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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I don’t frequent these boards but another volleyball mom pointed me to this thread bc my DD is considering Legacy and we are trying to sleuth out more info. I’m glad to find this!

My kid has played club ball in NoVA for two years at two “mid tier” clubs in the area including a supposed 1s team at a club that really wasn’t — It was frustrating for her. She’s improved a lot and she wants more of a challenge/competitive team for this coming year. The odds of her making Metro travel or Paramount are slim to none. Rosters are full and she isn’t 6’1”. She isn’t a fan of Mojo and the cliquey mean-girl-sorority mentality which prevails there. VA Elite reportedly already has a full roster for her age group. The rest of the club options are all kind of same (VaVa, Metro Regional, Vienna, American, Libero, etc).

DD actually will actually be trying out for Legacy. Not sure why there’s so much hate on this new club. My kid went to a clinic earlier this Fall and actually liked it. They worked her hard and had her doing serve receive and drills off the floor from a push-up position, which she’s never done before as a front row player. It was fast paced. The girls were sweating. The coaches were appropriate and there was a wide range of skill from newbies to some girls killing it (presumably the directors daughters). If the latter girls join the Legacy teams, then I think there’s some teeth behind the club. As we all know, sometimes it takes just a few rockstar players in proper rotation to make a winning team with other solid players backing them up. Perhaps that’s the goal for the club - to get their standouts highlighted for recruitment purposes. Why not?

Our only fear is the risk. We know some girls who mistakenly took the Renaissance DC risk last year in the lower age groups, and it was disastrous for them. A couple have since quit volleyball altogether bc it was that bad.

We definitely are considering them if my DD gets an offer after the tryout period. Bonus is that they aren’t out in Loudon county! Hello tolls! [/quote]

Good luck to you and your daughter! If you think that's a good fit, go for it! Based on what you say about the clinics, you will likely be happy with the practices. I will insert a little warning though. While a few rock stars in proper rotation can win some regional games, this doesn't really apply at the qualifiers. The top CHRVA teams look just above the average when they go to qualifiers (and they have really good players in all positions). Since you seem objective in assessing your DD's skills, you probably understand that she is not ready for the qualifiers. You also seem to understand the volleyball scene, so you can also figure that the top players would not leave their teams to join LVA. This is what is left for the LVA rosters: players at the same level as your DD. I predict that you will end up the season questioning some of the club decisions, especially signing up for qualifiers teams that - quite obviously from the start - will not be ready. But it's your money, so you can decide to waste it in any way you want. [/quote]

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