Frequently Asked Questions

General Club Questions

  • Club volleyball is much like other select sports. There are open tryouts for team selections after which teams will practice 2-3 times per week and play a tournament approximately every other weekend for 4 – 7 months depending on the age group.

  • Description More details on age group definitions can be found by reviewing the USA Volleyball

    Junior Player Age Definitions. Age group definitions for 2025-26 season are as follows:

    • U18 – Players born on or after July 1, 2007, or Player born on or after July 2006 and a high school student in the twelfth grade.

    • U17 – Players born on or after July 1, 2008

    • U16 – Players born on or after July 1, 2009

    • U15 – Players born on or after July 1, 2010

    • U14 – Players born on or after July 1, 2011

    • U13 – Players born on or after July 1, 2012

    • U12 – Players born on or after July 1, 2013 goes here

  • We have had players as young as nine years old playing on our U12 teams in past years. The earlier the athlete is introduced to the sport of volleyball the more likely they are to develop the correct technique.

  • Club volleyball is arranged by age groups and tournaments are held on weekends. Most local tournaments are one-day events held in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area, and most regional or national tournaments are three-day events. Each day of a tournament is an all-day affair typically starting about 8:00am and ending around 6:00pm with teams playing multiple matches in a day.

Sudden Impact Questions

  • Sudden Impact Volleyball Club is a registered Non-Profit Corporation in the State of

    Washington with 501(c)(3) status and is a member in good standing within the Puget Sound

    Region of USA Volleyball.

    SVBC is governed by a seven member Board of Directors

    • Greg Brown

    • Mike Beckerman

    • Alex Simons

    • Todd Berhbaum

    • Hue Ong

    • Tom Murphy

    • Sherrie Brown

  • SIVBC will announce its tryout dates/times in early fall.

    The Puget Sound Region sets the tryout date window for all ages in the region, and in the past few years has set tryouts as follows:

    U15-U18 age groups are typically in late July or early August, while U12-U14 age groups are typically in late October.

    Please watch the front page of this website for SIVBC’s actual tryout dates/times.

  • SIVBC typically offer two teams in each age group from U12-U18, depending on availability of coaches. As we get closer to tryouts, we will announce which age groups SIVBC will be offering.

  • All of our teams will practice at the I-90 Volleyball Center in Bellevue located at 13405 SE 30th Street, Suite 1B, Bellevue, WA  98005. 

    Teams typically will practice for two hours on either a Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday schedule from as early as 4:00pm to as late as 9:45pm with additional Saturday practices held on non-tournament playing weekends.

  • SIVBC teams are typically ranked among the region’s best, with many of our players earning all-league, all-area and all-state recognition at the high school level, with some garnering recognition at the national level. Many of our athletes go on to play at the collegiate level. SIVBC requires each athlete to be highly committed to their teams practice and tournament schedule.

  • Our per-player fee structure for the 2026-2027 season will be available at our open house held a few weeks prior to each age-groups tryout.

  • SIVBC traditionally offers an “all in” fee structure where the entire season cost, including all travel costs for players, coaches, and one chaperone per team, are included in our fee structure. SIVBC’s fee structure is commensurate with other top tier clubs within the region where travel to national qualifying tournaments and a season-ending national championship tournament, for some teams, is included in the fee structure.Most other clubs do not include all travel fees as part of their fee structure. You should always check with clubs what is or isn’t included in their fees.

  • Older teams travel more than younger teams as exposure to college recruiting becomes an important part of the game, but all of our teams travel nationally. Specific team schedules for the 2026-27 season will be available at our open house as well at our tryouts.