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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were at a one-day tournament where there was a single boys team and 11 girls teams.  The boys team was a year younger than the girls teams, but still went undefeated all day. They could jump higher and hit harder.  Not sure what options there are for boys teams, but this did not seem like a fair matchup.  I heard some disgruntled parents.  I was wondering what are people's thoughts on this topic?  I don't even know why the boys team would want to be there - sure, they got the gold medal, but it was against all the girls?  [/quote]

I was at this same tournament, I believe. Yes, boys can play with girls up through U13 (there are a couple of otherwise all-girls' teams with a single boy on them) because they are playing on the same net height (at U14 the boys move to the men's full height). This particular 12U boys' team is not overly physical or anything - most of their kids are smaller than just about every girl they play against. There are regions (California, Illinois, Hawaii, Ohio, New York) where you can find a lot more boys' teams for regular competition, but despite producing some elite elite talent (USA National Team player Aaron Russell is from Howard County), there is still not a deep well of boys' volleyball in this area. So the younger teams frequently have to enter girls' tournaments to find opponents. Sometimes they win, sometimes they don't. Not a big deal.[/quote]

Not a big deal at all. They were hardly unbeatable. [/quote]

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