Joining the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball

The Arizona Region is moving to the USA Volleyball national registration system WebPoint for their online registration system beginning with the 2011 season. The Region staff will be trained in WebPoint the last week of July and will begin training club directors in August 2010.

This system is different in that it requires each member to register themselves instead of the club directors. All members will be required to register prior to the tryout time period. Proof of registration will be required at all club tryouts.

The annual membership runs from September 1 to August 31. Each member must renew their membership after Sept 1st to tryout or participate with a club for the new season.

USA Volleyball has increased the Admin Fees (fees that are charged per person and paid to USA Volleyball by the Region) by $10 effective Sept 1, 2010. The Admin Fees have not been increased in over 10 years. The costs of Arizona Region memberships have increased accordingly.

The access to the WebPoint system will linked here once we are up and running.

Directions for Individuals and Club Directors will be posted here as soon as possible.

The following information should be reviewed to determine the type(s) of membership that one person may be registering with the Arizona Region.

Anyone that was previously registered in the Arizona Region or another USA Volleyball Region will already be in the WebPoint system. The record will need to be found to be renewed. A username and password will be established with the record already in WebPoint.

All initial registration fees are to be submitted and payable to the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball, 2105 S. 48th Street, Suite 108, Tempe, AZ 85282. Membership is not effective until these fees are received and accounted. Cash, checks or credit card authorization are accepted. Upgrade fees will be submitted and payable to the club joined.

Adult Member -

• Junior Coaches, Chaperones, Junior Club Directors, Adult Players, Officials will all be registered as Adult members but will choose all that apply. One person may be an adult player, a junior coach and an official. All these would need to be identified in the system in order to participate as such.
• A full Adult membership is $50.
• A Chaperone membership is $25 and good for all events for the current season.
• Officials and Any Adult associated with a Junior Club are required to submit to a background screen through the USAV approved vendor (SSCI). The background screen is good for two seasons. The cost is $20. The background screen may be submitted online through the WebPoint system.
• Any adult associated with a junior club is also required to submit or electronically sign a Jr Club Personnel Code of Ethics on the WebPoint system.
• Officials must also submit an Official's Code of Ethics, a Sub Contractor Agreement and a W9 (if one is not currently on file with the AZ Region) in order to work tournaments for the Arizona Region.

Senior Member -

• Adult players age 55 and older that are just registering to participate in the USA Open National tournament can register with a Senior Membership.
• A senior adult membership is $25.

Junior Member -

• Junior members are boys and girls in high school or below.
• The Junior member must meet specific age requirements to play on teams. Players may always "play up" (on a team in an age category that is older than the player's age category) but are not able to "play down" (on a team that is younger than the player's age category). An Age Waiver may be applied for under specific conditions and only for play on a Club Division or non-traveling teams. There is a maximum of two age waivers allowed on any one team. Age Waivers are not accepted for teams participating in the Open or Championship Divisions on teams that are travel to interregional tournaments or Junior National Qualifying or Championship Events. Age waivers are typically for players born in the summer months and in the grade below that which is normally associated with their age category.
• The Junior member should be asked to provide proof of membership, proof of birth date and a completed medical release form at tryouts.
• A Tryout membership has been established for all junior members. All junior members will register in the WebPoint system for a Tryout membership. The limited Tryout membership will then be upgraded to a full Junior membership once the member has joined a club. The club will collect the upgrade fee from the player and submit to the Region upon acceptance to the club. The tryout fee will be $10. The upgrade fee will be $40.
• A full Junior membership is $50
• A birth certificate (or other legal document displaying date of birth - i.e., passport, school records, adoption papers) must be submitted or be on file with the Arizona Region for each Junior member
• A Junior Training Only membership is available for those junior age players that are only training with a club for all or part of the season. The member is not participating in any competition except for possibly same-club scrimmages as part of the practice session. There is no interclub competition allowed. The Junior training membership is $25

Summer Member -

• Summer memberships are for those adults and juniors that register after May 1st to participate in post-season or summer only events.
• Summer Memberships are partial memberships and are good for outdoor play, sanctioned camps, and sanctioned tournaments after the season is completed (i.e., to participate on a team forming to play in the Volleyball Festival). Players joining a team after May 1st that is attending a National Championship event may not register for a Summer Membership. Anyone attending a USAV National Championship Event must be a full membership type.
• A summer membership is $15

One Event member -

• A one event membership is for adults or juniors for one specified day only.
• If another one day membership is needed the member will be required to upgrade the membership to a full adult or junior member.
• A one event membership is $7