn't make the last round of tryouts (they were sharing the coach decisions during tryouts). It is not clear how she made her way on the roster. The volleyball culture requires the players to be supportive of your teammates no matter what their skill level. With that in mind, the rest of the players won't suggest to any player that she doesn't belong on the team. It would be hard to expect the team players to question the coach's decisions, even though they know this can happen to them during the next tryouts. But they know what happened and they know it is not fair. At least that's what they tell my DD (when my DD cannot avoid contact with them).

Here is the answer to the most pressing questions: The tryouts were in the middle of august and the school started last week. I know that adding this info places us squarely into MCPS because each public school system has different tryouts. Hopefully MCPS is large enough to make it hard to identify the high school.

I saw a few suggestions that DD should talk to the coach. At this point, my DD barely talks to us (the parents). Asking her to talk to the coach who is responsible for the situation would be too much. I know that in an ideal world, you would get advice from the coach, show improvement, then make it on the team. It is just so hard to imagine this happening right now. Also, the volleyball season is quite short, so it's this couple of months or never. The coach teaches somewhere else, so limited opportunities to meet. She could meet the coach during the team practice, but just imagine the walk of shame in front of the players who made the team. That's absolutely not feasible. [/quote]

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