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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumping this to see if anyone else has more experience.  DD is considering trying out for a team.  We are looking at the tournament schedule and it is a lot of travel and flights, which would be a con for us.  If you were on the open/travel team last year, did you find the extra travel worth it?  We don't want to travel for the sake of travel.  [/quote]

It’s exhausting and expensive. Zero life outside of volleyball. All those out of town tournaments are ann exercise in chasing bids. Great if you like the travel experience and non stop volleyball. Some kids are ready for that. The extra clinic time they offer is really an expectation/ mandatory not an option. It offers a lot for people/players looking to get into the big bid tournament scene and ready to invest in hard core training. Many players move on to other better clubs which I suppose is a testament to their clubs training- able to move to bigger or better clubs. But also speaks to their ability to retain players. If a club is amazing and has a solid team or teams, why would they not come back year over year? Several eastern euro coaches who live up to the reputation that coaches from that part of the world have; again that’s a preference or not. They seem behind the 8 ball recruiting solid experienced coaches. Be sure you know and meet who the coaches are for your age group. Talk with them, ask good questions. They do have a great reputation for fundamentals and there is no way your kid won’t get better with all those touches. Depends on the environment you are looking for. [/quote]

With our club we can barely handle 2 practices per week and all the weekend tournaments (about two per month). It's exhausting just to think that you can double that. There is no reason to train that hard unless you hope to play in college. My DD plays for fun and she knows that she has no chance to play in college (she is too short for this sport, plus she doesn't work that hard anyway). This is a way for her to stay active, make friends, while playing a sport that she enjoys. It doesn't make sense for us to spend so much time and money on club volleyball. [/quote]

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