REGISTER | REGISTER BY CLICK HERE
DATE | JULY 10TH & 11TH
LOCATION | HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL
TRYOUT FEE | $60 EXACT CASH OR CHECK TO WAVE
BRING | WEAR A NUMBERED SHIRT IF POSSIBLE, WATER
**MUST HAVE 2026 AAU MEMBERSHIP | YOU ARE GOOD IF YOU PLAYED TRAVEL, SPRING CLINICS, SUMMER CAMPS, OR MINI-CLUB WITH WAVE ALLIANCE.

2027 USAV TRAVEL TEAM TRYOUTS

Welcome to WAVE Volleyball Alliance Travel Team Tryout Page. We are excited to enter the 2027 Club season after a great 2026 season that saw our teams place in the top 3 in several event including the FL Molten Pre-Qualifier, March Madness, Fort Myers Invitational, MLK Showcase, and others.

Our main goal is to grow the game in Manatee and Sarasota counties to help players improve for their school teams as well as helping those who want to compete at the collegiate level. We look to provide a structured and competitive environment where our athletes compete to grow individually and equally as a team. We believe that club teams should be made up of the best players available in an age group and not have any bearing on which school they play for. There are other club options in our area, but we feel that our coaches and our environment sets us apart from the rest.

We keep our club pricing competitive, but are typically much lower than many other clubs due to their larger overhead of paying “full time” staff, and trying to pay for a facility. We do not stack our teams with players to help with revenue either. Many clubs have to do this due to their larger expenses. We are able to to avoid this largely in part by having relationships with many schools in the Lakewood Ranch area and being able to rent their gyms for the times we need it.

We have yearly open tryouts and we always welcome athletes new to the area or to our program. We know that when trying out for a new team there can be questions and we want our families to feel comfortable that we are the right fit for them. We have a lot of information on our website and you can always feel free to reach out and speak with us directly.

We will do our best to create teams and place players on the appropriate levels within our club. We try and put players in their USAV designated age groups, but there are times when it will benefit the players and teams to be in higher age group. This is something we will look at as a coaching staff. We do not take parent input on that outside of social concerns with a younger player moving up an age group.

Upon tryouts please come prepared to accept a position that day along with the team deposit ($500 CHECK OR CASH). We try to select a team before the tryouts are over, so players do not have to wait. In the event we need to do a call-back for a specific age group or team, we will let those players know when that will be.

Please carefully read through the information below.

TYPICAL TEAM BREAKDOWN

10-12 PLAYERS PER TEAM (GOAL IS 10-11)
JULY NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT
6-7 ADDITIONAL TUITION PAYMENTS SEP 15, OCT 15, NOV 15, DEC 15, JAN 15, FEB 15, MAR 15.
PRACTICES BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND RUN THROUGH MARCH/APRIL.
NO PRACTICES DURING WEEK OF THANKSGIVING BREAK.
NON-MANDATORY PRACTICES DURING CHRISTMAS BREAK IF PLAYER IS AVAILABLE.
DEPENDING ON THE TEAM THERE ARE EITHER 2 OR 3 PRACTICES PER WEEK
SPRING BREAK WILL HAVE PRACTICES AND TOURNAMENTS – PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY SO YOU ARE NOT MISSING ANY EVENTS! THIS WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE TEAM.
MAJORITY OF TOURNAMENTS WILL BE TAMPA/ORLANDO WITH PRO LEVEL TEAMS GOING TO ONE OUT OF STATE QUALIFIER.
COST OF SEASON RANGES FROM $2200 TO $3600.

REQUIRED ACTIONS

1. AAU MEMBERSHIP

**If you attended anything with WAVE after Sep 1, 2025, you do not need to purchase a new AAU Membership to tryout. If you are new to WAVE print or bring a screen shot of the membership car.

2. PAYMENT

– Bring Payment of $60 Exact Cash or Check (non-refundable)
– Cash or Checks must be made out to “WAVE”
– Write Daughter’s Name in Memo

3. ACCEPT A POSITION ON A TEAM:

Down Payment of $500 made out to “WAVE” check or cash is due for acceptance.
Completing the player/parent club contract.
PARENTS MUST BE PRESENT AT DROP OFF AND PICK UP

Contract includes the following items:

WAVE Handbook (Mission, Policies, Procedures, Grievance/Dispute, Release, and MAAP Policies)
Club Participation Agreement
Club Participation Release
Fee Schedule Form (We will hand out at tryouts)
Credit Card Authorization Form

INTENTENDED TEAMS PER AGE GROUP | THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY BE A FLUID SITUATION BASED ON PLAYERS ATTENDING TRYOUTS. IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO FORM A TEAM IN A YOUNGER AGE GROUP, WE ALWAYS ADD PLAYERS AND TEAMS AFTER MINI-CLUB IS COMPLETE. WE INTEND TO OFFER 2 TEAMS IN EACH AGE DIVISION, BUT THIS CAN FLEX DEPENDING ON NUMBERS WITHIN EACH AGE GROUP.

Tentative Head Coaching Assignments:

Like our team projections, this will change and once we have a better understanding of our teams and their make-up, we will assign coaches to their teams at tryouts to ensure it is the right fit for the team and coach.

*ASSISTANT COACHES: JESSICA KANE, JESSICA LYNCH, CHLOE POGODA, BRITTANY BYRD, JORDAN MARTIN

2027 USAV TRAVEL TEAM TRYOUTS

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