: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF BADGER REGION VOLLEYBALL!

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1 : CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF BADGER REGION VOLLEYBALL! Badger Region Volleyball Association Volue 5, Issue 7 Dec. 6, 2018 THE BADGER BEACON ebership@badgervolleyball.org Boys Select Tea added to HP offerings The Badger Region Volleyball Association is taking a big step forward to help proote boys volleyball in the state of Wisconsin by offering a Boys Select Tea that will travel to the 2019 High Perforance Chapionships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Boys Select Tea will be in addition to the Boys National Youth Tea that trains to copete in the HP Chapionships. The Badger Region Select Tea will copete in the newly fored National Select Division at the HP Chapionships. Boys Select athletes ust be born in 2003, 2004 or 2005 to be eligible for this elite-level tea. Boys National Youth tea ebers ust be born in 2001 or 2002 to be eligible. The decision to send this additional younger boys tea was based on last year s Boys Select Cap that took place at Carthage College in conjunction with the Boys National Youth Cap. We had a lot of interest and an aazing level of talent that cae out for our Select Cap in our first year, said Badger Region Progra Director Brian Sharkey. It only Participants in the 2018 Boys Select Cap at Carthage College will be aong the athletes eligible to travel to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the 2019 HP Chapionships. ade sense to give these athletes the opportunity to strive for soething bigger. The Boys Select and Boys National Youth teas will head to Fort Lauderdale for the HP Chapionships July 18 through July 22 along with the Girls International Youth Tea (girls born in 2002 and 2003) and the Girls National Select Tea (girls born in 2004 and 2005). Not failiar with High Perforance? Here s just a few of the great perks: Expose to athletes to high-level college (NCAA and NAIA) recruiters who attend the international tournaent that the Badger Region teas attend. Offer a college-like sports athlete experience where athletes learn what it is like to be treated like an elite-level athlete. Be a part of independent travel experience led by highly certified Badger Region staff and HP Coaches Gain exposure to elite level coaching provided by the Midwest s highest level club and college coaches. Train alongside other all-star caliber athletes fro around the Badger Region. Play against other all-star teas fro around the country and the world Coaches for these teas and training locations for the caps leading up to HP Chapionships will be announced in January of All teas (boys and girls) will start with tryouts either March 15 or March 22 at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee as part of the Badger Region Chapionships weekend. For ore inforation about High Perforance, contact Brian Sharkey at brian@ badgervolleyball.org or call Pair of scholarships offered by Region to seniors The Badger Region will again be offering graduating seniors the opportunity to apply for scholarships available to both boys and girls. This year, the Region will select five boys and five girls who eet the criteria for $500 scholarships that will be paid directly to the student s college of choice once they are enrolled. In addition, two athletes, one boy and one girl will also be considered for the Frisco Mo Do Good scholarship, if they eet the additional criteria required for these $500 scholarships. Lisa Deppe, the founder and owner of Frisco Mo, said her copany is all about rewarding athletes who do good in their counity over the past school year. To apply for any of the scholarships, athletes should go to www. badgervolleyball.org and click on Progra & Education and then on Badger Region Scholarship. There they can be taken to the application which is broken in two parts. The first is required by all applicants. The last section is for athletes who want to be considered for the Do Good scholarship, which requires soe sort of counity service activity be described in the application. The other Badger Region scholarships do not require counity service as part of the criteria. Athletes ust eet the following criteria for both scholarships: * Graduating high school senior in the year of application (students who graduate in winter will be eligible alongside students who graduate in the spring or suer) * No code of conduct violations * Student athlete is eber of the Badger Region and is in good standing with the Badger Region Volleyball Association and his or her club * Subit a copleted application for * Subit an acceptance letter fro a college, university or other post-secondary acadeic institution. (To receive payent, proof of registration and enrollent in a post-secondary school will be required) * Subit a letter of recoendation fro club director or 18s club coach Last year, we have 20 boys and 45 girls apply for the scholarships, said progra director Brian Sharkey. It was great to learn about so any aazing student athletes who ake up the graduating class each year in the Badger Region. The deadline to apply is April 5, Winners will be announced in May.

