III. Club Policy
St. Louis Volleyball Club believes that once a team is selected, it will remain intact and continue to practice and compete as a unit until the close of the USAV Junior season. Exceptional situations which would leave the team unable to compete (including long-term injury or illness) must first be discussed with the Club Director before closure will be considered.
 St. Louis Volleyball Club actively encourages players and parents to be role models in both practice sessions and matches, being courteous, respectful and polite to all players, parents, coaches, and officials. We expect players to attend all practices and tournaments unless conflicts occur with high school or family requirements.

IV. Budgets
 The club requires financial support from the families to provide the necessary resources needed for its team to participate in tournaments throughout the season. Each team is treated as an autonomous unit in their fundraising and dues paying, and each player will contribute equally to cover the team expenses regardless of their level of participation (i.e. missing a tournament does not relieve the player of the responsibility for a portion of the cost).  One notable exception to the autonomous condition is fundraising efforts that exceed all expenses of a player or a team.  Excess funds raised by a player will not be returned but will instead stay within the team to help offset other team expenses.  Excess funds after the team expenses are covered will be used to cover other club expenses as necessary before any refund to a team is considered.
Budgets differ for each team according to the number of players, amount of travel and number of tournaments the team enters.  Based on recent season’s information an average cost for the season (excluding travel expenses) is expected to range from $400 to $1000 per player.  Any travel expenses for the player and family will be additional. 
The outlay of funds will be weighted toward the early part of the season to cover non﷓recurring team and club expenses.  Once a player commits to a team she must pay $200.00 registration fee. An additional payment of approximately $200.00 is due at the club's annual meeting, usually held in December, or before play begins in January if the meeting is delayed.  There will also be monthly team dues payable at the beginning of the first 5 months of the season in the $40-100 range depending on age group (ie. Activity level).  This formula creates an average dollar amount to cover season expenses.  For some teams the outlay may be a somewhat larger amount depending on the number of tournaments and travel sites.  Fundraising will reduce a player’s cash obligations if a team chooses to hold fundraising events.
Money collected from parents or derived from fundraisers is primarily used for team expenses, tournament entries and coaches costs (i.e. food, hotel, gas, etc.).  Coaches do receive a monthly stipend based on the age group, number of practices and expected tournament structure for each team, as well as including a component for experience as a head coach.  Club officers also receive a monthly stipend.  The team fees are intended to cover player uniform shirts.  Each player purchases the remainder of necessary uniform and related equipment.