Badger Region Volleyball Association

THE BADGER BEACONVolume 3, Issue 6

Nov. 23, 2016

Being a member of USA Volleyball has a lot of great perks, and here is another that just came out:

USA Volleyball has released an app that can only be accessed by current USAV members.

There is exclusive con-tent that can only be seen by members, such as the Evolution Drills Videos, as well as all the other infor-mation that is pulled from the USA Volleyball website.

There is content from the United State Olym-pic Committee and U.S. Paralympics as well as special sections for USAV Beach and Sitting pro-grams.

The app will continu-ally be updated with new, exclusive content as well.

To access the app:1. Go to http://mobile-

coach.teamusa.org/USOC/register.jsf

2. Click Register in the top right corner

3. Select USA Volleyball from dropdown

4. Enter information5. Click Register at the

bottom of the list (a popup in top right corner will confirm registration is complete)

6. Click sign in on top right and then login with credentials the user just made.

INSIDE THIS ISSUETrain Ugly...............................2How officiating helps players...3New officials sought...........4WIAA All-State awards............5New grant from USAV............6Refreshers on IMPACT........7Events calendar...................8About the Region.............9-10

Questions about membership?

Email membership@ badgervolleyball.org.

We can help you find user-names and passwords for

Webpoint, help you choose the right membership and answer

other questions about the 2016-17 season.

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SIDElINES

USAV unveils

new app

October represents Breast Cancer awareness, and for the Volleyball world, it’s Dig-Pink time. For years,

I enjoyed the novelty that is Dig Pink. Pink shoe laces, pink jerseys, pink towels, head-bands, hair ties; if it can be dyed it has been seen in a girls volleyball match.

I am one of the replay technicians for the University of Wisconsin women’s matches. This year, as people held their pink tow-els and I stood for the National Anthem in my pink bow-tie for Wisconsin’s version of Dig-Pink against Illinois, for the first time, Dig-

Pink wasn’t a novelty. It was very real for myself and my family.

Two days after that match my wife was scheduled for a double mastec-tomy. This article likely comes as a surprise to many. I’m not known for sharing too much of my personal life even to some of my closer friends. However, in light of Dig Pink and the fact that I’ve coached hundreds of girls over the last 20-plus years, this is important. Not my story but the subject of it.

I have worked camps from coast to coast every summer for the last 15 years — hundreds of kids each summer on top of my own club team during the club season. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifes. Not count-ing my camp kids, statistically I will eventually have

worked with over 20 women who will come down with breast cancer. Throw in kids from camp and the number is staggering for me. In 2016, Badger Region boasted 9,130 junior female athletes. That works out to 1,141 young women in our sport alone coming down with breast cancer at some point in their life. That scares me, and it is way too many.

I’m writing this article from the waiting room. My third visit to the hospital since early October. I’m writing this article exactly nine years and one day of my losing my father to lung cancer. When I went through this with my father I saw it coming. My father had smoked since

12 years old. I knew how things were going to end up. I was prepared for the news and ultimately, the outcome. Breast cancer is different. It hit us like a ton of bricks. I spent the first week-and-a-half having minor, quiet, meltdowns and sharing it with no one. I was terrified; more terrified for our two children than anything else. Nothing prepared me for telling my 15-year-old son his mother had breast cancer. My wife was tasked with telling our daughter who was just getting ready to leave and head back to college in Florida.

We learned of my wife’s cancer back in Au-gust. Three lumps were found in one of her breasts. Initially, after some tests, the news was great, and then it wasn’t. One of the tests came back as positive with HER-2. Without

getting into the science of it, just understand that isn’t great news. My wife didn’t hesitate with her decision. She asked for a double mastectomy and things went into mo-tion fairly quickly. After the first surgery, the news was great, and then it wasn’t, again. There was some concern with what they call “margins.” Again, without getting into the science (and because I’m a moron), just know that’s also not great news.

Dig Pink isn’t just a noveltyThe Badger Beacon asks each board member to submit an article for publication twice per year to let members know what they envision as best practices for the organization. This week’s column is from At-Large Representative Scott Blackmon.

