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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happened to St. James volleyball?  A couple of years ago they were fairly competitive (they had a 16s team the beat Paramount and went 3 with Blue Ridge).  None of those girls are on the 18s that I saw in Richmond this weekend, who did not win one set.  All the age groups look to have struggled, perhaps this is not an "open" type of club anymore. Maybe MOJO a better option in the area.[/quote]

We played the St James team at the Volley by The James Tournament last weekend and the 16s were not particularly strong. The other club that performed particularly badly was Vienna Elite and their related club (DMV Elite). St James won maybe one match and lost most sets. One of the Vienna teams was completely shut out the whole weekend, and the other Vienna team won maybe one match the whole weekend. We saw decent play from Mojo Black, Virginia Elite, the new Legacy team, American and Paramount. But yikes to the parents paying $7k to vienna elite! [/quote]

Yes, I would say TSJ and Vienna are charging open fees and playing at club level.  With TSJ my observation is they just don’t have any coaching stability or a coherent philosophy on what style of play and type of athlete they want.  They had some good 16s for 2 years in a row, coaches changed, girls scattered.  Early in season so hopefully improvement coming and keep good coaches for next year.  I’m not as familiar with the Vienna program.[/quote]

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