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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"They also make it pretty clear that if you don’t go to both days of tryouts that it reduces the likelihood of making a team."

How the heck can folks fit in tryouts for more than one team with that requirement?[/quote]

The whole process doesn't make any sense. Its especially confusing for new parents.  A better process would be to stretch out tryouts over a week or two time frame giving clubs and players an opportunity to evaluate and see who's a good fit. All clubs send out offer emails the following day after tryout week. Monday morning 8am etc...  Give parents and player 48 hours to decide. Boom, done, simple. The tryout rules are governed by CHRVA not the clubs.  It's my 3rd year of this madness. This weekend will be brutal for girls who have their hopes up to make a specific team or make a team at all. Good Luck![/quote]

I agree it's insane.  And for a girl that gets a stomach flu or something similar the day before -- she's basically out for the season.  It all seems particularly inhumane given that we are talking about 10-13 year old children, not HS kids. 
 [b]And also clubs should be upfront about the concept that clinics are basically a pre-tryout -- that was NOT at all clear to me as a new parent.[/b]  [/quote]
I think some clubs do try to make this clear, but if you're new you might not understand that is the case until it's too late. If you don't know hear that you should be attending clinics in September until mid-October then it's already too late.

I agree that it is a harsh system. The unfortunate reality for volleyball is that more than about 12 players on a roster makes it really challenging to get everyone some playing time so there is an upper limit to how many girls a club can take on a team. [b]Couple that with the explosion of popularity in volleyball making demand for spots being so high,[/b] and it becomes really hard for a new player to make a team. If you haven't found a club for your DD yet, my suggestion would be to reach out to as many mid and lower tier clubs that might be practical for you. There are likely still some roster spots out there unfilled.

And for parents of older girls for which tryouts start tomorrow, if you're new to volleyball and don't have a solid lead on a club go to as many tryouts as you can. It will hopefully increase the odds of getting at least one offer, and if you get multiple, that's a good problem to have.

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Is court time really THAT hard to come by?

Why aren't there more teams?[/quote]
Yes, it really is that difficult to get court time.  Club volleyball competes directly with basketball in the winter, and the popularity of both makes court time very difficult to get, especially on weekdays. Also, as another poster said -- good coaches are very hard to find.  Volleyball is a very technical sport that requires a lot of knowledge to teach well.  Since volleyball's popularity in the east didn't really start until the late 90s/early 2000s, there also aren't that many adults in the area who grew up playing volleyball, which further limits the coaching pool.

Finally, you can't just form a club volleyball team with any player of any ability level. Volleyball is "linked" sport where success depends on all the players on the team being able to perform at or above a certain skill level for the team to have any chance to compete.  Most popular youth sports are unlinked sports where one player can learn a skill well and play the game OK.  Baseball/softball, soccer and basketball can all be played in an unlinked manner, where the game may not be pretty but you can still play it successfully. But in volleyball if any part of the chain of bump/set/hit (or just bump/bump/bump) can't perform the action, the entire team fails.  There are a lot of players who come into the sport thinking they can just start playing the game, only to quickly learn that they need to start with clinics to build up the basic skills required to play on a team.[/quote]

My friend runs a rec basketball team and he seems to think there are elementary school gyms open all the time.  I don't know if they are set up with volleyball systems.

Good coaching is always hard to find but there are probably hundreds of former college volleyball players that could do as reasonable job.

Baseball is a pretty linked sport.  Most team sports are.  But I agree, volleyball is a bit tougher than most where pretty much every hit is like running a double play.[/quote]
From a numbers perspective, you're probably correct that there are enough volleyball knowledgable people in the DMV which are an untapped pool of potential club coaches, but the reality is that becoming a coach is something people choose to do because they want to do it. Even for clubs that pay a decent coaching stipend, it works out to far less than minimum wage on an hourly basis and it's a ton of time on nights and weekends for about half the year (longer for more competitive clubs). In addition to being a poor financial and free time proposition, club coaches also have to deal with parents and teenagers which is often not that fun. [/quote]

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