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[quote=Anonymous]Re rec and mean girl comments. My DD has played for two years and this is her third. She started in a Rec league and some decent rec leagues in NoVA are McLean youth (they have regular house league and select teams- requiring a tryout- for higher level players), NVVA Galaxy league runs year round rec programs and requires a placement tryout, Chantilly Youth Association also runs house league rec and select - tryout- rec leagues. Some Catholic parishes also have CYO rec volleyball.

My DD decided to move up to club level at U14 when she realized she wanted to play in high school. The rec leagues are fun and casual, but the level of play is a totally different. Even the select rec leagues are much slower, play at a different pace with different rules, etc. in rec, you’ll see frequent underhand serving and frequent examples when the ball just drops to the floor while the girls stare at each other giggling and refuse to hustle expecting the other to get it. Lol.  This frustrated my kid so we knew it was time to move up.

To really improve and be competitive in volleyball you have to join a club or go to club clinics and tryouts. The rules are very different for game play, positions, rotations, serving, etc. You can’t play HS volleyball here beyond freshman level if you aren’t playing club. At some clubs if a ball drops bc girls don’t hustle the team does push ups or laps of the gym. The girls are intense and take it seriously.

Re mean girls, yes there certainly seem to be a lot of them at *certain* clubs. Certain clubs encourage that culture. One club mentioned in another thread is known for its mean-sorority-type culture. My DD avoids that club and those girls. They act that way in life too. Not just on the court.

My DD has ended up at a club that isn’t that way at all. Mean girl behavior isn’t tolerated and the director and coaches focus on grit and hustle and less on pinning girls against each other, who has the coolest shoes, etc.

it’s worthwhile to go to as many different club clinics as possible to get a sense of the culture. You will learn pretty quickly based on observing the girls wearing that club’s shirts there - how they interact with coaches, players, director, and others on the court.

We have found less mean girl attitude at the following clubs:  the two top clubs Metro travel (both travel and regional teams) and Paramount - way too busy slaying it on the court and competing for national bids to engage in mean girl crap from our experience - players and coaches don’t play games and don’t have time for that. VAVA encourages a supportive culture. Metro Regional teams are not mean girl. Vienna Elite encourages a positive culture as well. No Panic is a step up from rec and is a positive environment. New club Legacy from what we can tell is about hustle and grit and less about mean girl attitude same for X factor. Also no mean girl attitude at BRYC from what we have seen.

Some teams where we have seen mean girl culture at:  Mojo (prob the worst offender and is the club discussed in previous thread), St. James, VA Jrs, American (cliquey), Monument, Loudon Elite.

Again just our experience after 3 years knowing girls, coaches, who play both club and HS. 
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