2 page 2 BADGER BEACON New certification available In an effort to proote continuing education for region coaches the Badger Region has partnered with the Art of Coaching Volleyball to offer a Badger Region Coaches Certification. The certification is FREE to Badger Region coaches and will be the priary vehicle for re-certification to be eligible to coach in our region. The approxiately twohour certification process consists of videos on coaching philosophy and other big picture ideas and concludes with a brief quiz of the inforation covered. Upon copletion a certificate is also provided for download. Beginning in the season, Badger Region Coaches will need to coplete two hours of Badger Region approved Coaching Continuing Education during the current quad (four-year Olypic cycle) to be eligible to coach in the following quad. The certification entioned above is one way to accoplish that. New coaches will still be required to coplete the IMPACT progra while experienced coaches ay also choose fro attending IMPACT or an in-person clinic offered by AVCA, WVCA, and the Badger Region. Other education ay be considered with pre-approval fro the Badger Region office. For ore inforation on the Art of Coaching partnership that the Region has for the club season, visit our website at All Badger Region coaches will get a free AoC preiu ebership this season. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Noinations sought for junior awards Noinations for the 2019 Service Awards are now being accepted by USA Volleyball. Noinations for ebers who have served the Junior Counity of USA Volleyball on a local, regional or national level are needed for the following categories: 1. Outstanding Progra Director 2. Outstanding Feale Coach 3. Outstanding Male Coach 4. Outstanding Parent 5. Outstanding Clinician 6. Outstanding Referee 7. Outstanding Scorer 8. Outstanding Service Award Consult the USAV Guidebook for specific criteria for each of these awards. For ore: USA-Volleyball/About-Us/Awards. Noinations should include: 1. Noinees nae and Region 2. Address 3. Phone nuber and eail address 4. One-page explanation of the noinee s accoplishents and reason for noination. 5. Nae address, phone nuber and eail address of the person subitting the noination. Noinations ust be subitted on the Noination For no later than 9 p.. Jan. 31, For a noination for, contact Badger Region progra director Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org. Art of Coaching Volleyball clinic coing to Milwaukee The Badger Region Volleyball Association is partnering with The Art of Coaching Volleyball to host an in-person clinic April 6-7 at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Leading the clinic will be woen s national tea coach and longtie player Karch Kiraly, forer national tea and Oregon State University coach Terry Liskevych and Luka Slabe, a woen s national tea assistant and BYU en s assistant. This will be in addition to other exceptional coaches who will be on site. Drawing on national tea, collegiate and high school experience, coaches couldn t ask for a ore knowledgeable group of presenters. Topics of discussion will include, but are not liited to, skill echanics, offensive/ defensive strategies, tea dynaics, running tryouts and using statistics. The clinic includes dedicated Q&A ties where you attendees can get one-on-one access. Every attendee will receive a clinic handbook to aid in note taking and review. Badger Region ebers should use the following steps to register for the event and receive a $50 discount. 1. Go to the 2019 Milwaukee Coaching Clinic site 2. Click Register Now to be taken to the 2019 Milwaukee Ticket site 4. Select the nuber of coaches you are trying to register and click Register Now 5. Fill in the coaches details and then click Proceed to Payent Options 6. On the Registration Checkout, you can input your Badger Region Discount Code ($50) that can be found under My Discounts 7. Click on Subit Prootion Code to apply your discount code 8. Click on Proceed to Payent Options where you can pay by CC or receive an invoice to pay by check.

