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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is such a depressing thread.[/quote]

What's so depressing? It's just honest parents sharing their experiences, possibly saving other parents thousands of dollars.  Club volleyball is very expensive with the club fees and traveling costs. Every parent thinks one's daughter is a bonafide D1 player.  They just need to face reality that it's very competitive at tryouts and very competitive once you are on a  team to get playing time.[/quote]

And don't forget that club volleyball doesn't obey the old saying of "you get what you pay for."  Price and experience can be completely inverse to each other.  The coach, the team, the club director and the club culture can make a high cost club feel terrible and a low cost club feel great, and vice versa.  A lot of the good posts of this thread are just sharing their point of view---so always take what's said in context and decide whether it really applies to your specific goals and situation.

The best time to do your research is prior to tryouts, because once tryouts start you information and time is very limited.

Another thought: Unless you and your DD are both committed to--and/or need the money that comes with--a D1/D2 scholarship, then think hard about the right club for you.  There are a small # of clubs who have an outsized presence in these discussions, and it almost always focuses on club success, recruiting, etc. Winning and recruiting is vitally important to families who believe their DD is good enough to play at the top levels of volleyball, but that is a very small portion of the club players in our region.  Most of those players are already being recruited prior to tryouts.  They can be great clubs, but they may or may not be a great fit for your situation.

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