ALAMEDA/ MORAGA BEACH VOLLEYBALL


TRYOUTS FOR SUMMER 2025


We will be having tryouts for both Alameda and Moraga locations at Moraga Commons


TRYOUTS IN MORAGA



Updated 3/20/25...

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Tryout Fee: $40



Saturday March 22nd,

10 to 11:30am

15's, 16's, 17's, 18's



Saturday March 22nd,

Noon to 1:30pm,

12's, 13's and 14's

Sunday March 30th,

Noon to 1:30pm

2 to 3:30pm

12's, 13's and 14's


Sunday March 30th

2 to 3:30pm

15's, 16's, 17's, 18's



Moraga Commons Park, 1425 St Marys Rd, Moraga, CA 94556



(If you cannot make your age group, you can tryout on the other day)



Our beach program is an intermediate/advanced program. Players should have at least 1 year of indoor club experience. 12's players trying out in Moraga should be at the 13/14s ability level.



Tryout results will be given in 1-3 weeks after tryout completion.



 If you can't make tryouts...


If you are interested in playing beach for Red Rock Alameda/Moraga, please fill out the application/tryout form below. The indoor season can be very busy, so you can include a link for video footage and also let us know what indoor tournaments you'll be at and we'll do our best to evaluate you by either setting up a tryout or trying to watch you.



Register with the button(s) below. 



Click Here for Full 2025 Program/Pricing Description TRYOUT FORM SAT 3/22, SUN 3/30 2025 MISSED TRYOUT/APPLICATION FORM


Red Rock Alameda and Moraga Summer 2025 Beach Program


Welcome to one of the Northern California's best beach programs!


Red Rock Alameda/Moraga Beach Volleyball provides comprehensive technical and tactical instruction in competitive beach volleyball.  With training locations in both Alameda and Moraga, we provide a great learning environments for any player, from a college prospect to someone brand new to the sand.


Our program is OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS IN ANY CLUB through TRYOUTS AND EVALUATIONS


Our program begins late May and runs through the summer.  You don't need to be here all summer, but we ask for at least a 4 week commitment.


 You do NOT need to have a partner to be part of our program, and your partner doesn't need to be at practice.   We do our best to pair players together.  Being part of a beach club allows you to practice and meet other players.


Red Rock Alameda club players don't need to tryout and are automatically accepted into our program.  Many of our indoor players play beach during the summer as part of our training.


The best situation is to sign up for the FULL SUMMER PROGRAM, and come to as much as you can, however, if you know that there are times you'll be on vacation or travelling, we offer a pro-rated weekly program. 


The weeks don't need to be consecutive, and it is a 4 week minimum. 





Our Coaching Staff Includes Our Red Rock Coaches and College Players




Janice Harrer,

St Mary’s College Beach Head Coach, Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame

We are excited to have Janice Harrer (Opalinski) return to coach and help guide our program.


Janice is one of the most experienced and successful beach volleyball players of all-time, with a career that spanned 18 seasons. She racked up 25 professional titles across the AVP, WPVA, and FIVB Tours, and won a host of awards including a WPVA Defensive Player of the Year award in 1990. She also owns 13 combined U.S. and World Championships.

 

All of those years spent on pro tours helped her land one of the highest honors during the peak of beach volleyball on a national scale: being named an Olympic alternate for the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first season beach volleyball was included as an Olympic sport. She qualified as an alternate with her partner at the time, Gayle Stammer.

 

Harrer’s career ended shortly thereafter, and in 2012 she was named to the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame, the ultimate recognition for one of the best beach volleyball careers the sport has seen.


Harrer has been at St Mary’s College for two seasons, helping the team to a third place finish at the WCC Tournament in 2024. She has led her program to 34 wins over the past two seasons, making her the third winningest coach in program history. She is on pace to break the program win record in the 2025 season. 


Janice loves the game and her role as a coach to mentor these young women, student-athletes, through the vehicle of volleyball. Janice’s daughter Hawley also played at St Mary’s for 5 years, and was a coach for Red Rock Beach. Coincidently, Janice and Eddie are both Dana Hills High School alumni, although they never crossed path’s there but had the same cross country/track coach, Tim Butler.




Eddie Chen

Club Director and Beach Coach


Originally from Southern California and has been playing volleyball for most of his life and coaching for over twenty years. He is currently the Red Rock East Bay Director and Coach of the girls and boys indoor programs. He is also the Varsity Women's and Men's Volleyball Coach at Encinal High School where he currently teaches. Prior to Encinal he was previously at St Joseph Notre Dame High School for 8 years as a teacher and a coach. His team took 2nd place in NCS and CIF Nor-Cal Finals in 2013, just one win short of the CIF State Championship.


Eddie is incredibly experienced with beach volleyball. He is BCAP certified and was the former NCVA High Performance Beach Coach and director of SandLegs Volleyball Club. Many of his former players are now competing at the Division I colleges including Stanford, LMU, USF, Cal Berkeley, USC, Oregon, Long Beach and Cal Poly.


Eddie is also a Physics and Math teacher at Encinal High School. Prior to becoming an teacher, he was an Engineer and Program Manager in Silicon Valley, but he changed careers when he wanted to have a more meaningful impact on today's youth, through education and volleyball.


Eddie is an avid beach volleyball player, is married with two children, believes in positive coaching, and is excited about growing the sport of beach volleyball and Red Rock Beach





Liz Waters-Liega

 Beach Coach


CAL Beach Volleyball Biography

https://calbears.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/roster/liz-waters-leiga/21444


I want to emphasize in my coaching a good mindset about mistakes or bad games/ practices. I think it’s really important to be able to forgive yourself and accept good and bad performances as a growth opportunity. I think that’s a skill that will help you in life whether or not you pursue volleyball at the next level.



Madelyn Lafollette

 Beach Coach


University of Oregon Beach Biography

https://goducks.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/roster/madelyn-lafollette/11180


  • Competed two years of Division 1 Beach Volleyball at the University of Oregon. Competed in the 1’s pair her senior year.
  • Granted the Dante Benedetti Award her sophomore year at USF, an honor given to one female student-athlete who serve as an inspiration to their teammates through their unwavering sense of loyalty, self sacrifice, unselfishness, positive attitude and hard work.
  • Named to the WCC All-Freshman Team her freshman year at USF.
  • Competed 2 years of Division 1 Beach Volleyball at the University of San Francisco.
  • Coached at SandLegs Beach Volleyball Club for 4 years.
  • Played sand volleyball club for 4 years at SandLegs Beach Volleyball Club in Alameda, CA.
  • Played indoor club volleyball for 6 years. Played libero for Absolute Volleyball Club out of San Rafael, CA.
  • Played varsity volleyball for four years at Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, CA.




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