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[quote=Anonymous]DD is in 9th grade at a school/area (not in DC) where vball is hyper competitive. She plays club, and is on the 3rd or 4th team at a national ranked club. She knows she won't be a college recruit.  She's a short setter, but she's a very smart player and good on defense (not good on hitting and she is average to only slightly above average in terms of athleticism/speed).  She is telling us she wants to quit club vball next year. B/c of the travel schedule, she has not been able to do the full range of high school activities she wants to do.  She's an A student in the most rigorous classes, and she absolutely loves the high school activities that she got to try this year (things like student government and the school newspaper).  Without club volleybally, she will have more opportuities to go to weekend academic competitions and try things that she was unable to try this year (such as DECA or speech).

I told her that next year, she should consider a non-travel team at one of the local clubs, but she tells me that this would be punishing for her b/c the playing level at these teams is so low that it will be a frustrating experience for her as a setter.   If she quits club, her skills will go down, and she likely will be cut from her school team b/c vball happens to be hyper-competitive at her school.

Is it better for her to just quit club vball cold turkey than to try to find some non-travel, club alternative?

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