Anonymous
Post 10/29/2025 14:41     Subject: Volley Viet - thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Parent of former VV player. VV provides exceptional value, particularly compared to other clubs. All coaching and admin is done voluntarily - often by parents of current or former players, but coaches have experience (whether in local high schools, travel leagues, and as adult players). Agree with prior comment re: strong preference for returners. They can play favorites (not unlike other clubs), but this skews more towards their own kids/friends and current players who may or may not be skilled players. We generally found it to be a supportive atmosphere and great start. Our kid has since moved on to other clubs, wanting to play beyond regional, so I can't speak to training at higher age groups, but VV has been competitive at regional level with prior 16s and 17s teams.

As for practices, look at schedule online. I believe last season, practices increased to 3x a week, and there were random ones added on weekends (sometimes coordinated by other parents wanting more court time).

For 13s, there will be some "returners" who were younger age girls playing up on the 13s team last year (this might be only 2-3 players), so team will really consist of new to the club players.


Didn't they have 7th and 8th grade teams last year?



You might be thinking of their travel program. They form teams for club season, but once it ends, they often form a new team (usually last season's club team plus or minus some) for the fall travel season. Fall travel is a great way to develop and leads right up to tryouts for club. I think last fall, they did middle school travel (teams for 7th and 8th grade).
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 23:57     Subject: Volley Viet - thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Parent of former VV player. VV provides exceptional value, particularly compared to other clubs. All coaching and admin is done voluntarily - often by parents of current or former players, but coaches have experience (whether in local high schools, travel leagues, and as adult players). Agree with prior comment re: strong preference for returners. They can play favorites (not unlike other clubs), but this skews more towards their own kids/friends and current players who may or may not be skilled players. We generally found it to be a supportive atmosphere and great start. Our kid has since moved on to other clubs, wanting to play beyond regional, so I can't speak to training at higher age groups, but VV has been competitive at regional level with prior 16s and 17s teams.

As for practices, look at schedule online. I believe last season, practices increased to 3x a week, and there were random ones added on weekends (sometimes coordinated by other parents wanting more court time).

For 13s, there will be some "returners" who were younger age girls playing up on the 13s team last year (this might be only 2-3 players), so team will really consist of new to the club players.


Didn't they have 7th and 8th grade teams last year?


Teams are age-based, not grade-based. In most cases, the age corresponds to the grade level, but not always.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 23:37     Subject: Volley Viet - thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:Parent of former VV player. VV provides exceptional value, particularly compared to other clubs. All coaching and admin is done voluntarily - often by parents of current or former players, but coaches have experience (whether in local high schools, travel leagues, and as adult players). Agree with prior comment re: strong preference for returners. They can play favorites (not unlike other clubs), but this skews more towards their own kids/friends and current players who may or may not be skilled players. We generally found it to be a supportive atmosphere and great start. Our kid has since moved on to other clubs, wanting to play beyond regional, so I can't speak to training at higher age groups, but VV has been competitive at regional level with prior 16s and 17s teams.

As for practices, look at schedule online. I believe last season, practices increased to 3x a week, and there were random ones added on weekends (sometimes coordinated by other parents wanting more court time).

For 13s, there will be some "returners" who were younger age girls playing up on the 13s team last year (this might be only 2-3 players), so team will really consist of new to the club players.


Didn't they have 7th and 8th grade teams last year?
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2025 13:10     Subject: Volley Viet - thoughts?
Parent of former VV player. VV provides exceptional value, particularly compared to other clubs. All coaching and admin is done voluntarily - often by parents of current or former players, but coaches have experience (whether in local high schools, travel leagues, and as adult players). Agree with prior comment re: strong preference for returners. They can play favorites (not unlike other clubs), but this skews more towards their own kids/friends and current players who may or may not be skilled players. We generally found it to be a supportive atmosphere and great start. Our kid has since moved on to other clubs, wanting to play beyond regional, so I can't speak to training at higher age groups, but VV has been competitive at regional level with prior 16s and 17s teams.

As for practices, look at schedule online. I believe last season, practices increased to 3x a week, and there were random ones added on weekends (sometimes coordinated by other parents wanting more court time).

For 13s, there will be some "returners" who were younger age girls playing up on the 13s team last year (this might be only 2-3 players), so team will really consist of new to the club players.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2025 12:18     Subject: Volley Viet - thoughts?
Same question as prior poster. Where is there additional info on them? Do they have clinics, training for kids under 13? When do they practice? Who are the coaches and when did they start? I'm having trouble navigating their site, maybe just me.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2025 11:56     Subject: Re:Volley Viet - thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We met Volley Viet every year since we started playing club and we won every game (the games were really close though). If I had a choice between our current club and Volley Viet, I would choose Volley Viet. It's mostly about paying much less for a club that is doing about the same. I heard that it's hard to make one of their teams because they have a strong preference for returners.


It's not just a preference in selecting returning players, there is a preference in play time as well unless you are much better than the returning players. But that is just for one year. The second year, you are a returning player too.


Considering the club for U13 - which is their youngest level. Not sure there would be 'returners' unless they did camp or rec league with them. We really like the pricing but wondering if it's a case of you get what you pay for. They practice only twice a week compared to the 3 or 4 practices publicized by other clubs. Do they have additional practices that haven't been publicized on their website? It seems to be really hard to get any information on / from them.
Anonymous
Post 10/17/2025 13:34     Subject: Re:Volley Viet - thoughts?
Anonymous wrote:We met Volley Viet every year since we started playing club and we won every game (the games were really close though). If I had a choice between our current club and Volley Viet, I would choose Volley Viet. It's mostly about paying much less for a club that is doing about the same. I heard that it's hard to make one of their teams because they have a strong preference for returners.


It's not just a preference in selecting returning players, there is a preference in play time as well unless you are much better than the returning players. But that is just for one year. The second year, you are a returning player too.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2025 16:39     Subject: Re:Volley Viet - thoughts?
We met Volley Viet every year since we started playing club and we won every game (the games were really close though). If I had a choice between our current club and Volley Viet, I would choose Volley Viet. It's mostly about paying much less for a club that is doing about the same. I heard that it's hard to make one of their teams because they have a strong preference for returners.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2025 08:29     Subject: Volley Viet - thoughts?
Volley Viet is fielding 3 girls teams this season and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. They seem to have all volunteer coaches which helps them keep their fees down but is the quality of training any good?