Unified Volleyball - Club Volleyball 101

Club volleyball provides a competitive level of play for girls who are interested in improving their skills and gaining the experience necessary to play in high school and beyond.

  • Improves a player’s technical, tactical and physical skills through practice/clinics and training
  • Provides an opportunity for tournament play against teams from all over the region and through certain programs, the nation.
  • Provides an opportunity to meet new friends and play with athletes with similar goals
  • Helps develop social skills and teaches athletes about competitiveness and how to deal with both winning and losing.
  • Compete at a higher level of volleyball – to push the athlete to reach their individual peak potential
  • Gain exposure (at elite levels) to college coaches and programs through the recruiting process

We utilize the Master Coaching System, which is a comprehensive training protocol that incorporates techniques used by the U.S. National Team, many Division I college programs, and the top clubs nationwide. This system will enable Unified to ensure a consistent set of training techniques and terminologies across all teams in our club, further unifying our National, National Select, and State level teams. All players and coaches will learn the same skills and strategies, which will promote cohesive, high-quality, and consistent level of training.

We offer a wide range of team levels with an appropriate tournament schedule! We offer three levels of teams:

  • National - this schedule offers the most competitive tournaments in the Midwest region. Teams will travel within five hours of the Oakland County area to compete against the top teams and athletes in the Midwest!
    • This level is for the athlete who wants to compete at the highest level or who might aspire to play volleyball in college.
  • National Select - this schedule provides more balance between competitive local tournaments and travel. There will be two to three tournaments that will be within a three hour drive from the Oakland County area.
    • This level is for the athlete who wants to continue her volleyball career and compete outside of school, but also has other sports/conflicts throughout the season that she needs to balance.
  • State - this schedule has all local Oakland County tournaments and offers one tournament in the Grand Rapids area.
    • This level is for the U10-U14 athlete who is new to the sport of volleyball and wants to grow her knowledge of the game. 

Here's a link to our 2025 tournament schedules: 2025 Schedule – Unified Volleyball

Unified Volleyball practices will start over the first week of December and conclude at their team's last tournament of the season! 

All Unified Volleyball teams will practice two times per week! 

  • National Teams will practice on Tuesday and Wednesday
  • National Select and State teams will practice on Monday and Thursday (with a few exceptions)

Our team's practice times are:

  • 4:15-6:00 pm
  • 6:00-7:45 pm
  • 7:45-9:30 pm

We also offer complimentary position training for our National and National Select teams. 

  • National Teams: Weekly position training 1x/week over weeks when the teams are not competing
  • National Select Teams: 1x per month position training

Please see the following page which includes the season costs for each age group and level:

2025 Payment Information – Unified Volleyball

Here's what's included in your team dues:

  • Uniform package
  • Two practices per week starting week of December 1st
  • Position Training (National and National Select team members)
  • (U15-18 National only) Hudl video package
  • Team Tournament Entry Fees
  • Coach's Pay
  • Coach Travel and Coach Hotel costs

What's not included:

  • Athlete/Family travel (i.e. hotels)
  • Athlete memberships (AAU and/or USAV)

Unified Volleyball tryouts are scheduled July for the 2024-2025 season! If you're unable to attend our initial tryouts, we have makeup tryouts throughout July and August. Here's the link to our tryout page: 2025 Tryouts – Unified Volleyball

 

2024-2025 Tryouts Dates: 

U12 & U13 National: Thursday, July 11th - 1:30-3:30 pm

U14 National: Thursday, July 11th - 5:30-8:00 pm

U15 National: Friday, July 12th - 9:30-12:30 pm

U16 National: Friday, July 12th - 6:00-8:30 pm

U17 National: Saturday, July 13th - 9:30-12:00 pm

U18 National: Friday, July 12th - 2:00-4:00 pm

U10-U14 National Select & State levels: Sunday, July 14th - 11:00-1:00 pm

U15-U18 National Select: Sunday, July 14th - 3:00-5:00 pm

 

Makeup Tryout Dates:

Makeup - U13-U18 Wednesday, July 17th - 5-7 pm

Makeup - U13-U18 Saturday, July 20th - 10-12 pm

Our facility's address is 2938 Waterview Dr. Rochester Hills

Our Story

Unified Volleyball was founded in July 2015 by Brian Kim and Jason Gambone (along with their wives Sam Kim and Heather Gambone).  We were four seasoned coaches who wanted to create a club that valued each of its members individually, and would be able incorporate everyone in a unified manner.  Unified Volleyball promotes a family environment, and strives for quality over quantity.  We want each of our athletes to improve and grow each year, no matter which level they choose to play!

Unified’s first season began with just 5 successful full-season teams, and 3 spring-season teams. Since then, we have grown to hosting over 30 teams each year. Unified Volleyball proudly caps our team limit to ensure that each team we have is properly set-up for success, and is not just another number.  Our former athletes are a part of the Unified family; many frequently return to coach with us or even just visit, and they have had many successful collegiate and professional volleyball careers.

We operate on integrity, class, and respect, and we encourage our athletes and families to follow our lead with this philosophy.  Unified strives to not only improve athletes’ skills and IQs as volleyball players, but also to learn to be responsible, determined, and well-rounded leaders and humans.