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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP raises a good point. In APS, high schools are also required to tryout students from the “option schools” like HB Woodlawn, Arlington Tech. (at least those are legit HS students).

So… then a sophomore HS volleyball player at Yorktown for example has to compete for a smaller number of spots to begin with (freshman volleyball team is off the table) against freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, 8th graders, and students from the option schools. For essentially 26 spots between JV/Varsity. Factor in coach biases, club preferences (of course coaches are going to push kids from their own clubs), [b]politics, seniority, connections and favoritism[/b], and it becomes nearly impossible for a sophomore to play JV at their own school.

And yes the coaches deserve the heat. They aren’t required to take 8th graders who may not even play on the team the next year.

What a crappy policy. [/quote]

How do you feel if you freshman kid is better than the sophomore, and yet get cut from the team while the sophomore makes the team due to politics, seniority, connections and favoritism?[/quote]

If the freshman is a student at the school, fine. But not if the player is from an options school or is an 8th grader. Let’s be honest there are a lot of good volleyball players in NoVA/Arlington. Some are standouts but most are at about the same competency level of good. [/quote]

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