'25-'26
tryouts

It's that time of year again and we're looking forward to another season of club volleyball at Northern Impact!

We're here to answer your questions

If you have any questions about tryouts or Northern Impact's volleyball programs, please contact Kraig O'Rourke at Kraig@nivb.org 

2025-2026 Club Season Tryouts (UPDATED 9/22/2025)

Tryouts

  1. Tryout registration is now open!  Click HERE to register.
  2. There is a non-refundable fee of $40 to tryout.  If you wait until the last minute to register, the cost increases to $50 the weekend of tryouts.
  3. Selected players will be expected to commit to Northern Impact immediately upon offer.  Last season, we did not attempt to select teams on tryout day and simply offered positions within the club.  This year, the plan is to attempt to complete both selection and team assignment in a single session.   Offers  are time limited to 10 minutes to assure that players are committed prior to announcing cuts of other players in order to fill all teams on tryout day.
  4. Tryout Days:
  • Day 1 - Oct 26, 2025: Commitment Day for U14 and younger - Mounds View High School Gyms
    • U14 and U13
      • Check in begins at 8:30 am for 9:00 am start.
    •  U12 players
      • Check in at 11:00 am for 11:30 am start

10-14 year-olds will tryout at Mounds View High School Gymnasiums

1900 Lake Valentine Rd, Arden Hills, MN 55112

  • Nov 9, 2025: Commitment Day for 15+
    • U18 and U17 players
      • Check in at 8:30 am for 9:00 am start.
    • U16 and U15 players
      • Check in at 11:00 am for 11:30 am start.

15-18 year-olds will tryout at Edgewood Middle School Gymnasiums

5100 Edgewood Dr, Mounds View, MN 55112

Key Dates & General Information

Key Dates

Players 14 and under

  • Oct 26, 2025: Tryout/Commitment day

Players 15 and older 

  • Nov 9, 2025: Tryout/Commitment day

General Information

For the 2025-26 season, we expect to:

  • Field 10 teams: (12s - 18s)
  • Hold 2 practices/week/team 90 - 120 minutes each in length
  • Host positional training and skills nights with coaches offering position/skill specific instruction.
  • Determine competitions, costs and travel requirements prior to tryout day.   (This information is currently incomplete, but all teams are likely to have two overnight travel events to locations outside of the metro area (Usually Rochester and Duluth, MN.)
  • Costs for the season will vary by age group and team due to varying costs of travel, tournaments and gym time.  Current fees are expected to be as follows:
    • $1995 for U12 Teams (Cost before cash discount and fundraising)
    • $2995 for 13+ Teams (Cost before cash discount and fundraising)
  • Fees are all-inclusive of practice time, coach fees, event fees, uniform/apparel package, and JVA/USAV Membership and all administrative fees.  We have partnered with Dynamic Fundraising to provide an opportunity for players to reduce their fees by up to $500 with participation in our program. We are already the best value in this area and our partnership with Dynamic Fundraising puts our costs significantly below most other clubs in the area.
  • Fees above are reduced $100 for full payment up front, or are otherwise broken into a down-payment and then monthly payments.

COVID-19

In recent years, we implemented and followed a strict COVID-19 plan that allowed us to compete while other clubs did not. These past two seasons, things have relaxed quite a bit, but we will continue sanitizing equipment, asking players to stay home if they have symptoms of illness, and masking when players have not been symptom free for more than five days. Gone are the full time masking requirements, temperature and symptom checks at the door, and lengthy quarantines and isolations following exposure, so that's a win.

If tryouts, or the season itself, are cancelled or shortened due public health reasons, refunds will be awarded based upon the costs incurred.