3 page 3 BADGER BEACON CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Parents sought for Serve United progra H.E.L.P. It ight be a four-letter word, but it could be a life-saver for coaches and club directors looking for soe assistance to get the through the club volleyball season. When a parent asks, How can I help? coaches and club directors can direct the to the Badger Region s Serve United progra. The progra encourages adults (parents, friends, fans, etc.) to be part of the club volleyball experience and give their teas a hand throughout the season. What sort of hand is up to the coaches and club directors. But in the two years that the progra has existed, parents have contributed in soe of the following ways: Line judging Scoring or scorekeeping Shagging volleyballs Acting as a second referee Doing these types of things allow athletes ore tie to rest, recover, eat and re-hydrate between atches at tournaents. It gets the off their feet. And it gives parents soething to do during down tie. We feel that parents who have a strong opinion about the calls that are being ade on the court should try it theselves before they return to the bleachers where they often get glared at for their reactions to calls in the gae. Parents who coplete the requireents listed below will have their ebership and background screening fees reibursed by the Badger Region. They re doing their tea a favor, so we felt they should be rewarded. All participants in the progra also get a free t-shirt and other cool Badger Region swag. So, what are the requireents to be a part of the Badger Region s Serve United progra? Parents ust: Obtain a Chaperone ebership ($27) Get a background screening ($18) Coplete the SafeSport certification progra (free) Take a handful of officiating odules online (free) Once these are copleted, they will be sent a reiburseent check and a goodie bag full of Badger Region gear. Another positive of the progra should be very encouraging to parents of young athletes. The ore SafeSport-certified and background-screened adults that are at events, the better. That way, ore people are looking out for the safety of all the players in the gy. Over the course of the last two seasons, over 60 parents at close to 20 clubs have copleted the progra. For soe parents, getting that taste of officiating ade the want to get ore ref training. And since the progra started, soe parents have gone on to becoe ore involved in officiating with the Badger Region and other volleyball organizations reffing at high school, club and NCAA atches. If you have any questions about the Serve United progra and how to join, eail brian@badgervolleyball.org or call A check list can be found at serve-united-2 to help participants ake sure they have taken the proper steps to copleting all the progra s requireents. The deadline to becoe a Serve United parent is March 31 (the final day of the Badger Region Chapionships). The next tie you think you can H.E.L.P., think Serve United. God luck this season! Badger Region Power League to feature 190 teas In the first year of the progra, there will be 192 teas fro 30 clubs coing to the series. In all, there will be just over 3,400 atches for the Badger Region Power League. Clubs coitted to the 2019 Badger Region Power League include: * 360 Volleyball Acadey * 414 Milwaukee Elite * Adversity-Wisconsin * Balance VBC * Capital Volleyball Acadey * Eclipse VBC * Epic VBC * FC Elite * Fond du Lac Fusion * Fox Valley Perforance VBC * Ipact VBC * Jr Red Knight VBC * Midwest Penguins * Milwaukee Sting * Motion Volleyball Progra * Next Level VBC * One Wisconsin VBC * Revolution Volleyball Acadey * River City * Rolling Thunder VBC * Royal VBC * Southwest Milwaukee VBC * V-Hawk Extree * Club W * Wisconsin Blaze * Wisconsin Ice VBC * Wisconsin Juniors * Wisconsin Preier VBC Director of Operations Jen Arson-Dyer calls the Badger Region Power League a huge success, and it hasn t even started yet. I a very pleased with the status of the first Badger Region Power League. This league was fored at the request of our clubs, coaches and failies to allow the to stay closer to hoe for a high-quality event and save oney and peace of ind. Fro the initial idea, there has been coplete buy-in and that really speaks to the quality of our club leadership and the failies they serve, sahe said. We re proud to be a host of this event and will do everything we can to ake this a copetitive, fun, safe and cost-saving event that will thrive in Badger Region. Other details * Jan * Feb * April Locations will rotate around the state based on RFP subissions that cae to the Badger Region. Assignents are as follows (listing are in order that teas will rotate): 14-Elite: Milwaukee Sting Center, Wisconsin Dells Center, Center Court 14-Regional: Milwaukee Sting Center, Wisconsin Dells Center, University School 16-Elite: UW-Parkside, Milwaukee Sting Center, Center Court 16-Regional: Center Court, Rec- Plex, Stoughton Athletic Center 18-Elite: Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School, RecPlex, Milwaukee Sting Center 18-Regional: University School Milwaukee Sting Center, Center Court

