Aftershock Volleyball Club

Aftershock Volleyball Club offers volleyball tryouts, pre-tryout volleyball clinics, position-specific volleyball training, and organized volleyball competition for junior girls. The program also includes a first team practice, parent meetings, and club member sign-ups.

• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: Pre-tryout clinics run on Sundays, September 21 and 28, 2025, with 8th grade and under from 12:30–2:30 pm and 9th grade and above from 3:00–5:00 pm; tryouts for 8th grade and under (ages 9–14) take place October 11–12, 2025, and tryouts for 9th grade and above (ages 15–18) take place October 18–19, 2025; the first team practice, parent meeting, and member sign-ups are on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
• Price: $50 one-time fee for both days of tryouts; $25 for each clinic.

Aftershock Volleyball Club is led by Club Director Craig Hardisty and Director of Player Development Rich Schwarz. The club states that it is committed to providing instructional supervision in a disciplined setting, emphasizing athletic fundamentals, skills, and techniques in specific training categories, and that it is dedicated to the development of girls as athletes and individuals from grade school through high school. The club states that it works with parents and local schools to provide intensive, high quality training for players who aspire to compete at the high school and college level, and that it offers programs throughout the year with training and competition aligned with each member’s age, experience, skill, and available time. The club describes a mission of teaching, training, reinforcing, and recognizing proper technique, form, teamwork, and performance, and of helping players develop core values and characteristics that can serve as a stepping stone to higher education and leadership opportunities. The club also states a unified vision to create an environment that focuses on character development, self esteem, valuable skill sets, good sportsmanship, and fun through volleyball, incorporating core values such as work ethic, persistence, discipline, determination, competition, goal setting, and accountability.

Aftershock Volleyball Club identifies itself as a junior girls volleyball club located in Central Sonoma County, California, and states that it operates under the regulations of the Northern California Volleyball Association (NCVA), one of multiple regions within USA Volleyball. It notes that USA Volleyball is the National Governing Body for the sport of volleyball in the United States and is recognized by the Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The club states that tryouts are open to all junior girl athletes with no invitation or past experience required, and that every effort is made to place players on teams that align with their experience and skill sets. Pre-tryout clinics are open to all girls, whether seasoned players or new to volleyball, and participation in clinics does not require any commitment to try out for the club. The club notes that clinics focus on essential individual technical skills and position-specific training and that they give coaches a preview of players’ skills to help with decisions during tryouts. Optional parent meetings are offered at each tryout about 15 minutes after the start, and parents who wish to observe tryouts or clinics are advised that seating is not provided or may be limited and that they may want to bring a folding chair. Players may attend one or both clinics, and participants are asked to self monitor during flu and COVID season and stay home if they have a fever or other illness symptoms. For tryouts, players are instructed to bring a completed Tryout Registration Form, $50 payment, a water bottle, kneepads, and appropriate athletic attire. For clinics, a printed and signed Waiver of Liability form is required, and players are asked to arrive appropriately dressed with knee pads and tennis shoes and no tank tops.

Last updated March 28, 2026.