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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For lesser known clubs, is it necessary to attend their clinics for even half a chance? [/quote]
Any club will look at the players who show up at the tryouts only with some level of suspicion because of the sudden interest in the club. The following alternatives are possible depending on the skill level of your DD:
* below the level of club players: the club will offer spots to returners and players at about the same level. If they have to choose players at your DD level, they will give preference to those who they know better from clinics. 
* about the level of club players: the club will likely consider her as an alternate, but she will be behind the players at the same level who they already know from clinics.
* slightly above the level of club players: she might have a good chance to receive an offer. It depends a lot who else shows up at the tryouts and how fast their offers are accepted / turned down. 
* well above the level of club players: the club might figure out that they are a safe option and might not even make an offer.

Things can be different at early ages because a lot of players show up on the volleyball scene without any experience. Their parents figured out at the last minute that such thing as club volleyball exists and found a club nearby using Google. [/quote]

This one is kind of ridiculous: "* well above the level of club players: the club might figure out that they are a safe option and might not even make an offer. "

The only scenario where that happens is if the club outright asks that player if they've had other offers, and who their #1 pick is.  If the player is honest that their #1 is somewhere else then the club might not make an offer.  But if the player plays well above the regular club players and the club doesn't ask any questions, name one team whose policy would still be to not even make an offer because of assumption that they're the safety?  That just does not happen, but if please share who does that you know a club that really does.[/quote]

You may be correct - that player may get an offer because she would likely turn it down as soon as she gets a better offer.

Thinking about it: why would such a player even want to be on this team? She would get a lot of court time, but no quality play. One of my DD's coaches said something like "when a player becomes the best on the team. it's time to find a better team." [/quote]

I think even objectively good players have to play the "tryout for your ideal teams, a couple "good match/at your level" teams, and maybe one "almost definite" team where she might be among the top 3 players, all just to make SURE she has options for this coming season.

Just using last year's tryout season as an example, look at how outrageously competitive it was and how many girls who'd never had a problem getting on a team ended up with NO team, NO offers last time.  Our family (including 2 girls who play) has been non-stop on the CHRVA DMV volleyball circuit for the last 7 years, and I don't remember seeing as many "WTF?!" posts before last year (although gotta admit I wasn't reading here much the first 2 yrs our DDs played so I'm not as connected to pre-pandemic levels of "no offers at all" for experienced players.

But seems to me everyone wants a back up plan, because most believe that having a spot on a club team you may be overqualified for but still playing through the season is still better than no club team and not playing through season (and definitely better than going to rec).[/quote]

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