4 page 4 BADGER BEACON USAV, Badger Region logos available for your club s jerseys Want to show your support for the Badger Region and USA Volleyball on your club s jerseys? Now you can. Any Badger Region-registered club can request to use the Region logo on its jerseys, bags and other arketing. All club directors need to do is eail Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org and aterials will be sent to you. USA Volleyball is also aking it possible to show case the governing body s logo and eber club brand on jerseys starting with the club volleyball season. Meber clubs wishing to affix the USAV Meber Club logo to jerseys will be required to apply to USAV for the right to use the ark. For a copy of the agreeent, eail Tori Hoke at tori.hoke@ usav.org. USA Volleyball will review the agreeent to insure that it is coplete and accurate and will return a countersigned version granting the eber club the right to use the logo. Meber clubs will be required to strictly follow the rules and guidelines outlined in the agreeent so as to stay in copliance with the agreeent that USAV has with Adidas. Meber clubs will not be allowed to the use the logo on any erchandise other than tea jerseys and cannot affix it to any product for sale (or to be given away) to any third party. Send USAV your style for agazine We want to see your style! The all-digital version of the USA Volleyball agazine is coing, with the first issue scheduled for Noveber. The agazine will have an interactive feel with beautiful iagery and video to highlight our sport and the people who play it, coach it, officiate it and cheer it on. We want our readers to FEEL the agic of being part of the volleyball counity the copetition, the thrill, the fun but also the caaraderie, the friendships and the style. We want to focus on what it eans to participate and drea, and also inspire and keep our ebers involved. In that vein, we want a photo section focused on club ebers and their participation in volleyball. Clubs should send in photos of players, coaches, officials parents, etc., showing off the exciteent of being part of this sport, whether it s on or off the court. Your Style can ean anything your ebers want! Think of it as an Instagra account of volleyball style! We ll use as any as possible in each issue of the agazine, identifying the players, club and region, if that inforation is included. Clubs can start sending photos iediately to Laura Fawcett at laura.fawcett@usav.org. * Iprove serve speed, quickness and juping ability * All training is etric-driven All participants will be jup tested at the beginning and end of the cap All athletes grade currently in 7th-12th grade are welcoe Details: Sundays fro 10 to 11 a.. Nov. 4, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Dec. 2, Dec. 9, Dec. 16 Cost = $130 (No ake-up sessions) CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Junior Work Crew (Ref/ Score) Clinics to be free There are several ways that clubs can choose to train their coaches and players as junior work crews, including in-person by a certified clinician, in-person by a club representative with the appropriate knowledge, and online training. Beginning this season, Badger Region will cover the cost of sending one certified clinician to your club for one clinic (a savings of $150 for those who choose this option). The Region reserves the right to cobine these clinics where appropriate, and ask that not ore than players attend at once. The certified clinician can also be used to train your staff, who then can individually train the players, as is the practice of any clubs, especially for scoring. Any additional clinics or training requested by the club will follow the noral fee schedule ($150 for the first additional requested clinic, even on the sae day, $100 per clinic for any session after that). IMPACT to be free in season Beginning this season, Badger Region will be offering all in-person IMPACT clinics for free to our ebers (a savings of $50 per person). In-person clinics are liited, but there are on-deand clinics available through Webpoint. Top Flight Volleyball Perforance Enhanceent Cap Visit topflightone.co or contact Ajau Olaniyan at or eail aolaniyan@topflightone.co to register or if you have questions. Located at TNT Perforance (12675 W. Townsend St. in Brookfield, Wis.)

