All tryouts are held at :
The Bristol Boys and Girls Club, 255 West St. Bristol, CT 06010.
- ALL Registrations will open October 1st, 2024.
- Middle School Registration will close on October 16, 2024 for all Middle Schoolers (6th, 7th, 8th), including HP.
- HP Registration will close on November 6th, 2024 for all Freshmen HP, Sophomore HP, Junior HP, Senior HP.
- Regional Registration will close on November 20th, 2024 for all Freshmen Regional, Sophomore Regional, Junior Regional, Senior Regional.
Programs Offered:
Regional Team: Regional Middle School
Select/HP - HP Middle School
Select/HP - HP Freshmen, HP Sophomore, HP Junior, HP Senior
*** Players still involved in the CIAC State Tournament are not eligible to participate until the conclusion of their high school season. Players affected will have a one day tryout on Nov. 17.
Regional: Freshmen Regional, Sophomore Regional, Junior Regional, Senior Regional.
All dates and times subject to change
TRYOUTS ARE BY GRADE!!!!! Please register your child by the grade they are in for the 2024-2025 school year.
$40 Tryout Fee
MUST attend all tryout dates/times to ensure the coaches have the best chance to see you play and assess your skills and abilities
Once tryouts are complete, you will receive an offer letter if you made a team. You will then have 48 hours to respond to that offer!
Select team practices begin in December and the regional teams start the first weekend in January (after New Years).
All tryouts will be held at the Bristol Boys and Girls Club, 255 West Street, Bristol, CT 06010.
In order to tryout for either program with CRUSH you need to do the following:
- Fully register for the program you are wanting to tryout for here on this web site. Advanced registration is required no walk ins will be allowed.
Drop in registrations are not being accepted.
Age definition by USA volleyball can be found here:
- Pay the non-refundable $40 tryout fee.
- Report to check in at the Bristol Boys and Girls Club at 20 minutes prior to your tryout time to ensure your tryout will start on time
- Print/sign the Bristol Boys and Girls Club's medical release waiver, turn it in at the registration table at your tryout. Waiver can be found here.
- Register or renew your NERVA membership, cost is $60.
New and Current NERVA members can register on the registration system here: (sportsengine, more information to follow))
- Print, complete/sign and submit the USA Volleyball Code of Conduct and Waiver and Release form, accessible here: https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Volleyball/Documents/Membership/2018-Season/2018-COCWaiver_fillable.pdf?la=en (If you do not submit this prior to tryouts, please bring it with you on the day of the first practice. You will not be able to practice without it.)
- Print, complete/sign and submit the USA Volleyball Player Medical Release Form, accessible here: https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Volleyball/Documents/Membership/2018-Season/2018-Player-Medical-Release-w-ClubTeam-WITHOUT-Notary.pdf?la=en (If you do not submit this prior to tryouts, please bring it with you on the day of the first practice. You will not be able to practice without it.)
NO spectators will be allowed in the field house.
A signed participation waiver must either be on file via email or a hard copy in hand, signed by both parent and player (see below).
$40 non-refundable tryout fee
No walk-ins will be allowed since groups have been arranged in advance and all sessions may be full.
"Tryouts" are a process of observing and evaluating players in an effort to select players and create teams at Bristol CRUSH Volleyball Club. This process is the same process used by most high school teams in their player/team selection process, and the evaluation involves many coaches and club administrators, as well as many different criteria. Although the criteria used to select players and create teams is up to the individual coaches of the teams the selections are being made for, as well as the club administrators, and differ based on age group, they can include any or all of the following:
1) Positional needs for a particular team
2) Overall Volleyball IQ/Knowledge and current volleyball ability
3) Coachability/Attitude
4) Overall Athleticism/Potential
5) Positional Skill and Knowledge