Player — $50.00 Coach — $50.00 Team Representative — $50.00 Chaperone — $50.00 Tournament Staff — $50.00
An additional background screening fee for Coach, Team Representative, Chaperone, and Tournament Staff memberships may apply.
Policy
The Old Dominion Region (ODR) will honor requests from clubs that are registered and in good standing within the region to place a hold on a membership application of any person who, during the most recent regional competition season, was registered with the ODR as a rostered participant in the club and who failed to pay legitimate charges for goods and services received from the club that are evidenced by a written contract between the person and the club.
Procedure
The club must submit in writing the names of individuals for the Membership On Hold List, together with each individual’s USA Volleyball membership registration number, to the ODR Commissioner between the end of the club’s competitive season and September 15th of the same year. Beginning in 2015, submissions for the Hold List will be due by September 5th. The club will pay a fee to the ODR in the amount of $25.00 per name to add an individual to the Hold List. No person may be added to the Hold List after September 15th of that year of competition. Beginning in 2015, the Hold List will be finalized by September 5th. Any club or team who places a member on the Hold List is responsible for notifying in writing the individual of their debts and their Membership On Hold status. A club may only place a person on the Hold List who was rostered with the club and incurred the debt claimed during the current season. Once placed on the Hold List, the person must settle the debt with the club or present sufficient evidence to refute the club’s claim. The individual’s placement on the Hold List will remain until settlement with the club has been reached. The club may determine what settlement it will accept, up to and including insisting on full payment of the debt. The ODR may remove a person from the Hold List if that person produces evidence sufficient, in the ODR’s opinion, to refute the club’s claim. This determination will be made by a panel of three (3) members of the Executive Committee. The club must verify that it will be in operation for the competition season after placing a person on the Hold List. In the event a club fails to register with the ODR for any subsequent season, the ODR will remove all names placed on the Hold List by that club. The club must be prepared to submit to the ODR, within seven (7) business days of receiving a written request from the ODR to do so, a copy of the written contract and supporting documents evidencing the debt owed by the person named to the Hold List. If the club fails to submit such a contract and documentation within this time frame, the ODR will remove the person in question from the Hold List. The club must ensure accuracy in placing a person on the Hold List. The ODR may sanction a club that names a person, who does not owe a legitimate debt to the club, or with whom the club does not have a written contract and/or documentation as evidence of the debt which the club claims it is owed. This determination will be made by a panel of (3) three members of the Executive Committee. The club must communicate in a reasonable and timely manner with any person on the Hold List attempting to settle his or her debt with the club. The ODR may sanction a club that refuses or neglects to respond in a timely manner to a person attempting to settle such a debt. The club must release a person who settles the debt with the club from the Hold List by notifying the ODR in writing of the settlement within two (2) business days of the settlement. All clubs must refuse to accept as a new participant any person who is on the Hold List. The ODR will supply each club director, upon written request, a current copy of the Hold List prior to October 1st of each year. Each club is expected to provide reasonable security for its copy of the Hold List. The list or its contents will not be published to anyone except on a “need to know” basis. The ODR may sanction a club that is negligent in protecting the information on the List. The ODR may sanction a club that fails to screen prospective participants for being on the Hold List.
Age Group | ||||||||
Season | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | |
2014-2015 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Year of Birth* |
2015-2016 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
2016-2017 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
2017-2018 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
2018-2019 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
2019-2020 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
*All dates reflect “on or after September 1st” of that year. |
To use the chart, find the current season at the left. Then move to the right and find the year that matches the child’s birth date (if child was born before Sept. 1st, use the year prior). Lastly, move up to the top of the chart to see in which age group the child should play. For example, in the 2014-2015 season, a child born on or after September 1st, 2000 would play 14’s. A child born on or before August 31st, 2000 would play 15’s.
- 18 and Under division: Players who were born on or after September 1st of the year prior to the year listed in the chart and were a high school student in the twelfth (12th) grade or below during some part of the current academic year. The maximum age for any player is 19 years old.
- Boys 14 and Under Division: Boys’ teams in the 14 and under age group will be allowed to participate at the USA Junior National Championships using the following age/grade definition: Players who were born on or after September 1st of the year shown in the chart; or players who were born on or after September 1st of the year prior (15 years or younger) who shall neither have completed nor are in a grade higher than the eighth (8th) grade during the current academic year.
- Boys ages 13 and under: Males of ages 13 and under will be allowed to play on a female team of the same age group or higher up to age 14, with no more than 2 males on the court at any time for Old Dominion Region Events. The male(s) will not be allowed to play in the Regional Bid Tournament for the Girls Junior National Championship on a female team. The decision to allow male(s) playing on female teams in non-region events is that of the event organizers. The male uniform should consist of same color shorts and jerseys as female teammates. Style may be different, but must be in compliance with the solid jersey rule. Male teammate(s) Libero jersey should contrast with regular team jerseys as noted in 2014 USA Volleyball DCR.
NOTE: These age definitions are used by domestic club programs and are NOT the same age definitions for the International and Domestic High Performance programs.
- Be immediately suspended from registration with the Old Dominion Region and barred from further participation in the event; and
- Be barred from participation in any Old Dominion Region event in any capacity, for a minimum of one year; and
- Have a minimum probation of one additional year, to run consecutively to the suspension.
A Junior player who knowingly plays in a lower age classification than he or she is actually eligible for shall:
- Be immediately suspended from registration with the Old Dominion Region and barred from further participation in the event; and
- Be barred from participation in any Old Dominion Region event in any capacity, for a minimum of one year; and
- Have a minimum probation of one additional year, to run consecutively to the suspension.
When discovered and confirmed during an event, these penalties shall be the required minimum penalty imposed by the appropriate Junior Coordinator or the Ethics and Eligibility Committee.
- Full name of parent/guardian
- Full name of Junior applicant
- Address
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Team/club name
- Age group requested
- Reason for request
- Copy of the player’s Birth Certificate
- The tentative competition schedule of requested team/age group
- Notification from club that no age-appropriate player has been denied an opportunity to participate.
Waiver requests will be granted or denied within 72 hours of receipt. There will be a limit of two waivers allowed per team. A waiver may be revoked if information given is false or misleading.