The Arizona Region is committed to creating and upholding traditions of excellence through volleyball, focusing on responsibility and accountability.  Everyone involved in the sport of volleyball is responsible for his or her own behavior whether on the court, the bench, the stands or the parking lot.

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Parent Code of Conduct

      As a Parent, I:

• Will remain in the spectator areas during all games.

• Will not advise the coach on how to coach, who to put in the game and/or who to take out of the game.

• Will respect the integrity of the officials and not advise them how to call the match.

• Will model sportsmanship for my child by treating all coaches, officials, tournament directors and players of either team with courtesy and respect.

• Will encourage hard work and honest effort that will lead to improved performance and participation.

• Will emphasize the cooperative nature of the sport.

• Will not try to coach my child during the game.

• Will encourage athletes to participate in volleyball drug, tobacco and alcohol free.

• Will attend all volleyball events alcohol and drug free

• Will cheer for my child’s team.

• Will encourage my child to participate for enjoyment as well as competition. 

• Will applaud good and fair play during matches.

• Will be in control of my emotions.

• Will learn the rules of the game to help me better understand what is happening on the court.

• Understand that physical or verbal intimidation of any individual is unacceptable behavior

• Will be supportive of all attempts to remove verbal or physical abuse from organized volleyball activities, including language.

• Understand that conduct that is inappropriate as determined by comparison to normally accepted behavior is unacceptable.

• Will protect the ability to continue using the facility by following all the rules of the facility, such as NO FOOD, DRINK OR COOLERS IN THE GYM, smoking in designated areas only, throwing all trash in an appropriate receptacle, etc. 

• Will protect athletes from sanctions and/or suspension by producing accurate documentation

• Will honor financial commitments.

Arizona Region Contributor and sydicated columnist Tom Kuyper has a website of his Youth Sports articles geared toward Parents. You can find the site here