A couple follow up points to this post>
1) Raise your hand if you remember the gym game called Newcomb. We had a gym teacher that started off the kids in 1st grade with this to learn some of the strategic principals of volleyball.
2) This I disagree with you on. Most JO clubs will always find a place for an athlete on a high level team from 12s to 14s, as at 14 most girls are usually where they will be body wise. As a wise man once said, you cannot coach height.
3) It seems like there are now more spectators at an 8th grade city championship in volleyball than football.
4) This goes back to the tradition factor. You can also add the very Catholic MAC schools into this model.
By the way, you get your volleyball card taken away for using the word spike instead of kill