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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DD will try out Metro 13T this Friday, so what you said is even she got in, she may not stay in travel team in the future? I got mixed feedbacks about Metro 13T coaching staff. [/quote]

These posters are being mean and you are obviously new.  I’ll answer for you.  There is no guarantee for anyone in any year.  She could play for a club for years and if another player comes along that they want, she gets cut.  Always try out for multiple clubs every year.  There will never be a guaranteed spot.  Someone could move from out of state and take the solid player’s spot.  [/quote]
I agree some of these responses are unnecessarily harsh. All of us were new at some point. This response is accurate - a spot on a team is only for a single season. Generally speaking, most clubs bring back many players from one season to the next, but there are no guarantees.

More competitive clubs are also usually pretty open about the fact that a minimum amount of playing time is not guaranteed so [b]if your DD gets an offer for 13T[/b], you need to consider how she might handle not playing as much as she has in the past.

Good luck![/quote]
This is simply mean. Why would you give this parent the hope that their player would make the Metro 13T team? I understand being nice, but their Friday will be a waste of time and money. OP, ask Metro if they can transfer your money toward a regional team tryout. You may not make a regional team either, but your player will not look completely unaware. [/quote]
There isn’t enough information to know whether she might make it or not. Maybe she’s 6’3” at 12?  Metro has certainly taken their fair share of tall girls for 13T who haven’t played a ton of volleyball yet. If she’s average height (or less), hasn’t been noticed at fall clinics, and is just planning on showing up to tryouts, then yes, you’re correct - she won’t be getting an offer and would be better off using that tryout time/money for another team. [/quote]
It's also possible that this poster's DD was a volleyball player in one of her previous lives and can jump serve since she was 6. Let's talk probabilities rather than possibilities. It's probable that the player has no volleyball experience other than rec. The probability of having a height of 6'3" is remote: 95% of the 13 yo girls are shorter than 5'6" (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03-046-508.pdf). Would a 5'6" player with rec experience only make it into Metro 13T? [/quote]
So you're saying there's a chance.

I get what you're saying, but someone is going to make the team. I agree that based on the way the question was framed that this poster doesn't seem particularly knowledgeable which probably indicates they are not wise in the ways of CHRVA volleyball and may not understand how difficult it is to make a Metro Travel, Paramount, or similar team.

If the poster who asked the question is still following along, please be aware that making a Metro Travel team is extremely difficult. Metro Travel and a handful of other teams (for 13s, I would include Paramount, MDJRs, and MVSA) are consistently the top 13s teams in the region. Since more experienced parents know that, the best players in the region will be trying out for these teams. Players that are really tall or have exceptional skills/athletic ability are really the only ones that will seriously be considered. If your DD is a beginner or intermediate player, the chance of making a Metro Travel team is almost zero. There will be dozens (or more) girls trying out for those 12ish roster spots, and most of them will likely have club experience and will already be known to the coaches. These will be the girls who have been coming to clinics all September and October and in most instances, a coach or the club director will have already had a conversation with them encouraging them to tryout. If that doesn't describe your DD, she should definitely be trying out at other clubs.[/quote]
Here is the fact for last two seasons: each season Metro 13T took 3 starters from mdjrs, 3 starters from Mvsa, 2 from Metro East and North,1 from Metro 13t of previous year.  So if your kid is not the starter from these teams I'll suggest tryout other clubs. Metro 13T coach duo is maybe the worst coaching duo. Last season in capitol hill finals we were leading 12:1 in the 3rd set and lost. The coach just didn't know how to coach. They grabbed almost all talents of chrva ![/quote]
It’s crazy how Metro “took” and “grabbed” these players away from other clubs. I’m pretty sure these players exercised their own independent decision making powers and chose to go to another club because they and their parents believed it to be the best choice. The fact that they didn’t win this single match doesn’t make that a bad choice. [/quote]

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