Waves Program 

Boys and Girls 6th-8th grade

Program Overview:

• Intermediate players: This program is designed for players with prior volleyball experience. If you're a 6th grade beginner, please check out our Ripples Academy.

• Combined Grades:  6th, 7th, and 8th grades will play together on combined grade teams. 

• Practice Format: The first half of practice focuses on skill training. The second half features scrimmages against other Waves teams.

• Season Finale: The season concludes with a final tournament for all participating teams.

• No Tryouts: There are no tryouts for this program.

• Team Skill Levels: We cannot guarantee the skill level of any team.

• Team Apparel: Players will receive a(1) LI Surge T-shirt with their team color on the first night of practice. This shirt should be worn to every practice. Additional shirts will be available for purchase.

Teams:

• Team Size: 5-8 players per team.

• Individual Registration: Players register individually. 

• Friend Requests: You can make friend requests during registration.

• Friend Request Policy: We will do our best to honor all friend requests, but they cannot be guaranteed.

Practices & Tournament:

• Practice Schedule: Practices are 60 minutes long on Friday nights.

• Practice Times: Practice times will vary and be either 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM or 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

• Practice Schedule Distribution: A detailed practice schedule, including team assignments, will be emailed once all teams are formed.

• January 30, 2026- March 27, 2026

• Practice Dates:1/30/26, 2/6/26, 2/27/26, 3/6/26, 3/13/26, & 3/20/26

  • Note: There is no practice on 2/13/26 & 2/20/26

• Tournament: 3/27/26

  ALL TEAMS 7:30pm-9:30pm

   

Location: Oceanside School 6-Castleton Gym,  65 Castleton Court, Oceanside, NY

Tuition:

• $300 per player (plus processing fees)

• Early Registration: Register by 12/21/25 to avoid late fees.

• Late Registration: A $25 late registration fee will be added on 12/22/25.

REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY

If you need to cancel:

No refunds will be issued and tuition is non transferrable.  At the end of registration, you will be given the option to purchase insurance that is offered by a third-party.  LI Surge has no affiliation with any insurance policies.

IF LI SURGE NEEDS TO CANCEL:

• If LI Surge cancels due to state, county or school health orders or mandate, you will receive a 100% credit that can be used for any LI Surge Program between the cancellation date and January  31, 2027.
• We reserve the right to add time to other sessions or add days to the calendar to make up for lost time. We cannot guarantee that time will be added if there is lost time due to cancellation, but we will do our best to get as much playing time in as possible. 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR WAVES WINTER 2026

Middle School Program: (Not currently being offered)

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PROGRAMS BY GRADE:

5th-6th Grade Beginners: Ripples Academy

6th-8th Grade: WAVES program

Middle School Program : This program is designed for those players who want to try travel volleyball and improve skills without a long term commitment. Teams will practice twice a week and play in scrimmages against other teams. 

*There is no tryout for this program.

The Middle School Program is modeled after travel volleyball with competition game-play 

Tryouts are not required  & all experience levels are welcome

Girls 5th-8th

Maximum 11 players on each team

This program is designed for those players who want to try travel volleyball and improve skills without a long term commitment. Teams will practice twice a week and play in  2 scrimmages  and 1 half-day tournament against other teams. Scrimmages/Tournament times and dates are TBD.

• The Middle School Program is modeled after travel volleyball 

• Competition game-play 

• Tryouts are not required-CHOOSE YOUR TEAM AT REGISTRATION!   

• All experience levels are welcome!

Tuition: tbd

REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY

If you need to cancel:

No refunds will be issued and tuition is non transferrable.  At the end of registration, you will be given the option to purchase insurance that is offered by a third-party.  LI Surge has no affiliation with any insurance policies.

IF LI SURGE NEEDS TO CANCEL:

• If LI Surge cancels due to state, county or school health orders or mandate, you will receive a 100% credit that can be used for any LI Surge Program between the cancellation date and January  31, 2026.
• We reserve the right to add time to other sessions or add days to the calendar to make up for lost time. We cannot guarantee that time will be added if there is lost time due to cancellation, but we will do our best to get as much playing time in as possible. 

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