5 page 5 BADGER BEACON celebrating 25 years Badger Region Volleyball Association 2831 N. Grandview Blvd. Suite 221 Pewaukee, WI Badger Region Volleyball Association Calendar of events Staff Jennifer Arson-Dyer Director of Operations jen@badgervolleyball.org Kelly Lehan Tournaent Director kelly@badgervolleyball.org Brian Sharkey Progra Director brian@badgervolleyball.org (cell) (office) Scott Spiess Operations Manager scott@badgervolleyball.org (cell) (office) Sara Voigt Progra Specialist sara@badgervolleyball.org (office) Fax: The Badger Region Volleyball Association prootes initiatives for safe, structured and fun life-long volleyball experiences! If you (or you or your organization) would like to advertise in a future Badger Beacon, contact Brian Sharkey at the phone nuber or eail address above. More online: Facebook: Badger Region Volleyball Pinterest: BadgerRegionVol Instagra: BadgerRegionVB Athletes fro the NCAA en s tea at Concordia University Wisconsin are shown working with athletes at a iddle school clinic at CUW earlier in CUW will again host a youth clinic on March 30. Carthage and Lakeland colleges also have dates set. See below for ore. Dec. 9: Professional referee clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at 4 p.. Dec. 12: Professional referee clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 6 p.. Jan. 3: Opening day of registration for the girls Badger Region Qualifier. Jan. 5: Professional Score Clinic at the Milwaukee Sting Center Jan. 6: Professional Score Clinic at the Milwaukee Sting Center Jan. 6: Professional referee clinic at Center Court in Waukesha Jan. 12: Professional Score Clinic at Watertown High School Jan. 13: Professional Score Clinic at KEVA Sports Center Jan. 15: Professional referee clinic at Viterbo University at 6:30 p.. Jan. 19: Professional Score Clinic at Viterbo University Jan. 20: Professional Score Clinic at Viterbo University Jan. 20: Professional Score Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jan. 27: Professional Score Clinic at UW-Platteville Feb. 2: Professional Score Clinic at Center Court in Waukesha Feb. 3: Professional Score Clinic at LakeView RecPlex in Pleasant Prairie Feb. 9: Badger Region boys iddle school clinic at Lakeland College after 3 p.. en s NCAA atch Feb. 23: Girls Badger Region Qualifier at the Milwaukee Sting Center March 2: Badger Region boys iddle school clinic at Carthage College after en s NCAA atch March 2-3: Girls Badger Region Qualifier at the Milwaukee Sting Center March 9: Professional Score Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside March 10: Professional Score Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside March 16: Professional Score Clinic at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee March 16-17: First weekend of Badger Region Chapionships at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Ages will include all boys, girls 16s, girls 17s and girls 18s. March 17: Professional Score Clinic at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee March 23-24: Second weekend of Badger Region Chapionships at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Ages will include girls 11s, girls 12s, girls 13s and girls 15s March 30: Badger Region boys iddle school clinic at Concordia University Wisconsin after en s NCAA atch March 30-31: Third weekend of Badger Region Chapionships at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Ages will include girls 14s, all adult divisions and the Dale Rohde Meorial Boys Volleyball Tournaent. April 6-7: Art of Coaching Volleyball clinic at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., co-hosted by the Badger Region Volleyball Association. April 18-20: National Collegiate Volleyball Federation (college club) Chapionships in Denver, Colorado. April 26-28: USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Chapionships for athletes 18-and-under in Dallas May 24-29: USA Volleyball Open Chapionships for adults in Colubus, Ohio. June 27-July 6: USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Chapionships for ages in Indianapolis June 30-July 7: USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Chapionships for all ages in Dallas, Texas. July 18-22:: USA Volleyball High Perforance Chapionships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Have a great story idea or person you want featured in the Badger Beacon? Eail Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org.

6 page 6 BADGER BEACON celebrating 25 years Chapionships, Qualifier dates set for 2019 It s tie to start announcing the 2019 events planned by the Badger Region Volleyball Association. The following dates are a way to help club directors and tournaent directors plan their upcoing seasons. Badger Region Qualifier The 2019 Badger Region Qualifiers, which offer copetition for teas seeking a spot in a bid division of the 2019 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Chapionships, will be in late February and early March. Girls 15s, Girls 16s, Girls 17s and Girls 18s will be Feb at the Milwaukee Sting Center. Girls 12s, Girls 13s and Girls 14s will be March 2-3 at the Milwaukee Sting Center. Badger Region Chapionships The 2019 Badger Region Chapionships return to the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee for three consecutive weekends in the onth of March. Dates and ages are as follows: March 16-17: Girls 16s, Girls 17, Girls 18s and all boys divisions (boys will again have a two-day event unless there are fewer than 10 teas in a division) March 23-24: Girls 11s, Girls 12s, Girls 13s and Girls 15s March 30-31: Girls 14s, all adult divisions (March 30) and the Dale Rohde Meorial Boys Volleyball Tournaent Other events Last year, the Dale Rohde Meorial Boys Tournaent fielded 66 teas, and teas played either on Saturday on Sunday. Boys 14-and-under will copete on March 30. High-school-age teas will copete on March 31. The dates for the Badger Region Sand Chapionships and Badger Region Beach Qualifier for the USA National Beach Tour will be announced at a later date. New this year The Badger Region Power League, which will feature three weekends of copetition for elite and regional teas will take place January 19-20, Feb and April at locations throughout the Badger Region. Registration for Power League opened on Oct. 1 and is now full. For details, see Page 3 for a story in this week s Badger Beacon. Club directors can contact Kelly@badgervolleyball.org for ore inforation. National events April 26-28: USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Chapionships for athletes 18-and-under in Dallas. May 24-29: USA Volleyball Open Chapionships for adults in Colubus, Ohio. June 27-July 6: USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Chapionships for ages in Indianapolis, Indiana. June 30-July 7: USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Chapionships in Dallas, Texas. July 18-22: High Perforance Chapionships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Other inforation The Badger Region is working with teas interested in hosting adult tournaents. If you are interested in hosting an adult tournaent, eail brian@badgervolleyball.org. Over 10,000 people receive the Badger Beacon newsletter every other Thursday! ADVERTISE IN THE BADGER BEACON! For inforation on our new low rates contact Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org or call GO BADGER REGION!

