Stars in young nearby associations are the only targets that allow giant planet searches in the near future, at all separations by coupling indirect techniques, such as radial velocity (RV) and deep imaging. These stars are first priority targets for the forth- coming planet imagers on eight- to ten-metre class telescopes. Young stars rotate more rapidly and are more active than their older counterparts. Both effects can limit the ability to detect planets using RV. We wish to explore the planet detection abilities of a representative sample of stars in close and young associations with RY data and to explore the complementarity between this technique and direct imaging. The RV technique allows the detection of planets lighter than Jupiter reaching a few Neptune masses around young stars aged typically 30 Myr or more. Detection limits increase at younger ages, but (sub-)Jupiter mass planets are still detectable. In the next few years, using complementary techniques will allow a full exploration of the Jupiter-mass planets' content of many of these stars.