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Correct this is what has been confusing for us when it came to choosing a club.  There are some “regional teams” (Metro North, for example) that don’t play in “national” competitions that require flights to ATL or CO, but the level of play on that team would rival many of the less competitive “national” teams that are playing to travel to Raleigh, Atlanta, CO. For example VAVA,  Renaissance, Mojo, Vienna, BRYC, will all have “national” teams that will do more travel. But I am willing to bet some of the stronger regional teams could easily outplay them.  My DD opted to play for a stronger regional team over a weaker national team. If that makes sense?

So does this explain why some of the “Regional” teams are ranked higher in AES than the “national” teams? I suppose that means those Regional teams performed better in the local national tournaments like Capitol Hill Classic?[/quote]
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I'm pretty sure Sportwrench tournament results (like Capital Hill, National Harbor and Volley by the James) don't end up in the AES rankings at all.[/quote]

Sportwrench (or any tournaments outside of AES) have to be entered manually, but most clubs do it.  They do factor in the rankings when they are entered.

Comparing rankings in AES without detailed knowledge of how it works is fools errand.  And by the time you figure out AES and its system, you'll know exactly which teams play at which level -- and you won't need AES any more.
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Another thing to look at that might be helpful in evaluating clubs or teams (although not perfect because it relies on AES rankings to a certain degree) is to look at the results of last year's bid regionals tournament.  In AES, if you search for "CHRVA Girls Bid Regional Championships" under past events you can view the results for the last 2 seasons. Teams in bid regionals are those that are hoping to earn a bid to the USAV Girls Junior National Championship.  Teams interested in a bid register for the bid regionals tournament months ahead of time and have to compete in the "open" division in at least 2 CHRVA tournaments prior to a specific date (March 10, 2024 for the upcoming season) and then a week before the tournament, CHRVA will use the AES regional rankings to select the teams that meet the requirements and are ranked high enough to participate (for most age groups the max number of teams for bid regionals is 12). The reason I think this is slightly better than looking solely at AES rankings from last season is that it weeds out the teams that might have a high ranking from only playing weaker teams in the club division at local tournaments and only includes teams who hope to get a bid, which you would expect to be more competitive.  One caveat if you're new to this, is that a team who earns an open level bid at a national qualifier before bid regionals is not allowed to compete for the lower level bids that CHRVA can offer at regionals, which is why for some age groups Metro and Paramount don't have teams in the results.[/quote]

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