Scott Blackmon

On Saturday December 3rd, The Milwaukee Sting Center is very excited to host an AMAZING opportunity for coaches in our state of Wisconsin to help unpack the growth mindset that is in each and every one of us. This clinic is for coaches of all ages, who coach at all levels and is for all sports … not just volleyball. Trevor Regan’s Train Ugly Program is on a mission to challenge and question EVERYTHING that we think we know about sports, education, and development. Through this journey Train Ugly has worked with best-selling authors, Olympic coaches, professional athletes, renowned professors, and thousands of coaches, teachers, students, and players from all over the world. Train Ugly has also been heavily involved with the coaches and staff of our USA National volleyball teams. These experiences helped us to discover some incredibly important research in the fields of motor learning, performance science, and psychology that should have totally changed the way we train and develop students, athletes, and people in general – but they have not. It’s our mission to change that. The takeaways from this coaches clinic will hopefully be: ¥ A better understanding of how learning works - and why we resist a lot of the things that help us grow. ¥ How to combat the stories, fears, and resistance that surround learning. ¥ What it means to have a REAL growth mindset. ¥ How to develop a growth mindset within yourself and others.

TRAIN UGLY CLINIC DATE WHEN: Saturday, December 3rd

Where: Milwaukee Sting Center / N54 W13904 Northpark Dr. / Menomonee Falls 53051 TIME: 9am - 1:30pm (check-in begins at 8:30am)

COST: $125 per coach or $100 per coach if signing up 3 or more. *Coaches packet included in registration.

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By Jim MomsenBadger Ref Chair

A number of University of Wisconsin schools (Eau Claire, Whitewater, Oshkosh and Parkside) train and certify their athletes to be USAV/Badger Region officials.

This enables them to supply their own certified referees when the schools host junior club tour-naments. These schools are some of the top NCAA schools in the nation. Both Whitewater and Os-hkosh participated in this season’s NCAA Div III Championship tournament, and the UW-Os-hkosh men’s program won the 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016 NCVF Division I national titles and the 2010, 2012 and 2014 NCVF Division III national titles.

We were curious regarding if, and how, player referees benefited from officiating. Here are some responses to our questions.

Do you think refereeing has helped you as a player? If so, in what ways?

• Refereeing gives a very different perspective than the one a player sees. I think this will help me see the court better when I get back into game situations. Also, as a referee you need to have confidence in your volleyball experience, which is definitely transferrable to being on the court as well.

• Refereeing has helped me as a player by causing me to be more aware of what I’m doing during play. It has made me see the details of the game better so I can more successfully follow the rules.

• Yes, because I know the rules more in depth, and by watching others play I can use what works for teams and what doesn’t and apply that to my team and myself as a player.

• As I player, I now respect officials more. They see the most in the game and can make the best calls from their angle, especially in the net. It also has helped me

as a player to do my job. By that I mean, get to the ten-foot line fast to make a substitution or hustle back to make the serve.

• Refereeing has definitely helped me as a player. First of all, watching so many volleyball games at once helps me to relate things that are going on to all the aspects of my game. I see mistakes and successes and learn from them through refereeing.

• I think watching volleyball always helps you become a better player, because when you watch, no matter what the level, you think about what you would have done in a certain situation or you can look at skills players may have and try to replicate them for your-self. I think as far as your technical game, being a ref has made me be more aware of where I am on the court/more in control of my actions as far as net calls, etc.

What have you learned about the game since becoming a referee?

• By being a referee, I have seen over and over how something so simple as a game can inspire and bring together so many people. Being a part of that is something I shouldn’t take for granted.

• Since becoming a referee I have learned the game can be won in ways I didn’t think possible before. I now know a match can be won by playing a really clean, straight-forward style of play instead of the stereotypical big hitters.

• I have learned how much goes into each and every game, and how you need each and every aspect to be able to run a game successfully.

• I learned how to deal with parents, coaches, and helping the younger players such as teaching them how to do the scoresheet and line judge.

• I now have a better under-standing of the game. Since becoming a referee I better under-stand the rules and what referees are watching for during each circumstance. I also have learned how to deal with coaches, players, and family members during the game. I don’t think I would ever yell at a ref, especially because I have been in their position and know what it is like.

• I learned a lot by being able to watch all different levels and see-ing players grow. It’s really cool to be able to see the small things be celebrated that we take for granted now in the college world, like a 15 year old taking a great approach or a middle hitting the quickest tempo she can from the setter!

What have you learned about coaches since becoming a referee?

