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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter received three offers: NVVA, VAA, and Libero regional.

[b]VAA[/b]: Her first choice was VAA. She really likes the coach and the team and they have three practices a week, as opposed to the others which only offer two. But, she just learned that she will be the 3rd string setter, which I think means she would essentially be a practice player.

[b]Libero Regionals[/b]: She would be 1st setter, but they only have practice twice a week and have far fewer tournaments. She also felt like the level of play wasn't super competitive (just based on tryouts). She wants to be on a team that challenges her. Significantly farther from us than the other two.

[b]NVVA[/b]: This was her "safety club." She really likes the coaches here but feels that it's not "a real club team" whatever that means. It's also significantly more expensive than the other teams.

Her goals are to get better and play as much volleyball as possible because it's her favorite thing in the world.

I know we are super lucky to have any offers at all (she got zero last year). Any club insight or criteria you all are using to make your decision would be most appreciated.
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We've done the practice player thing before. It is no fun.
I'd choose the VAA offer. Practicing more often (and with better players) and playing on a more competitive team will lead to more improvement then getting more playing time at a less competitive regional team. Not sure what age group your DD is, but looking at AES rankings it seems like VAA teams were more competitive than Libero.

As others have noted, there are too many unknowns for NVVA. It's possible to create a tournament schedule with only JVA and AAU tournaments, but it's going to be a very different experience than at other local clubs. Seems like too big a risk if it's also expensive.[/quote]
Not the OP, but this seems to be a lot of money to warm the bench during tournaments. The way I see it, practice is just half of the package and it would be a shame to spend so much money for half of the experience. [/quote][/quote]

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