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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you recommend for a 10 year old boy with no formal training but lots of casual play (he has done a 6 week session with i9 and played at summer camp) who is tall and athletic and interested in playing on a team? Location is Fairfax.

He plays soccer year round, so is looking for something with only 1x week practice initially, as a secondary sport if that exists.

I've been looking at BRYC rec as a start but interested in other options. Im still learning the timing of seasons and when teams form too.[/quote]

Boys volleyball for boys is different than girls in terms of starting age and conflicts with other sports, at least here in the DMV.  Its not unusual for boys to come into volleyball later, and its also common for them to play multiple sports. Once you get to HS specialization starts to happen, but usually because of schedule conflicts.  For example, if you play HS volleyball and club volleyball, both run at roughly the same time so you don't have room for another spring sport.  Soccer pairs very well with volleyball because of the Summer/Fall soccer schedule and the Winter/Spring volleyball schedule.

Club clinics may be the best to place to start, rather than rec.  If he's athletic and tall he'll probably find that rec leagues are too easy for him, especially at that age.  Clinics usually are once a week and can be done for 3-6 weeks, letting you choose after the first round of clinics if he like the sport. At 10, mixed clinics (boys and girls) are the norm so make sure he's OK with that. Clinics teach skills much faster and a good foundation of skills is a huge boost in boys volleyball, where sometimes those skills aren't really refined until U13/U14.  For example, in CHRVA boys teams can play girls teams up through U13.  A lot of the time the girls will win the matches, solely from better fundamentals.

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So helpful! Thank you for this information.

What club clinics do you reccomend in the northern va area? We would ideally start with some close and convenient to see how it goes. [/quote]

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