7 page 7 BADGER BEACON celebrating 25 years Shout outs, banners and headgear By Ji Mosen Badger Region Ref Chair Congratulations to Badger Region officials Julie Voeck, Ji Arts, Mark Beran, Lexi Sheldon, Scott Prox, Chris Haworth, and Ji Mosen! Voeck was selected to referee the first two rounds of the NCAA Woen s Division I Volleyball Chapionships at the University of Minnesota! Arts and Beran worked as the scorer/libero tracker tea during the first two rounds of the tournaent at Marquette University. Prox and Haworth worked as line judges at the University of Wisconsin. Sheldon line judged at Marquette, and Mosen was head referee at the NAIA Woen s Volleyball National Chapionships in Sioux City, Iowa. Great job, everyone! More Badger Region banners worth reading FROM THE REF STAND I stopped in the Badger Region this week and was given a preview of a couple new banners that will be displayed at Badger Region sponsored events (Qualifiers, Power League, and Chapionships). Thought I would share iages of the with you. The first addresses Spectator/ Parent Sportsanship. The second addresses sportsanship and the need for officials (this is an iage of the proof) Headgear? A question cae to us regarding a player wearing headgear (saple iage below). After reviewing USAV Rule which states, It is forbidden to wear hats or casts (even if padded). Not being sure if this was considered a hat, I sent the question to Bill Stanley, USAV Rules Interpreter. Stanley replied, Rule when it refers to even if padded, is referring to a cast that is padded, not the hat. Or, if it did refer to a hat, it was not eant to refer to a protective helet. This falls under protective gear, like knee pads or knee braces. It does not require a waiver and is allowed. As long as it does not create a danger to the player or teaates, it s good to go. They are ok to use it. Our casebook does have a scenario that touches on this. We do have in there that USAV is not liable for concussions. Wear at their own risk. If you have any ore rules, unifor, or situational questions, please eail the to brian@ badgervolleyball.org. Thank you again for all of your efforts to ake volleyball better and ore enjoyable! AVCA, Badger Region partner for club season The Aerican Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has reached an agreeent with 12 Regional Volleyball Associations to enter an affiliate partner relationship for the season. The AVCA-Region Affiliate Partner Progra (AVCA-RAPP) is designed to link college and youth volleyball by providing regions with inforation on colleges in their area, failiarizing the with various recruiting rules, providing opportunities for engageent and recognition, and sharing educational aterials. The 12 inaugural AVCA-RAPP ebers are Badger, Chesapeake, Delta, Florida, Garden Epire, Great Lakes, Heart of Aerica, Iowa, North Country, Paletto, Pioneer and Rocky Mountain. The AVCA will correspond with region coissioners and staff who will disseinate the inforation to their clubs and ebers. We are thrilled for the opportunity to serve these 12 regions, said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. Our goals are to fortify the region brand, educate and engage their constituency by sharing our expertise, and build a collective sense of counity. I excited for the failies and clubs of Badger Region about our new partnership with the AVCA, said Badger Region Director of Operations Jen Arson-Dyer. I glad we re on the leading edge of working with an organization full of college coaches to help bridge the inforational gap. This partnership will also allow us to recognize those region club coaches and directors who are coitted to their craft and help their players and failies grow and flourish, both on the court and in future endeavors. This new partnership between the AVCA and the regions of USA Volleyball is a great idea, said Steve Bishop, president of the Florida Region. This progra will help to better connect our club volleyball coaches with the AVCA s college coach ebers. As our sport continues to grow across the country, anything we can do to help connect our clubs to ore educational opportunities and networking is a plus. I look forward to rolling out the various educational, networking and recognition opportunities in the coing onths and I applaud the AVCA for their work in our sport. Other benefits of the AV- CA-RAPP are a region-specific ap of college progras, general inforation on recruiting rules and terinology, a college coaches panel, educational aterials for club coaches, and options to participate in AVCA awards progras. Most of the engageent between the AVCA and Region Affiliates will take place during the club season fro January thru April.