• I have learned that coaches don’t necessarily have the best vantage point. That, as a referee, you should stick with what you saw and not be swayed by coaches who are upset by your call. Also that, as a player, I shouldn’t get caught up in the ref ’s call and rather just focus on playing volleyball.

• Since becoming a referee I have noticed that coaches can really make or break a team. The girls need someone to lead and teach them while they’re playing, and if the coach goes about that in the wrong way, it will really affect how much the girls learn and

inevitably enjoy themselves. • I have learned that there are

many different coaching styles, and although you may not agree with all of them, especially with younger kids, that is part of the game.

• I can tell what coaches have had more experience in the volleyball world than others, espe-cially at the 13s and 14s age level.

• I learned that as a ref you make your own decisions, stay firm on your call and ignore the coaches. Many times I would just not even acknowledge a coach complaining because I knew a) they were wrong or b) they were just trying to sway me. But coach-es can really impact how their players perform, if they are excited or celebratory when good things happen. Also I think girls really liked when coaches held them accountable for either running a certain play or being aggressive.

What is the most challeng-ing aspect of refereeing?

• Trying not to over-think a situation. It is hard to make split-second decisions and then stick with what you saw. After that play is over, you can’t dwell on the last situation; you have to focus on the present play.

• Dealing with parents. Parents get too caught up in the moment and often forget to take a step back and really think before they scream at the referees.

• When you have to make a hard call that may upset the team, coach-es, and parents, but knowing that you have to play the game fair so you have to make the call anyway.

• Being confident with your calls. You know the game so well but it changes when you become in charge of the game. it’s a whole other aspect to the game. As the days went on, I became more and more confident.

• I had a hard time watching the tape and determining who was in the net/if there was a touch/four hits. Also when it is a very low skilled level, it is so brutal to watch missed serve after missed serve after missed serve.

On Saturday December 3rd, The Milwaukee Sting Center is very excited to host an AMAZING opportunity for coaches in our state of Wisconsin to help unpack the growth mindset that is in each and every one of us. This clinic is for coaches of all ages, who coach at all levels and is for all sports … not just volleyball. Trevor Regan’s Train Ugly Program is on a mission to challenge and question EVERYTHING that we think we know about sports, education, and development. Through this journey Train Ugly has worked with best-selling authors, Olympic coaches, professional athletes, renowned professors, and thousands of coaches, teachers, students, and players from all over the world. Train Ugly has also been heavily involved with the coaches and staff of our USA National volleyball teams. These experiences helped us to discover some incredibly important research in the fields of motor learning, performance science, and psychology that should have totally changed the way we train and develop students, athletes, and people in general – but they have not. It’s our mission to change that. The takeaways from this coaches clinic will hopefully be: ¥ A better understanding of how learning works - and why we resist a lot of the things that help us grow. ¥ How to combat the stories, fears, and resistance that surround learning. ¥ What it means to have a REAL growth mindset. ¥ How to develop a growth mindset within yourself and others.

TRAIN UGLY CLINIC DATE WHEN: Saturday, December 3rd

Where: Milwaukee Sting Center / N54 W13904 Northpark Dr. / Menomonee Falls 53051 TIME: 9am - 1:30pm (check-in begins at 8:30am)

COST: $125 per coach or $100 per coach if signing up 3 or more. *Coaches packet included in registration.

Refereeing: How does it help players?Athletes turned officials chime in “ “By being a referee, I have seen over

and over how something so simple as a game can inspire and bring together so many people. Being a part of that is something I shouldn’t take for granted.

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Dates set for girls USAV nationalsUSA Volleyball has an-

nounced the dates and age waves for the 2017 Girls Junior National Championships taking place in Minneapolis in late June/early July.

G11s: June 29-July 1G12s: June 27-30G13s: June 28-July 1

G14s: June 25-28G15s: June 26-June 29G16s: July 1-July 4G17s: June 30-July 3Dates are for all divisions

(Open, National, USA, Ameri-can, and Patriot)

For more information, go to www.usavolleyball.org.

Quite often, the work that club directors, coaches, officials and great team parents goes unnoticed. So to all the hardworking indi-viduals in the junior volleyball community out there, thank you from the Badger Region staff.

While most of their efforts are forgotten as soon as a match is done or a season is com-plete, there is now a chance to highlight the efforts of some deserving individuals.

Nominations for the 2017 USA Volleyball Service Awards are now being accepted.

