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Local one day tournaments at MDJRs, Rockville Sportsplex, school gym, or other facility are fine, but not the same experience as a big convention center tournament. Maybe the National Harbor tournament is a good option instead of CHC?  It’s a lot smaller, but local and multiple days. The JVA Charm City tournament in Baltimore is ok too. [/quote]

Here's a general guide:

CHRVA Regional 1 Day tournaments: 
* 1 full day, 2-3 courts, 8-12 teams per age group
* Open level is usually good teams, and early season is often top teams in the region as they qualify for bid tournament.
* Club level is usually 1s teams from smaller clubs and 2s/3s teams from bigger clubs
* Mixed level usually has 2-3 open level teams and 3-5 club level.  Good if you want a club level team to see what the next level of competition looks like.
* Notable Tournaments: Dozens of options all over the CHRVA region.

Regional 2/3 Day tournaments:
* 2-3 full days, 8-30 courts, up to 24-32 teams per age group
* Open level is usually best teams in region, and may have some from out of region that travel in as well
* National/USA level is usually next tier 1s teams
* Club is usually 2s teams from big clubs and 1s teams from smaller
* If there is only one division, then the competition is mixed.
* Notable Tournaments: National Harbor (Gaylord), Shamrock Showdown (St. James), Chesapeake Showdown (Adventist),  AAU St. James Grand Prix, AAU Grand Prix Maryland

Regional Travel 2/3 Day tournaments:
* Travel tournaments that draw multiple regions, but are local to DMV
* 2-3 full days, 8-150 courts, up to 64 teams per age group
* Open level is usually best teams across multiple regions, including CHRVA
* National/Premier is usually very good 1s teams from CHRVA + other regions
* Club is usually very good 2s teams from other regions + smaller club 1s teams from CHRVA + larger clubs 2-3s teams from CHRVA.
* Notable Tournaments: Northeast Qualifier for 13s & 14s at National Harbor (Liberty & American Divisions), Capitol Hill, Charm City, Boys St. James AAU (national travel boys tournament) that also has a mixed division for girls.

Sure I missed some, so feel free to add if anyone has others.

If you want a mid-level regional team to experience a bigger tournament, the St. James and National Harbor tournaments are both good for this.  Lots of local teams, no travel, large number of courts.

I'm biased, but I think every volleyball player should have the chance to experience at least one large "convention center" tournament.  CHC is perfect for that, and even though its generally competitive across all divisions, mid-level regional club teams will usually still have fun playing in the club division.  Just avoid Patriot and Open divisions, where the competition is much higher.

There are also a lot of good lower cost travel options to bigger tournaments, and having a travel tournament for this age group is usually a good bonding experience.  York PA, Spooky Nook, PA, Richmond, VA all have more reasonable travel costs and are easily driveable.

As you tryout for clubs, you can use the tournament schedule to figure out the competitive level of the team:
* Mostly travel tournaments and open-level multi-day regional tournaments: Top team in region, likely very competitive to make.
* A few travel tournaments, club-level regional multi day tournaments and regional one day tournaments: Likely competitive, but easier to make than a top team.
* Mostly regional one day tournaments: Mid to low level regional team, likely easiest team to make.

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