8 Badger Region Volleyball Association U pdat ed: s ept. 21, REFFING FACTS ebership@badgervolleyball.org wisconsin governing body Badger Region Volleyball Association Wisconsin Board of Officials (WBO) Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association national governing body National Federation of High Schools participants Juniors, Men, Woen and beach athletes Men Woen Juniors boys and junior girls rule sets wisconsin referee population ~ 140 ~ 55 ~ 1,600 referee certifications PERFORMANCE-BASED National Junior National Regional Provisional In-Training Scorer PERFORMANCE-BASED National State Local Apprentice National Line Judge Certified Line Judge Scorer TENURE-BASED Master L5, L4, L3, L2, L1 available Training * USA Volleyball * Badger Region * NCAA/PAVO * Wis. Board of Officials * WIAA * Local Association ajor rule diferences 115 rule differences in all Click Have here a for question PAVO Rule Coparison about rules? docuent Eail brian@badgervolleyball.org * Tieouts: 30 seconds * Subs: 12 * Net Fault: Touching net between antennas while playing the ball * Center Line Fault: If interfere or safety issue * Court size: 9 eters by 18 eters * Tie to serve: 15-and-older 8 seconds (no re-toss); 14-and-younger 5 seconds with one re-toss allowed * Libero: Requires a contrasting jersey fro rest of tea * Tieouts: seconds * Subs: 15 * Net Fault: Touching net between antennas while playing the ball * Center Line Fault: If interfere or safety issue * Court size: 9 eters by 18 eters * Tie to serve: 8 seconds to serve (no re-toss) * Libero: Requires a contrasting jersey fro rest of tea * Tieouts: 60 seconds * Subs: 18 * Net Fault: Any tie touching the net * Center Line Fault: Foot or hand copletely beyond * Court size: 30 feet by 60 feet * Serve: 5 seconds to serve with one re-toss. * Solid jersey rule: Libero or other athletes on the court ust have a solid color jersey.

9 WHY BADGER REGion? EVEnTS * Opportunities to play in local one-day events hosted by Badger Region clubs and facilities * Opportunities to play in the Badger Region Power League * Opportunities to earn a Badger Region Chapionship for boys or girls * Opportunities to earn a spot in the Girls Junior National Chapioships by playing in the Badger Region Qualifier PLAYERS SAfETY ADiniSTRATion * Free 8-and-under eberships * Developental league eberships * Fraework for iddle school and youth leagues * Scholarships to high school seniors * Strongest, ost in-depth background screening in youth volleyball * Education (through SafeSport) for child protection When you purchase a hoe, vehicle or big appliance, you want to know all the facts and how far your dollar will go. So it only sees logical to look at all of the great events, learning opportunities, training progras and eber benefits that clubs, players, coaches and officials receive when they becoe ebers of the Badger Region and USA Volleyball. Everyone has their own answer to Why Badger Region? What s yours? * High Perforance training with access to high-level recruiting opportunities * Post-collegiate atch indoor volleyball clinics * Sand clinics, tournaents throughout the state * Player/club atching assistance * Parent participation progra to get ore adults trained in SafeSport and reffing * Code of conduct that is universal for all events * Baseline coach risk anageent training * Policies and procedures for all clubs to be consistent * Guidelines and handbooks for running tournaents * Mentoring and training for new club directors * Teplates for club and parent handbooks * Teplates for tryouts and club acceptance fors * Personalized feedback to unifor and jersey questions * Partnerships with sponsors such as Molten, adidas and the Milwaukee Bucks (aong others) officials * The only referee and scorer training available is through USA Volleyball * Free training for clubs to train their athletes. * Free training for refs who are still in school * Free online training odules for all * Ability to earn oney and advanceent coaches * Free baseline IMPACT training * Free Art of Coaching preiu ebership to online content * Continuing education for coaches * Access to CAP training and advanceent in USAV coaching pipeline USA VoLLEYBALL * National governing body recognized by the United States Olypic Coittee (USOC) * Connection to Tea USA and the other national teas * Adinistrative fraework along with insurance coverage ALL of THiS AnD So UcH ore is WHY BADGER REGion!

