Reply to Volleyball tryouts in real time

Forum Index » Volleyball

Reply to "Volleyball tryouts in real time"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DMV Volleyball Academy offers are out for 14U. [/quote]

My daughter received and offer. The reviews on other threads aren’t very positive 😬[/quote]

I know DMV is pricey, and it’s not as intense as some of the other clubs, but we are looking for something a bit more low key for our daughter.  Other than the expense, what is so bad about DMV?[/quote]

That's exactly what they want: parents who are willing to pay a lot of money for a low-key experience for their daughter. You fit their ideal parent profile, so you should go ahead and shovel the green their way. [/quote]

Super helpful comment.  Go back to Dance Moms. [/quote]

I knew that you would appreciate it. It's nothing really, I am just praising clubs like DMV for giving people the chance to waste their money. Let me know where the Dance Moms meet and I will try to make it. [/quote]

How is it wasting money if your kid is doing something they enjoy and getting the chance to get better for the following season? Not being snarky w that question, truly just asking what the negative is if there’s not another option. [/quote]
There are some posters on these forums who weigh in on almost every volleyball thread with their perspective that volleyball clubs are price gouging and that club owners are greedy and taking advantage of families. Inevitably, they will point to MVSA (whose prices are far below the rest of the "market") as the model for what all clubs should cost. They often point out that Virginia clubs trend more expensive than Maryland clubs and seem to suggest some kind of conspiracy or other shady dealings. When someone counters that this seems like a situation where a small business sets their prices according to what the market will support, they then shift the blame to the parents who are willing to pay for these clubs as part of the "problem".

I'm of the opinion that all of us need to make the decision that is best for our own family and circumstances. If your DD wants to play club volleyball and you are able to afford the team from which they received an offer, then that sounds like the right choice to me. Of course it would be nice if this was all less expensive, but you don't need to be a PhD economist to understand that with the explosion in popularity of volleyball, the demand for clubs far exceeds the supply, and that is resulting in higher prices.[/quote]

DC is just getting into volleyball and to be fair, I am getting a bit of sticker shock.

There just doesn't seem to be much price competition.  I don't see this as much in basketball or soccer.  Is volleyball a "country club" sport or a niche sport for rich kids?[/quote]
I don't think it's accurate to call volleyball a "niche" sport. In terms of number of girls participating in HS, it's the team sport with the most girls participating (other than track and field which tends to be no cut at many school), ahead of soccer, basketball, softball, etc. [url]https://www.nfhs.org/media/7213111/2023-24-nfhs-participation-survey-full.pdf[/url]. The number of girls playing club seems to be increasing every year too - my DD is going into her 8th season of club and there seems to be more and more interest every year. Collegiate women's volleyball is getting tons more TV time every year and there have been 3 new pro leagues formed in the US in the past few years.

I think the cost is an unfortunate side effect of the increase in popularity. Clubs have an incredible demand for spots on their teams so there is no incentive to keep costs low.  Also, in the not so distant past, only top teams tended to travel to a lot of tournaments that required flights and multiple night hotel stays, but there is a clear trend for more, less competitive teams to be traveling. I've heard various opinions as to why this is. Some say that it's coaches or club directors wanting the prestige of playing at large, well known tournaments in addition to getting the nice perk of an all expense paid weekend. Others think the increase in travel is because that is what players and parents want, and clubs are just working to meet that demand. I suspect that it's a bit of both.

Hopefully there will be more clubs (or teams at existing clubs) that are geared more towards players who want to play a more local schedule without a big focus on going to the national championship tournament or getting recruited to play in college, but for now there seems to be not enough clubs to meet that need. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics