Instead of having to wade through the A V 2022 thread to get current info, I thought a current one would be in order.
Do we care what the rankings are now? I was under the impression most ranking services were out of touch these days and not really worth anything? What ranking services matter and which ones dont?cbmik95 said:
Saw she was ranked #49 last summer recruiting rankings. Highest ranked setter since Aiple!
Sorry wasnt picking on you but a general question. I always hear the rankings in volleyball are trash these days, prepvolleyball has gone to crap, most folks think prepdig is just ok and the red hat lady is laughable. I was just curious what rankings are legit and actually mean something? Do the coaches care or take that into consideration?cbmik95 said:
No one said they matter, I was just curious what people thought of her….
YesAnchorhold said:
Soooo Northern Lights Qualifier is a recruiting thing?
There are several USAV National qualifier tournaments hosted around the nation each year. They are tournaments, not recruiting events per se. But since they bring in the top clubs/teams with the best talent, there are always a ton of college coaches that come to evaluate and recruit.Anchorhold said:
Soooo Northern Lights Qualifier is a recruiting thing?
This always brings up bad memories. My kid was playing at PNQ in Spokane a few years ago in 16s USA. Normally most divisions are in a main convention center so all the good teams should be in similar areas for college coaches to walk around and efficiently observe.kwammer said:
Yup. Go watch the Open level courts at the qualifiers for 16s-18s and they will be filled with D1 coaches/staff. D2/D3 will be sniffing around the USA level courts.
flintdragon said:This always brings up bad memories. My kid was playing at PNQ in Spokane a few years ago in 16s USA. Normally most divisions are in a main convention center so all the good teams should be in similar areas for college coaches to walk around and efficiently observe.kwammer said:
Yup. Go watch the Open level courts at the qualifiers for 16s-18s and they will be filled with D1 coaches/staff. D2/D3 will be sniffing around the USA level courts.
For whatever reason, they placed 16 USA in a remote site, well away from the convention center. Half the reason to travel is for college visibility.
So her team makes gold bracket on the final day. We arrive and could not find the court! After careful observation, we find the gold bracket was to be played in a small practice gym upstairs somewhere, one court and very little seating. Basically only the team, refs and parents. No scouts roaming around if they even could find the court. We lose the first gold game to a team we had beaten earlier and effectively wasted $2K to travel there. No qualify, no college coaches.
Yep. yet clubs in Austin keep sending teams there. Nice city to visit at least. Expensive to even fly there and hard to even leave on a Sunday after a tournament.Wicked Good Ag said:
First problem is you picked the Spokane qualifier. Easiest to possibly qualify for nationals but also one of the most expensive overall to play in and one of the least recruited normally.
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Yeah I dont even know about offers anymore. I think a big part of it what club you play for and what their connections are. College coaches are then floated names from these clubs.Sargie said:
The rankings have been poor since Tawa left prepvolleyball.com. The only real way to know how kids relate to each other is from the offers they had during their commitment process and for a setter even that can be misleading. Teams usually commit scholarship setters every other year so some teams aren't even in the market in some years.
Also, playing USA only gets a slight amount of sniffing by coaches, if any. Open or bust for most of the coachesflintdragon said:This always brings up bad memories. My kid was playing at PNQ in Spokane a few years ago in 16s USA. Normally most divisions are in a main convention center so all the good teams should be in similar areas for college coaches to walk around and efficiently observe.kwammer said:
Yup. Go watch the Open level courts at the qualifiers for 16s-18s and they will be filled with D1 coaches/staff. D2/D3 will be sniffing around the USA level courts.
For whatever reason, they placed 16 USA in a remote site, well away from the convention center. Half the reason to travel is for college visibility.
So her team makes gold bracket on the final day. We arrive and could not find the court! After careful observation, we find the gold bracket was to be played in a small practice gym upstairs somewhere, one court and very little seating. Basically only the team, refs and parents. No scouts roaming around if they even could find the court. We lose the first gold game to a team we had beaten earlier and effectively wasted $2K to travel there. No qualify, no college coaches.