2025-2026 SEASON

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OPEN GYMS:  Cost $10 a session, all sessions are at The Clubhouse.

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Open gyms are designed to give the players lots of ball touches with competitive drills and game-like play.  There is no instruction given other than to explain the drill.  We are prohibited from giving instruction during open gyms, but open gyms are still a great way for the player to get a lot of game like touches. Cash or Venmo is taken at the door. It is helpful if you pre-register but walk-ins are always welcome! Please pre-register at: https://forms.gle/p2r6S9wipQyPDwFV7.  Make sure you bring a copy (electronic works) of your HOA membership for open gyms!  

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 June 12th -- Ages 10's - 12's   time 5:30-7:00 pm

 June 12th -- Ages 13's - 15's   time 7:30-9:00 pm

 June 12th -- Ages 16's -18's    time 7:30-9:00 pm

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 July 2nd -- Ages 10's - 12's    time 5:30-7:00 pm

 July 2nd -- Ages 13's - 15's    time 7:30-9:00 pm

 July 2nd   -- Ages 16's -18's   time 7:30-9:00 pm

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 July 7th -- Ages 10's - 12's    time 5:30-7:00 pm

 July 7th -- Ages 13's - 15's    time 7:30-9:00 pm

 July 7th -- Ages 16's -18's     time 7:30-9:00 pm

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Open gyms are located at The Clubhouse:  4136 E. Kearney St. Springfield, MO 65803

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SUMMER TRYOUTS:  Cost $15 

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

The 2025 Summer Tryout period will start on Saturday, July 12.  This is the first date that clubs can extend formal offers to players. Players will be able to start accepting offers on Thursday, July 17th.   

 

This is posted on the HOA website: "The permitted recruitment and tryouts period for female junior players for the 2025-26 season, starts on July 12, 2025. No tryouts can be held before that date. No formal offers to players can be made before July 12 or accepted before July 16. For male junior players, the first day of permitted recruitment and tryouts is July 26."

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In addition, all formal offers that are binding by the club must be sent through the VSTAR system per HOA.  ​

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YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR TRYOUTS BY FILLING OUT THE 25-26 TRYOUT REGISTRATION FORM. SEE LINK BELOW!   

 

Please make sure and come to the correct tryout age group!  If you are unsure of what age group to try out for, please click on the age calculator button to determine the correct age.  Also, please read about the different levels within Apex Volleyball Club.  There are different costs and commitments required to play on different teams.  You will be asked on the tryout registration form which level of team you are trying out for.  Come prepared to work hard and have fun!  If you cannot make it to the tryout, this will impact your possibility to make a team.  If you cannot attend the tryout, you must email Sue at apexvballclub@gmail.com.  There are no guarantees that we will be able to place your athlete, but if you do not contact us prior, then your athlete will not even be considered for a team. 

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Tryouts are located at The Clubhouse:  4136 E. Kearney St. Springfield, MO 65803

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DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

July 12th

13's    9:00 am - 11:00 am

14's    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

15's    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm *2 day tryout* (Day 1/2)

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July 13th

17's & 18's  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm 

16's   3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 

14's and 15's   6:00 pm - 8:00 pm *2 day tryout* (Day 2/2)

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July 14th  

10's & 11's    5:00 pm to 6:30 pm

12's     7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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July 15th

MAKE-UP tryouts, if you are unable to attend the regular tryout times, you must register and fill out the form stating that you will be coming to the makeup date!!

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FORMS NEEDED FOR TRYOUTS

You must have a current membership with USA Volleyball for the 23-24 season before you can attend tryouts.  Your membership from the 24-25 season is good until the end of August.  If you do not have a membership, you will need to purchase a $15 Summer membership that will allow you to attend any HOA sanctioned tryout or open gym.  If you are unsure of the age your daughter should try out for, you can click this link and determine the proper tryout age. USAV Age Classification (Needed for Tryout Registration Form).  Please make sure you attend the appropriate tryout age group!!

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BRING THE FOLLOWING TO TRYOUTS:

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1) A copy of your USAV Membership Card - Link for Membership Card

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2) Tryout fee of $15

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LEVEL OF TEAMS FORMED WITHIN APEX VOLLEYBALL CLUB

When your athlete comes to tryouts, she will have a choice of trying out for a regional team, a national team, or both.  If you chose to try out for a national team and are placed on one, you will be expected to be at all practices and travel to all tournaments.  If your family would rather not travel, then you should try out for a regional team only. See below for more details about the two levels of teams at Apex.

 

National Teams:  National level teams will attend high-level competition tournaments, such as Heart of America power league, national qualifiers, and regionals in order to earn a bid to Nationals in the summer of 2026. Parents and players will be expected to travel more at this level.  Please take this into account and make sure your schedules in school, whether it be other sports, dances (proms, etc.), and work schedules will allow for this travel. In addition to time, there will be extra expenses for your personal hotel and travel to these tournaments. Being placed on a national team, and then not attending these tournaments with your team, may disqualify you the next season for a national team.  

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Regional Teams: Regional level teams will have both local and non-local tournaments. The team, parents, and players will have some input into how much traveling they want to do outside of the local area. Non-local tournaments could include Kansas City area, Joplin, Lebanon, and others within an hour's drive of Springfield, Mo.  These teams will practice twice a week until the tournament schedule starts. At that time, practices will be adjusted due to playing on the weekends. The fees for regional teams could vary slightly if your team decides to add additional tournaments. Our regional teams are designed for the players that don’t want to travel or that play other sports that make it difficult to commit to a national team.  Players on regional teams may be of high skill level, but just not have the time needed to commit to a national traveling team. Our regional teams are very competitive and usually do very well locally.  

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Apex Volleyball Club will be training at The Clubhouse.  All national teams will be formed to compete at the highest level. Our goal at Apex is to have several national teams within each age division that will compete in power league and regionals with the expectations of earning a bid to nationals. In addition, we want to push our athletes to the highest level to reach their full potential. There is great talent throughout Southwest Missouri.  Our hope is to bring this talent together by using our five court training facilities and experienced coaches to improve your individual skills and form competitive teams that will compete nationally. 

At Apex, our mission states, “As a club, we have a great passion for the game of volleyball and strive to consistently gain skills to play at a competitive level around the country. Our purpose is to have all youth enhance their skills with our program and to continue into the collegiate level.”

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