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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would mention that, if your DD manages to get a 14s offer as late as this, the chances are high she is a roster filler and may spend a lot of time on the bench. IMHO, better to find a lower tier team where she would play. She has plenty of vball time ahead of her, but technical coaching and playing are the most important things at this age.[/quote]

Would you recommend that when U14 mom starts calling teams to make inquiries, she ask about play time (i.e. can the clubs that are reputable but full recommend other clubs where her daughter would get both good coaching and actual playtime, and not ride the bench the whole season?  A few parents are reaching out to me by text (parents I knew and ran into during tryouts) and I hadn't been advising that but thinking maybe I should if they ask me?[/quote]

VAVA and STJ are still looking for U14 players. I've heard decent things about STJ, but most people I talk to say the guys who run VAVA are good guys (which can't be said for some of these other clubs). If your daughter is still looking for a team, I recommend reaching out to VAVA.[/quote]

I think the main reason a lot of these clubs are still looking for players in the U14 age group (including even VAE) is because Paramount is having two 14s teams this season. I've heard a good chunk of players turned down offers from VAE, Jrs., VAVA and EC Power to accept spots on Paramount's 14-2 team. [/quote]

+1 Heard the same thing. Metro 14 Travel taking 15 players and then Paramount forming two 14s teams has really limited the selection ability of the other Tier 1 and Tier 2 clubs. VAJrs had a strong 13s team last season but I heard it fell apart because their lone setter and best middle went to Metro.[/quote]

There appear to be some significant shifts in U13 & U14 this year -- while some clubs were able to hold on to just about all of their good players, some of the big names were still scrambling right up until the deadline last night.  Metro was still advertising makeup tryouts and slots available on their 14 travel on Saturday night.  They either had their team identified already (and the advertising was just a way to get more money for tryouts) or they really did need the makeup tryout to finalize their roster.  VA Elite and VA Juniors were trying to get players to switch clubs, but they either didn't or went to a different high level club. On the Maryland side--where the big clubs tend to run 2-3 teams at each age group--it seemed like most of them had little problem locking in their top teams, and many had their second and third teams done well before the end of the tryout period.

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