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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aftermath thoughts:

1. Its basically pay to play.
2. Its better to start young to develop skills early.  Start at 12 years old if your child is interested
3. Tryouts are not truly open, girls are preselected. Its a joke to have 100 girls on a court at a time for evaluation.
4. There are not enough teams in the DMV area. Specifically DC.  VB needs a Rec component here.
5. Height plays a huge factor and since the average height is 5'3 or 5'4. Libero will be the toughest position to compete for.
6. Height and athletic potential outweigh playing experience. I.E. they'll take someone that is 6'2 before someone that understands rules, rotations, and fundamentals.
7. CHRVA needs revamping or create a new organization for the DMV area.
8. It's very expensive to play club.

I think that about covers it from my perspective.  [/quote]

Hi, club/school coach here. Trust me, it is hard for us as well, and while I can't necessarily recommend the methods or motives of all of my fellow coaches out there, it is a very high-stress time for us as well (and not much fun).

1. This is going to be the case in a sport that doesn't have spontaneous unorganized get-togethers to play (like soccer or basketball do).
2. True of any sport, but I have seen plenty of volleyball players pick up a ball for the first time as late as 10th grade and be very successful, up to and including "four-year starter at a Big Ten school with a brief overseas pro career" successful.
3. Again, can't speak for everyone, but a lot of them are not pre-selected. Do clinics help? Yes. If you're putting together a team without a feeder from a younger age group, it helps to have seen some of the players before the brief tryout window (which is mandated by the region, not by the clubs). It's absolutely hard to get eyes on everyone, but I have never walked into a tryout with a pre-formed roster.
4. Yes, absolutely. This is a function of gym space and the sizable overlap with basketball season (which I also coach).
5. The height of the net is what it is, and at some point in order to be a successful six-rotation or front row player you need to be able to get higher than the net, whether because you're tall or because you can jump.
6. This definitely varies from coach to coach and club to club, but being tall and reasonably coordinated never hurts. That said, I've seen my share of 6'+ girls who can walk and chew gum at the same time at makeup and last chance tryouts.
7. If you mean the timing of when tryouts, that's a double-edged sword. Plenty of other regions hold their tryouts in the summer...before school season when lots of players make drastic improvements, or maybe before 4-6 months of literal physical growth before the season starts. There are girls who made teams this weekend who would absolutely not have been in a position to do so without the two months of school season that they just had, but I agree that cramming everything into one weekend sucks for pretty much everyone involved.
8. It is, and although it appears to be a more popular sport both in terms of youth play and television exposure each year, there are barriers to entry for too many kids and families that are a problem. But I also don't quite know how to fix them - I'm just a lowly regional coach and not a club or USAV admin.[/quote]

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