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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to think like you, and to some extent I still do (re: Metro does not improve the CHRVA region). However, if players want to play D1,  especially in a power 4 league, a lot of these other clubs just don’t have the college recruitment infrastructure. You may say it’s because of the poaching but some don’t even have a point person that families can strategize with about recruitment. If you are interested in playing in college and you visit a clubs website and go to the college commitment page and you start comparing Metro sells itself, it doesn’t even have to poach players. Anybody who is playing on Metro travel 16 and older want to get recruited.

I have noticed that some players get recruited when they are with other clubs but for their 18U year they play with Metro. I’ve wondered if Metro have some kind of arrangement to provide training and conditioning before some players arrive on campus.[/quote]

I think you're right the most direct path to D1 is the reason Metro Travel teams continue to attract many of the best players in the region, despite the fact that there are probably 4 or 5 players on every Metro Travel team that don't get to play in tournaments as much as they would if they played for another club. I think most of these players know that when they accept the offer, but believe that being on Metro Travel, even as a reserve player, will be better for recruiting purposes. With 15 players on many of the Metro Travel rosters, there is no question that some really great players are standing on the sidelines.  This obviously weakens other teams to certain extent, but I'm not sure whether that is the reason that Metro takes so many on each team. Having a deep bench is helpful when players get hurt or have to miss a tournament for some reason and also allows for really competitive practices.

I have also heard that some college coaches encourage their local commits to switch to Metro for their last year (or two) of club volleyball because of the level of competition, both in practice and at tournaments. [/quote]

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