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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the fee of mvsa around $2000, if coach fee added that'll be around $1000 more(100 practice x $10 per kid ). So seems $3000 for a travel heavy team, with 3 practice per week ?[/quote]
Also, MVSA practices almost exclusively in MCPS facilities. According to their website, gym rental at a MCPS school for a non-profit organization is $17 per hour (it’s $22.50 per hour for a for profit). Commercial facilities and private schools tend to be a lot more ($75-$100 per hour). Another thing MVSA does to offset costs is host a LOT of tournaments. These allow for their teams to have priority to play in these tournaments (and presumably they don’t pay tournament fees for their own events) as well as make some extra revenue to help offset other costs. Many teams will have parents help at practice or serve as assistant coaches. It’s a wonderful organization that provides a great option for the families whose kids are able to make one of their teams.

All of that said, replicating what they do would be really challenging. Running a club of even one team per age group is a full time job for at least one person for most of the year. Finding qualified coaches even for clubs that pay is difficult. Attracting players to a new, unproven club can be tough meaning it would probably take a few years to have some success. It would be great if someone were to take on such a project, but it doesn’t seem likely. [/quote]

MVSA has been around a long time, that's the biggest advantage.  It helps with finding coaches when you are on your third generation of players.  Those good coaches tend to coach the younger ages, which is great and not something most clubs prioritize. Their costs are low too. Parents helping out is great even if they don't know volleyball.  Sometimes its good to have someone with a coach that thinks about the non-volleyball side of the team, watches attitudes, etc.

That said, their 2nd and 3rd teams can be very hit or miss in consistency of both coaches and players.  One of the reasons those teams rank high in the region is because they play a lot of 1 day tournaments where the competition level is highly variable.  At the older age groups they tend to lose talent to other clubs that travel more and/or have better recruiting success.  [b]Historically, they were also known for telling players that if they left the club for a year to try somewhere else, don't bother coming back.[/b]

None of this is meant to be judgemental every club has its positives and negatives and we need more clubs like them in the area. But good info helps everyone make good decisions.

This must be very historic. I’ve seen players left there top team and return. Maybe that is how it was during Heard’s time but I’ve seen players left, come back for 1 season and left again.

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