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Post by triple on Aug 11, 2024 21:11:13 GMT -5
Reading through the discussions surrounding the new AAU rule led me to become curious, what areas of the country are considered volleyball hotbeds on the boys side? Is there a difference between strong club and high school states? What are the best cities/areas to be in if your a kid dreaming of going d1 in boy volleyball?
Sorry if this is a dumb question btw
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Post by GrowingTheGame14 on Aug 11, 2024 21:37:31 GMT -5
I think it is interesting. I would go out and argue to say Chicago has the greatest number of clubs within a 300 mile distance.. That includes cities like Indianapolis, Cincy, Louisville, St. Louis, Milwaukee.
LA within the same distance leaves out key cities like Phoenix and San Fran, however there are so many clubs in the SoCal area.
The New England area I’m sure within that same distance has a few.
But the hot beds are pretty spread out, then some major cold spots in the country.
Key hotbeds in girls that you don’t have in boys is obviously the Great Lakes region of Madison, Minneapolis. Texas is huge in girls, non existent in boys. Same with Kansas City.
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Post by triple on Aug 11, 2024 21:49:50 GMT -5
I think it is interesting. I would go out and argue to say Chicago has the greatest number of clubs within a 300 mile distance.. That includes cities like Indianapolis, Cincy, Louisville, St. Louis, Milwaukee. LA within the same distance leaves out key cities like Phoenix and San Fran, however there are so many clubs in the SoCal area. The New England area I’m sure within that same distance has a few. But the hot beds are pretty spread out, then some major cold spots in the country. Key hotbeds in girls that you don’t have in boys is obviously the Great Lakes region of Madison, Minneapolis. Texas is huge in girls, non existent in boys. Same with Kansas City. When you mention New England do you include PA, NY, NJ? Those 3 states by the numbers seem to be strong volleyball hot spots in terms of participation but I almost never see them discussed when talking about boys volleyball |
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Post by VolleyFanFL on Aug 12, 2024 11:30:26 GMT -5
Volleyball has become popular with boys in FL. Some good talent coming out. Still has room to grow however.
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Post by damien on Aug 12, 2024 21:37:53 GMT -5
Milwaukee & Chicago
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Post by thebaytocsulb on Aug 12, 2024 21:45:47 GMT -5
It's very popular already and still growing in the SF Bay Area.
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Post by westcoastvolleyfreak on Aug 12, 2024 22:08:41 GMT -5
Hawaii
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Post by volleycoach2310 on Aug 13, 2024 3:19:09 GMT -5
Volleyball has become popular with boys in FL. Some good talent coming out. Still has room to grow however. Yes there are boys playing for sure and many high schools now have it…unfortunately good club options in FL are severely limited. |
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Post by coy on Aug 13, 2024 9:47:35 GMT -5
Volleyball has become popular with boys in FL. Some good talent coming out. Still has room to grow however. Yes there are boys playing for sure and many high schools now have it…unfortunately good club options in FL are severely limited. The good news is if you're a good enough player Bay to Bay will pay for you to fly out and play for them! |
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Post by stelsonvb on Aug 13, 2024 14:31:52 GMT -5
Reading through the discussions surrounding the new AAU rule led me to become curious, what areas of the country are considered volleyball hotbeds on the boys side? Is there a difference between strong club and high school states? What are the best cities/areas to be in if your a kid dreaming of going d1 in boy volleyball? Sorry if this is a dumb question btw Strong club and strong HS teams in SoCal do tend to go hand in hand. Top Southern California clubs are centered along the beach cities, with Orange County's most top to bottom consistent clubs being Newport Beach (Balboa) and Long Beach (Pinnacle AC), while LA is MB Surf and Rockstar, and San Diego has Coast and Wave as top clubs. You can look at the SoCal Cup standings and look for trends and hot teams. socalcupvolleyball.com/ You can find specific results for SoCal Cup tournaments on sports engine. There are many notable clubs that often have one particularly good class come through as well The top high schools in California you can find in the California Interscholastic Federation website www.cifstate.org/sports/boys_volleyball/past_records_results/indexTop HS teams tend to be the Newport Beach Schools, Huntington Beach Schools, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Del Mar and Torrey Pines plus the Catholic Schools. |
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Post by volleycoach2310 on Aug 13, 2024 15:22:07 GMT -5
Yes there are boys playing for sure and many high schools now have it…unfortunately good club options in FL are severely limited. The good news is if you're a good enough player Bay to Bay will pay for you to fly out and play for them! I had some HS players end up out of state for club opportunities and I completely agreed with their decisions…but Cali is a LONG flight for anyone on East Coast 😂! |
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