Club Volleyball are organizations that train athletes in the sport of volleyball so they can compete after the normal school season. Volleyball clubs are independent of each other and privately owned. The word “club” typically describes an organization that has teams for different age groups and levels and is usually broken into girls and boys teams. Clubs vary in size from 1 or 2 teams to up to 60 plus.

Club volleyball is a significant commitment of time. The club season generally begins in November and runs through mid-April for in region play and can run through early July for teams going to the USAV Junior National Championships or AAU's. Teams generally practice around 1.5 to 2 hours at a time and practice 1-3 times per week. Teams will generally play in at least 4-6 tournaments (some will play in as many as 10). Tournaments last from 1 to 4 days. Tryouts are in August.

• Learning to set short term and long term goals
• The values of teamwork, composure, and self-motivation
• That winning requires hard work and losing means learning
• An athlete plays more than 50+ matches in a club setting versus 20-30 in high school. The value of touches and the competitive environment accelerates the learning curve.
• For athletes who have aspirations to play at the next level in
  college, then club volleyball is necessary. College coaches do the
  majority of their recruiting during club season and are at many of the
  national qualifier & showcase tournaments. We work hard with
  our athletes through the entire recruiting process. We make sure you
  are doing all the things you need to do.

We encourage our players to stay active by playing other sports, especially off season! We designed our practices to be after normal HS practice hours not to conflict with high school practices. For our The NYC Black teams (our 1’s teams), we are looking for athletes willing to make a bigger commitment to the sport and they should be sure they want to prioritize volleyball over other sports before making the commitment to the team. There is more flexibility for our Gold, Silver and Red teams (2’s, 3’s & 4’s). Our tournaments are on weekends which rarely conflicts with HS sports.

We have several programs for girls and boys wanting to get into volleyball. Our
Introductory Kraken Program (12 and under) offers once-a-week instruction on the basic fundamentals from our seasoned club coaches. We also have weekly clinics that are skill and position specific where fundamentals are taught and expanded on.

We typically take between 12 and 13 players on each team to ensure there are enough people to play at tournaments in case of injuries/illness and to have enough for intrasquad scrimmages.

Payment questions please email thenycvolleyball@gmail.com

Any admin (team, tournament, travel, uniforms, etc) questions please email thenycvolleyball@gmail.com

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• USA Volleyball sanctioned events and AAU-sanctioned events require that we book rooms through their partnered travel services. It is referred to as a “Stay and Play.”
• What is Stay to Play? Each participating team has a specific room nights quota they must achieve (stay) to be able to play in the event (play). Most events are Stay to Play. It’s worth noting that Stay to Play is not a The NYC-mandated rule, but is often required due to host policy.

In order for the individual athlete to be successful, leading to team success, the athlete needs to be settled and well rested prior to play. This goes for AM and PM pool play. Even if PM pool play starts at 2pm, we do not want players traveling the day of play.