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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is great at it. I feel silly even typing this out, but my older daughter was saying that "everyone knows" that the girls who play volleyball are "mean girls." I mostly rolled my eyes but a friend in another area said it's the same in their area. Is that really true?[/quote]

No, there is nothing inherent in volleyball that attracts "mean girls". Both my DDs played high school volleyball (at two different high schools) and generally had a great experience. Were there sometimes conflicts between team members that might be considered "mean girl" behavior?  Sure, but no worse than other non-athletic organization they participated in at school. Is it possible that at certain high schools or middle schools the coach tolerates "mean girl" behavior?  Of course, but I don't believe that volleyball as a rule attracts more mean girls than other sports or even non-athletic extracurriculars.

Since your post is about volleyball, I would say that depending on the school, if your daughter who is great at volleyball isn't playing club volleyball, their chances of making the varsity team might be slim. Volleyball is a sport where the training and experience players get outside of a school team is far more important than the HS season. Most of the girls on competitive HS volleyball teams are playing all year long.

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