10 page 10 BADGER BEACON celebrating 25 years How is the Badger Region Board structured? The Badger Region Volleyball Association is governed by a Board of Directors that ust be elected by ebers on a regular basis. Area reps serve three-year ters, while ebers of the executive board serve fouryear ters. Mebers, whether they are players, coaches, parents, directors, athletic trainers or officials, are encouraged to counicate with their respective representative if they think policies or financial decision in the Region need to be changed. Soe policies enforced by Badger Region coe fro USA Volleyball, our sport s national governing body, so those can t be changed. But any others can. The Board is advised by a 11 chairpersons (or experts) in various parts of the gae, and five staff ebers (soe of which have ultiple responsibilities). The state is divided into five parts geographically for representation. Plus, there are two at-large board ebers who you can approach if you don t feel cofortable with your current rep. And there is a rep dedicated just to issues that surround our Junior volleyball clubs and athletes. You ll be hearing fro each Board eber twice a year in the for of a colun in the Badger Beacon. Now, let s eet the: Julie Voeck (Coissioner/President) Elected in 2016 Eail: jvoeck@attglobal.net Ji Mosen (Associate Coissioner/VP) Elected in 2015 Eail: jkosen@yahoo.co BJ Le Roy (Treasurer) Elected in 2018 Eail: 4bjleroy@gail.co Ki Wudi (Secretary) Elected in 2017 Eail: wudik@uwec.edu Brittany Stephens (Northwest Rep) Elected in 2018 Eail address: britt.roehild@gail.co Todd Mattes (Northeast Rep) Appointed in 2018 Eail: todd.attes@nivbc.co Stevens Point Mark Rushton (Southwest Rep) Elected in 2018 Eail address: ark.rushton@cvaadison.net La Crosse Madison Holly Jablonowski (Southeast Rep) Elected in 2016 Eail: hvogelsang15@gail.co Curtis Madson (Metro Milwaukee Rep) Appointed 2018 Eail: Curtis.Madson@cuw.edu Scott Blackon (At-Large Rep) Elected in 2017 Josh Price (At-Large Rep) Elected in 2018 Eail: wijrs.josh.price@gail.co Heather Curley (Junior Rep) Elected in 2017 Angie Lubach (Independent Rep) Appointed in 2017 Eail: scottlblackon@gail.co Eail: revolutionwi@yahoo.co Eail: Angela.lubach@yahoo.co Individual chairs and advisors who offer input to the Board of Directors but don t have authority to vote at eetings: Financial Chair: Anne Slattery Junior Girls Chair: Ada Stikel Junior Boys Chair: Jeff Liker Referee Chair: Ji Mosen Score Chair: Nancy Paulson Adult Chair: TJ Abshire Grassroots Chair: Lexi Middleton Developent Chair: TBD Education Chair: BJ Le Roy Beach Chair: Bill Petersen Officials Assigner: Larry Schoenick Officials Rating/Training: Julie Voeck REGION STAFF Director of Operations: Jennifer Arson-Dyer Progra Director: Brian Sharkey Operations Manager: Scott Spiess Tournaent Director: Kelly Lehan Progra Specialist: Sara Voigt

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