TRYOUTS AND OPEN GYMS
Tryouts for the Summer are completed. We will have tryouts in early November for a few positions for the following teams:
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10 Regional
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12 Regional
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13 Regional Red & may add an additional team
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15 National blue and 15 Regional
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17 National Red
If you have any questions about these openings, please email us at apexvballclub@gmail.com
2026-2027 SEASON
Pre-registration is required. Please complete your registration by Friday at 5:00 PM to help ensure a smooth and seamless check-in process. Walk-ins are welcome, but please note that they will make the check-in process longer.
Tryouts are located at The Clubhouse: 4136 E. Kearney St. Springfield, MO 65803
July 11th
12's 8:30 am - 10:30 am
13's 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
14's 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm *2 day tryout*
15's 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm *2 day tryout*
July 12th
16's 11:30 pm - 2:00 pm
14's 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm *Invite Only*
15's 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm *Invite Only*
17 & 18's 7:00pm - 9:00pm
July 13th
10's & 11's 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
July 14th- MAKE-UP TRYOUTS
13's & 14's 5:00-6:30pm
15's & 16's 6:30-9:00pm
Tryout Fee: $15
Pay at the door with cash or via Venmo: @Apex-VBC
Please include the player’s name, age, and “TRYOUT FEE” in the Venmo note. Proof of payment is required at check-in.
HOA Membership Required
Players must show proof of HOA membership — digital proof is accepted.
If you do not have a membership, you can purchase a summer registration here:
https://www.hoavb.org/junior-player-volleyball-memberships/
14s-15s Tryouts: This will be a 2-day process. Day 2 will be invite only. If you cannot attend Day 1, you must attend the makeup tryout.
INVITE ONLY PROCESS:
DAY 1: OPEN TRYOUTS All skills will be evaluated, including live gameplay
DAY 2: INVITE-ONLY TRYOUTS
Invited players will participate in additional live play evaluations. Final cuts and roster decisions will be made following Day 2.
DAY 2 INVITES SENT VIA EMAIL. Players receiving a Day 2 invite will be notified by email within 1 hour of their age group's Day 1 tryout conclusion.14s: by 7:00 PM & 15s: by 10:00 PM
Age Calculator:
https://hoaonline.org/UTL/UT6_JrAgeCalc2.C.php
FORMS NEEDED FOR TRYOUTS
You must have a current membership with USA Volleyball before you can attend tryouts. Your membership from the 25-26 season is good until the end of August so if you played club this year your membership is still valid for tryouts. If you do not have a membership from this last season, 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!!
BRING THE FOLLOWING TO TRYOUTS:
1) A copy of your USAV Membership Card - Link for Membership Card
2) Tryout fee of $15
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The 2026 Summer Tryout people will start on Saturday, July 11th, this is the first date clubs can extend formal offers to players. The first date players will be able to accept is 8 am on Tuesday July 14th. All offers between July 11-14 will expire on July 15th at 8 am.
VSTAR OFFER PROCESS
Offers can start being accepted on Tuesday, July 14th at 8am
Offers sent July 11th-14th will expire on July 15th at 8:00 am. Offers sent after 8:00 am on July 15th will expire after 24 hours after the offer was sent. Offers will be sent to the email provided during registration. Players receiving an offer will receive two emails: one from Apex Volleyball Club with their team placement and one from VSTAR to officially accept the offer.
The VSTAR email will come from
offers@hoavb.vstarvolleyball.com and will appear as
"No Reply." Please check spam/junk folders.
It will say, "You are receiving an offer to join Apex Volleyball Club in the Heart of America region for a junior player. Click the following link to view your offer."
Additionally, if an offer is not accepted before the deadline, Apex will move forward with offering that roster spot to the next player on the waitlist. If you know you do not plan to accept the offer from Apex, please decline it as soon as possible as a courtesy to families who may be waiting.
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 GJNCs in the summer. 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.
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.
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.”