15-18s Teams

Club Team Costs/Information

  • There will be two seasons for boy’s club volleyball
    • The CLUB Season officially begins early Nov. and ends in Mar.
      • Number of players per team:  9-10
      • Tournaments for the season:  6-7
      • Players base dues are:  $1200
      • Included in base dues are:
        • all local tournaments (Lincoln/Omaha)
        • coaches salary
        • administration fees
        • insurance fees
        • equipment fees
        • specialty training sessions
        • Team Genius platform
        • strength training and conditioning program
          • Plyo/Agility Training is from 8:00-8:35am before Sat prac
        • nutrition and concussion information provided by UNMC and Children's Hospital
    • The NATIONAL Season begins in May and ends in mid to late June at AAU Nationals in Orlando, FL
      • Players who made a team in the Main season automatically qualify for a team for the National season
      • Anyone else must tryout to make a team for the National season
      • There are three tournaments for this season, which includes the national tournament.
      • Nationals Season Dues are $350
        • Included in National dues are:
          • One additional tournament/scrimmage
          • Practice fees for court rental
          • administration fees
          • insurance fees
          • Plyo/Agility Training on your practice night
      • National Travel Fees are $350
        • These fees cover
          • Tournament entry fee of $895
          • Coach's hotel per diem
          • Coach's flight/travel per diem
          • Coach's food per diem
  • Fundraising and Scholarship opportunities available

These dues do not include:
Registration fees for USAV (these MUST be paid by the family-clubs are not allowed to pay for any individual). Uniforms or back packs. Travel Fees. For any tournament the team attends out of the Omaha or Lincoln it is considered a travel tournament. Additional fees could include: coaches travel, coaches hotel expenses, and team entry fee.  Players will be assessed a Travel Tournament Fee in addition to your base dues for each tournament that requires an overnight stay. If it is a one-day trip, for example to KC, and the coaches do not need hotel stay, then only a gas & food fee will be applied.  This makes the trip less expensive, so a smaller fee is charged.

Boy's tryouts for all ages has been moved to Monday Oct 7 from 7-9pm. All boys teams will tryout at the same time. If you attend any of the Fall Camps, you will still need to register for tryouts.

Players will be offered positions in the club at the end of tryouts.  A $250 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of your accepting the offer to play.

Please register for your current age group. EXAMPLE: If you are 16s and want to tryout for the 17-18 team you can, but please register in the 16 age group.  We need everyone to register in THEIR correct age group.

Mandatory Player/Parent Meeting (All Boys teams)

Oct. 19 9-11am

All National team players and at least 1 parent are required to be in attendance.  This will include uniform try on.  Parents, please bring a laptop to this meeting.  You will be walked through the USAV registration so that your son will be eligible to play when season starts.

River City Boys teams will train and compete on the national/regional level.  Teams practice twice a week.  Please see the Calendar page or the Practice Calendar for practices days and times. Practices are 2 hours long.

National Team Parameters

  • Higher level of training and competition
  • Longer season
  • More practices/week
  • More tournaments
  • Higher commitment level by the athlete
  • Requires some travel, can be regional or national
  • There are two seasons for boys club: 1) Club Season and 2) the National Season
  • Cost for the Club season is $1200
  • Club season runs from Nov-Mar
  • National season runs from May-late June or early July (includes Nationals in Orlando)
    • There will be a new and separate tryout to make a team going to Nationals
    • You do not have to play in the Club season to tryout for the National season
    • Cost for National season is $650 (this DOES include club travel fees, not a player or family travel expenses)