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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's been a lot of discussion about the cost of club volleyball on threads that were supposed to serve other purpose. I will revive this thread to keep separate topics on separate threads.

Here are the Volley Viet club fees for the incoming season: $775 (13), $775 (14), and $825 (17). They use the same model of volunteer coaching as MVSA in MD, which explain why the club fee is extremely reasonable. If you pay the coach $5000 per season (this is a guess based on an earlier post from a regional coach who was making $3500 per season), you would add $500 to the fee for each player (assuming a 10 player roster). Theoretically, you could have clubs in Virginia charging a fee of $1275 and covering their expenses at the same level as Volley Viet, plus paying their coaches. If you compare that fee with that of a random VA club (let's say $5000 just to work with a number), the club gets $3725 extra from each player. A team with 10 players per roster (which does not exist in VA), takes home $37k per team after paying the minimum expenses paid by Volley Viet, plus the coach stipend. Where does the money go? Balltime/Hudl, extra conditioning, then what?[/quote]

Agree that the VA clubs prices are too high, and thanks to Volley Viet for trying to keep them low.

Some items missing:
-Private school gym costs.   Non-FCPS gyms can be up to $150+/hr for a court in VA and DC.  Volley Viet also calls this issue out, non-FCPS gym rental isn't included.
-Number of practices and clinics. A lot of the higher level teams have switched to three practices a week. Some clubs also do club academies as well.
-Number of coaches.
-Coach travel. A 3 day driveable tournament with hotel and meals for a coach costs the same as it does for you.  We played for a club with two coaches per team that added on coach travel and we paid another $1,000 for the regular season on a 13 player roster. It was a surprise that we didn't get the details on until after the season started. Now we make sure coach travel is included in the club fees. The volunteer model helps a lot here.
-Nationals. Some clubs included nationals costs in their fees, for others its an add on.

You can probably get to $2500-$3000 for teams that practice in non-FCPS facilities, pay coaches, offer conditioning and clinics/extra practices, have HUDL/Balltime, small profit per team etc. Maybe $500 more if the team travels and attends nationals, with the extra coach time required and the extra month of practices. Above that I have little doubt the extra is either direct profit for the club director or the club isn't watching expenses as closely as we all would like them to.[/quote]

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