SMU is essentially put together the core of the TAV Black team from the class of 24 that also had Spears and Suli Davis playing up. Suli has just committed to SMU, they already have Favor and Livings, adding Ames will just be another piece to that puzzle.
As for setting, maybe one day coaches will be more concerned with being able to set bad passes to still be able to run middles and an effective offense. In the portal I would be looking for setters that set their middles to a high hitting % and cross check that with what passing rating that teams backrow had. IE if the team passed below a 2 but yet the middles still hit over .300 that tells me that setter is very skilled at getting the balls to the middle from anywhere on the court. Maybe you give up some block but whats more important?
Wrong . Even with all that we had control of the game at the end..just needed another first down instead we played for a long field goal with a unreliable kicker. Glad he made but to put it in his shoulders 47 yards out was ridiculous. Pussy ass play calling
Absolutely 100%, if volleyball is what your kid wants to do you have to do the club deal even to make the jr high school at most of these schools now. Its expensive but fun lots of memories to be made. I came from travel baseball and volleyball has become very similar. You don't show up in 7th or 9th grade to make the baseball team or volleyball team, you have been better playing some high level ball if you are a real sports school.