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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.
Athlete Health Issues
Watch this hour long Frontline report, "Inside the Teenage Brain."
Kim Gorgens discusses "Protecting the Brain Against Concussions."
The National Federation of High Schools (NFHS - the national goverining body of high school sports) has a Free online course on Concussion Management. To watch click here. You will have to register to take this course. There is no cost to register. All Coaches are required to take this course - All Parents of athletes are strongly encouraged to take this course.
CDC Fact Sheets on Concussions:
The acknowledgement of the parent and the athlete reading these forms is now an annual requirement for junior registration in the Arizona Region. There is now a state law that required concussion education for organizations that use school facilities. These acknowledgement forms must be kept by the AZ Region until the player is the age of maturity plus 2 years and we must collect them each year. Coaches must also be educated but they are taught in our IMPACT clinics.
ESIX Info on ALS and Concussions (ESIX is the USA Volleyball Insurance Broker)
USA Volleyball WebPage regarding Concussions - information and severl links to other articles/papers/organizations.
Parent Behavior Items
Great article and video on "Grounding Helicotor Parents."
Watch this report from The Today Show regarding, "Babies Going Pro."
Read about the Realities of Sports Scholarships in this provocative article from the New York Times.
Are you hurting your child's chances of an athletic scholarship? Read this article with interviews from many college coaches for their take on Helicopter Parents.
Know the AIA Rules - read this letter from a family
that unknowingly almost cost several girls their opportunity to
participate with their high school teams
at the state tournament.
Arizona Region contributor and syndicated columnist Tom Kuyper has a website of his youth sports articles geared toward Parents. You can find the site here
Parent
Code of Conduct
As
a Parent, I:
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Will remain in the spectator areas during all games.
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Will not advise the coach on how to coach, who to put in the game and/or who to take out of the game.
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Will respect the integrity of the officials and not advise them how to call the match.
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Will model sportsmanship for my child by treating all coaches, officials, tournament directors and players of either team with courtesy and respect.
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Will encourage hard work and honest effort that will lead to improved performance and participation.
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Will emphasize the cooperative nature of the sport.
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Will not try to coach my child during the game.
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Will encourage athletes to participate in volleyball drug, tobacco and alcohol free.
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Will attend all volleyball events alcohol and drug free
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Will
cheer for my child’s team.
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Will
encourage my child to participate for enjoyment as well as
competition.
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Will applaud good and fair play during matches.
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Will be in control of my emotions.
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Will learn the rules of the game to help me better understand what is happening on the court.
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Understand that physical or verbal intimidation of any individual is unacceptable behavior
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Will be supportive of all attempts to remove verbal or physical abuse from organized volleyball activities, including language.
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Understand that conduct that is inappropriate as determined by comparison to normally accepted behavior is unacceptable.
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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.
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Will protect athletes from sanctions and/or suspension by producing accurate documentation
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Will honor financial commitments.
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