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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. Thank you. I should add that she wants to step up from Rec but also doesn’t want a bunch of mean girls or mean parents. She also has other interests like theater, spring musical, etc. but wants to play volleyball more competitively than Rec. [/quote]

TBH she is going to have a steep learning curve going from Rec to club play in this area. My DD played club for 2 years then Covid, then tried to play Rec for that soft entry back from Covid and the U15s on Rec didn’t seem to even know the basic idea of receive, set, hit. Instead, they would just play a free-for-all game of rushing to get under the ball to try to prevent the ball from hitting the floor, and whacking it over yo the other side of the net like it was a hot potato! No attempt at ball control or teamwork/strategy.
Your DD absolutely needs to master overhand serving at about 80-90% success rate to be successful at club level. (She can do this with dedicated practice. But don’t be one of those parents who makes excuses for not doing it. Consistently getting served over the net is the one thing every player has absolute control of.)

Also, at club level, the teams dont just play their games and leave. They also need to understand the actual rules of the game, and become certified as refs and scorekeepers. It’s fun, but it isn’t the kind of “fun” that you squeeze into an hour or two on weekends between rehearsals for the school musical.
Club requires about 8 weekends of travel (two full days and 2-3 nights at a time) per season, and three nights of 2-2.5 hour trainings per week.

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