<p>What does each one specifically require in terms of skill level and commitment? And what's the difference between each one? I have a general idea for each of them, but I just want to know which I should aim for when I go to college. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Bump! Anyone know? :X</p>
<p>Division 1: Extremely good. Often times, most are recruits and given full scholarships to play for them. Very time-consuming.</p>
<p>Intramural: Just your everyday athletes or active people.</p>
<p>Club: Again, very good. Most played Varsity sports in High School, but the school is too good to offer them a spot on the team or they don’t want to put the commitment into the d1-3 team.</p>
<p>Intercollegiate ?</p>
<p>So a club team is full of stronger players than an intramural team? And intercollegiate was just one of the divisions, it was mentioned on CB.</p>
<p>Division I and Club sports are “Intercollegiate” sports</p>
<p>for the better Div. I sports programs you pretty much have to be first team all league and all City in the sport while in high school</p>
<p>So what’s the difference between a Division League and a Club League? Does Club Sport even have a league? I probably won’t be recruited (I won’t even apply for it) for a Division League, I don’t have the skill or the commitment/time.</p>
<p>I have no idea what a “Division League” is</p>
<p>As in, Division I/II/II sports. Sorry if I’m using words improperly.</p>
<p>Calvin, just tell us the sport and what your (or your school’s) achievement has been…</p>
<p>track?
soccer?
football?
basketball?
swimming?
baseball?
lacrosse?
fencing?
crew?</p>
<p>I’m a volleyball player, and I’m a sophomore. This year I was the JV Captain and I moved up to Varsity for the playoffs. So I assume I’ll be Varsity captain senior year. I’m not specifically amazing, I’m just really great at passing and back row hitting (I’m not tall enough to make a decent spike as a front row hitter). So I was the libero for my JV team and was recruited as the back-up libero for the Varsity playoffs.</p>
<p>And Volleyball isn’t a dying sport in my school either, our town won the county playoffs five times in the past six years.</p>
<p>Varsity teams play at either the Div. I, II or III level. D-I has the most funding and intensity, D-II has limits on costs, scholarships, and number of coaches, D-III is non-scholarship. All are varsity, highly-structured, large time-commitment. Intramural sports are among students at a single school; club sports are non-varsity teams that play club teams from other schools. Club and intramural sports are just for fun, with students dropping in or out as the mood strikes them.</p>
<p>So between a Club and an Intramural team, a Club team would generally consist of “better” players? Thanks for the help guys, it’s all making sense to me now. :P</p>
<p>Actually, men’s club volleyball can be fairly intense. There are few men’s volleyball D1 teams in the country(22 men’s programs last time I checked as opposed to hundreds of women’s programs) because of Title lX. So, alot of the club players are pretty skilled and would be varsity players if there were more opportunities for men in college. Men’s club volleyball teams participate in lots of regional and national tournaments.</p>
<p>Intramural is a league within one school. Form a team with your friends or join an open team, sign up, and just show up for scheduled games. Some teams may have informal practices, but for the most part, it’s like organized pick-up games.</p>
<p>Club teams are like “varsity lite”. They represent the school at tournaments and regional leagues. There are tryouts, and players are usually pretty talented. Main difference compared to varsity is the time commitment. Varsity has practice every day, long schedules, and lots of travel (also scholarships at Div 1 level). Club teams play fewer games, mostly on weekends, and practice only once or twice a week. Club players might also play intramural.</p>
<p>Club teams can vary greatly depending upon the school, sport and/or region, ranging from intense and competitive (similar to varsity sports but without the institutional funding, often because of Title IX limitations) to laid back and mostly for fun and exercise. Its best to check out the specific clubs at schools you are considering.</p>
<p>I see. Thanks for all the explanations guys, they really helped! My dream/reach to the epic proportions school is Stanford. But I’ll worry about signing up for a club sport in the future depending on which schools I’m accepted into.</p>
<p>Stanford is a perennial D-1 volleyball power, currently ranked #3 in the country. Even the club teams in California are very competitive, filled with kids who grew up playing the game. There’s always intramural. Great school, though.</p>
<p>Stanford has D -1 men’s volleyball as Chardo says (one of very few men’s programs in the nation because of Title lX) and according to their website also has a men’s club team. The men’s club teams tend to be very competitive as there are so few varsity opportunities for men. Volleyball is very big in California but even some of the east coast and midweat club teams are pretty competitive .There are lots of guys out there that love volleyball but either don’t have access to varsity because there are so few teams for men, or they just prefer playing club or intramural(less time commitment). Volleyball’s a great sport and fun to watch! Good luck with finding opportunities to continue to play at whatever school you end up at. Most club teams like Stanford will have websites if you want to do any research in advance.</p>
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<p>This is off-topic, but I feel compelled to clarify this because it bugs me so much when people blame Title IX for a perceived deficit in offerings of men’s sports.</p>
<p>It is a college administration’s decision whether to offer a particular sport to men and women. They are free to budget for every conceivable sport for both genders, if that is what they want to do. (Take a look at Harvard’s offerings, for example. They offer the most sports in the country, including mens and womens volleyball).</p>
<p>If you want to blame something for the lack of mens volleyball teams, then blame the administration and football, but not Title IX, which simply rectified decades of inequality for women and brings athletic opportunities for women to where they always should have been.</p>
<p>Thanks Bay!</p>