Boost Volleyball Review

Boost Volleyball
Club Fees Gold $1975 Silver $1490

Conclusion:
Should you give Boost Volleyball a chance? I want to say no but I have recently learned they have a new director. So my answer is...Maybe. But the price, I feel the price for this club is too steep. They are not established enough to warrant that price level. Also their main facility is not up to standards. Their court is too small and has a dangerous ledge in the serving position. I think your money is better spent elsewhere.Read on to hear from a parent.

The following was submitted anonymously from a mother a a girl who played for the club Boost last year.

"Our experience with Boost Volleyball started off well, but ended bad. Boost promised individual training with a trainer. We went to training sessions every Sunday, it was a waste of time we had 30 minutes conditioning 30 minutes skill training. It just wasn't enough to help. The conditioning done by the coach was much better. We had a great coach who really cared about the girls and their individual skills and their team skills. Our team was a mess, passing was poor, hitting was not good and we did not have a setter. She worked with the girls individually and as a team. In less than 4 weeks she had brought the girls individual skills up and team skills to a much higher level. One night we scrimmaged with the other team in our age group who was supposed to be the gold team, we kicked their keesters. Within one week of that scrimmage our coach was replaced without even asking parents. She was replaced less than a week before our first tournament. Not only did they replace the coach they cut our  practice time an hour per week. Over all we lost more than 20 hours of practice time we paid for. Our new coach was a nice guy but he didn't know how to relate to or coach girls this age and he seemed pre occupied with the other team he coached. we stopped progressing as a team. I honestly believe that was the intent Boost Volleyball director had in replacing our coach like she did. She wanted our team to fail."

The purpose of club volleyball is to allow players to grow and excel. Removing 20 hours of practice time from a team can seriously stunt their growth individually and as a team. I cant say what the reasons were behind such an abrupt decision. I have been in club volleyball both as a coach and a player and there is no reason for a director to behave the way the director did and to cut practice time on a team who needed that time. Could 20 hours of practice really made a difference...Yes, yes it could. I cannot speculate what the directors reasons were or why she made the decisions she did, but I think she made a bad decision.

Boost Volleyball has a new director for 2012-2013 Jennifer Hart has replaced Erin Wilson.
http://boostvolleyball.lockerdome.com/
It should be noted that Erin Wilson has started a new club Summit Volleyball club. Information I chose not to publish makes me leery of any club she is involved in.  Do your homework.

Next review will be Southern Elite Volleyball. If your child has played for Southern Elite Please let me know your experience. ClubVolleyballKC@gmail.com