Seaside Volleyball Club offers developmental and elite level competitive teams at age levels 13 thru 18.  The club offers private instruction, clinics, camps and group volleyball training sessions year-round as well. 
 
The club operates out of the San Diego Volleyball Club/Seaside Volleyball Club facility in Rancho Bernardo.  At the present time, the club also sponsors programs in the South County at Otay Ranch High School and in the East County at Granite Hills High School.  In '07, Seaside sponsored competitive teams in the La Jolla area as well.
 
In addition to the central facility in Rancho Bernardo, the club also rents the Del Mar Sports Center during the winter months when extra courts are needed for all of the competitive teams to practice in.
 
At the present time, Seaside has four 18 and under teams, three 17 and under teams, two 16 and under teams, one 15 and under team, and a 14 and under team training and competing regularly in the Orange County/Anaheim/Los Angeles areas year-round.
 
In addition to these above programs, the club offers Sunday "Jumpstart" clinics for boys ages 9 to 13.  The San Diego Volleyball Club (a girls club) works with Seaside to offer even more volleyball instruction for boys and girls year-round as well.  They sponsor open gym time for adults, kids, high school players, and offer tournaments.  Seaside coaches often work with the San Diego Volleyball Club coaches to share in the instruction load.  Both clubs work closely together to provide the necessary teaching assistance that comes with expanded programs.
 
In August, Seaside sponsors the Next Level Volleyball Camp for high school and middle school players.  The camp features top local coaches from around the county as well as collegiate and international players to teach fundamentals and tactics essential to reaching the 'next level' in volleyball. 
 
The club offers two tryouts (one in mid September and one in late May).  The Fall competitive programs run from late September to late January for the high school level teams and from January to May for the middle school teams.  In June, the club starts back up for the high school boys and gears up for the Southern California Regionals in late June, and then the nationals (Sandy, Utah in '08) in early July.  The qualifying tournament for all the teams for the open division of nationals takes place over the Martin Luther King weekend in January in the Los Angeles area.  The National tournament is sponsored by USA Volleyball and is located in different parts of the country, year-to-year. 
 
The club has been operating since 1989.  The founder and director, Fred Featherstone, is still at the helm of operations and oversees all of the club's business including hiring, training players and coaches, financial matters, scheduling, parental support, and team/player selection.  Fred has an outstanding array of experienced, loyal, competent coaches to work with, and the annual contingency of many enthusiastic, hard-working parents who sacrifice a lot of personal time to help govern the club.  Seaside has a longstanding tradition of success, and the quality of the parents willing to help is unsurpassed county-wide on an annual basis.
 
Costs for the year to play on a competitive team vary between $1800 to $3300 depending on the competitive level and months of commitment.  All fees help cover all administrative costs including, coach salaries, gym rental, equipment, entries, SCVA registration, coach/director/team parent travel costs among other things.
 
Seaside Boys Volleyball Club is one of only three clubs nationally that have won three National Championship Titles (all at 18 and under) over the past 20 years.
 
For more information about the club, contact Fred Featherstone at (619) 203-4093 or the San Diego Volleyball Club/Seaside facility at (858) 385-1855 (Dave Whitaker).
 
Seaside Volleyball is a boys only competitive club but offers private and group instruction to girls as well.

GO SEASIDE!