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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the OP.  I think DD is ready to move on from Club vball.  I am encouraging her to (1) consider and (2) find/be open to a third way - a  non-travel club option.  It does exist in our area at clubs, but she doesn't feel like this is going to be worthwhile for her.  She's ready to move on.  I guess I am having trouble letting her let go (or perhaps I am having trouble letting go), given the years of time she's invested and the skills she has honed.

It's really helpful for me to hear from others whose DD were in a similar position, let go, and moved on.  I guess I am trying to convince her that there's a "third path," using analogies that I guess don't apply to volleyball (i.e., friends whose kids found a less demanding route for their classical music intrument, or syncohronized swimming, or other extracurricular).[/quote]
I understand your DD's point of view. A non-travel team is a significant downgrade - in most clubs she would play with girls at significantly lower level. It would be frustrating and probably humiliating that she would find herself on such a roster. A good compromise would be MVSA, where even the 3rd team is pretty god compared to the other bottom teams. It would be hard to make an MVSA team though because they bring back their players year after year. You can tell that many MVSA players in the bottom teams are less competitive than others who are cut at the tryouts. But that's the advantage of being part of the MVSA family from early age. [/quote]

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