Any event sanctioned by one of the forty Regional Volleyball Associations of USA Volleyball (RVA), the National Governing Body ("NGB") of the sport of volleyball, must meet the following minimum current requirements for sanction as determined by USA Volleyball and/or its RVAs. Region may impose additional requirements as per regional policies:

1) General Guidelines

a) An event is defined as, but is not limited to, tournament, power league, recreational league, scrimmage, exhibitions, practices, clinics and tryouts.

b) Any violation of sanctioning guidelines/rules is subject to penalties/reprimand from the sanctioning body and may result in loss of current and/or future sanction status for the event and/or the event manager/director.

c) A sanction is a contract, which confirms the event’s commitment to follow regional and national rules and regulations of the sport, as applicable, and to provide a safe environment for the participants and spectators.

d) General Insurance coverage and/or other eligibility for a particular event, individual, team, club etc. may be forgone if any one individual does not meet participation requirements.

2) General Requirements

a) All participants must be registered in the appropriate membership category with the corporation through a Regional Volleyball Association or the National Office and must have a verifiable membership record;

b) All registered adults participating with a junior team/program must have a current cleared background screening per USAV policy;

c) All coaches on the roster of a junior team must abide by requirements of the sanctioning body regarding IMPACT for regional events. For NGB sanctioned events the coaches must hold a minimum of IMPACT certification;

d) All adult officials participating in a junior event must have a current cleared background screening per USAV policy;

e) Adhere to all of the other rules and regulations as contained in the Domestic Competition Regulations, the current USA Volleyball Official Guidebook and including but not limited to any published regional rules and regulations.

All activities associated with an event sanctioned by a RVA must be disclosed to and approved by the sanctioning body and shall fall under the same sanction requirements or other contractual requirements as applicable.