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Very insightful! On the Va side what clubs do you think fall in the “historically performed well” category? [/quote]
Before answering, realize that there are some Paramount/Metro fans here that will tell you that its only those clubs that "perform well", but but the reality is that covers maybe 40 players in an age group and there a lot more quality players than that in the region.

Assuming you are looking for an open-level CHRVA team and not an open-level national team, (because there is really only 1-2 of those in each age group right now).

Younger Ages: American, MOJO, VA Juniors
Older Ages: VA Elite, VA Juniors, Loudon Elite

[quote=Anonymous]Do you think the economy will have any impact on turnout?[/quote]
It definitely is, at least from what we can see this year. DD has been to clinics/open gyms at a number of clubs.  The lower cost clubs with a good track record seem to have more players in their gyms.  We've seen some of the "top" players from other clubs in those gyms as well.

If you go to the MD side its even more pronounced. We've run into players who are driving a long way to try to find a lower cost club option than the top VA clubs.  Lots of families are concerned that spending $6,500+ on volleyball this year may not be an option.  The MD side has more options at a lower price point. Anecdotally, it seems to be impacting the close in clubs more.

[quote=Anonymous]If your DD had an offer from Metro and Paramount, which one would you take? [/quote]
Metro. The earlier posts in this thread about turnover at Paramount matched our understanding of what happens every year. We know far too many former Paramount players that tell us that even though they won, it wasn't worth it. Playing on a 3s team with that same environment sounds unappealing to say the least.

I don't think we would take an offer from the new Metro National teams though, at least not in the first year. Except for the U17 age, where the players at that level are all well known and heavily recruited to player together, its a big gamble to assume that the National teams will be at the same competitive level as other top open-level teams in the region. There will certainly be some players that jump from other clubs to Metro, but there are also likely existing Metro travel players that won't make the travel team that will be unwilling to take a National offer.[/quote]

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