Nominations for members who have served the Junior community of USA Volley-

ball on a local, regional and national level are needed for the following categories:

1. Outstanding Program Director

2. Outstanding Female Coach3. Outstanding Male Coach4. Outstanding Parent5. Outstanding Clinician6. Outstanding Service (This category is

reserved for those people who are not eligible for any other of the classifications.)

7. Outstanding Referee 8. Outstanding Scorer

If you know of anyone in the Badger Region who meets the above criteria, please contact Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org or call the Region office at 262-349-9785.

Nominees sought for annual USA Volleyball awards

New officials soughtShe was scheduled for a second surgery only two weeks after her first surgery to clear out some more tissue. The news has been very positive since then. The medical crew feels good that all of the cancer has been re-moved but chemo and immunotherapy is still on the horizon just to seal the deal. My horrible cliche, not theirs. Today she is in surgery to have her chemo port placed into her chest and then it’s on to those long hours in the chair getting chemo for the next several months.

My family has a long road ahead, but all signs are good. I know we are extremely lucky so far as this whole mess of breast cancer is concerned. Many others aren’t. Like the slogan says, “Cancer Sucks.” It’s not a journey we choose, it chooses us. It doesn’t care how old you are. It doesn’t care how good of a human being you are. It takes us all by the hand and forces us to walk with it.

Why am I sharing all of this? It’s a me thing more than anything else. I almost didn’t tell anyone and then I decided I would let my assistant know just in case I lost my mind during the upcoming club season. Then I felt I should really tell my closer friends who are also all coaches. I then realized this is important.

It’s important because of what I do and who I work with in that gym. It’s important to remember that wearing pink isn’t a novel-ty. It’s important to remember wearing pink is a reminder that we have a long way to go with treating breast cancer. Wearing pink is a reminder that we have already lost way too many to breast cancer. Wearing pink means remembering nobody is immune to being affected by breast cancer. Wearing pink is a reminder that moms and girls alike need to take the necessary steps to take care of their bodies as it pertains to breast health care and as husbands, brothers and the like, we need to annoy the heck out of them to do it.

Most of all, wearing pink means looking out for those 1,141 young female volleyball players in Badger Region that will eventually need our full love and support.

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The Badger Region Volleyball Association’s in-person Referee Training Clinics kicked-off on Nov. 13.

We still have in-person clinics and scheduled at UW-White-water, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Eau Claire. If demand is high enough, we will schedule another clinic in December or January in the Waukesha area. Check the Badger Region website under Officials > Professional Ref Clinics for dates, times, and direct links to regis-tration on WebPoint.

In-person clinics are required for new-to-USAV referees and include a Badger Region orientation session at the back end of the clinic for new referees.

Our referee assigner, Larry Schoe-nick, is busy setting up on-court observation and feedback opportunities throughout the state. We will pass along that information as it becomes available.

First-year officials will have their memberships, background screens and referee fee all reimbursed by the Region thanks to a new grant from USA Volleyball.

The reimbursement will only take place if all criteria are met by the first-year official.

Again, I thank you again for your efforts to make volleyball bet-ter and more enjoyable for players, coaches, and parents!

For more information, contact brian@badgervolleyball.org or call 262-349-9785.

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Most of all, wearing pink means looking out for those 1,141 young female volleyball players in Badger Region that will eventually need our full love and support.

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First team• Cooper Dietrich Kaukauna• Reese Douglas Appleton West• Zach Engsberg Catholic Memorial• Liam Schroeder Marquette• Bryce Thomas Germantown• Nick Watry Brookfield East

Second team• Luke Borowski Marquette• Ryan Brown Catholic Memorial• Kyle Kraininger New Berlin United• Connor Lilly Kettle Moraine• Thomas Robson Middleton• Travis Wagner Kenosha Tremper

High Honorable Mention• Matt Aussem Nicolet• Ben Foley Marquette• Drake Muhlenbeck Westosha Central• Zach Nielsen Arrowhead• Jon Quinn Kenosha Indian Trail• Sam Radtke Kimberly

Player of the Year: Aaron Plaisted (Wauwatosa East)

• James Althoff Kenosha Tremper• Blake Arnold Kenosha Tremper• Grayson Coleman Fort Atkinson• TJ Driver Pius XI• Kevin Dunn Madison LaFollette

• Chris Elberson Germantown• John Frank Wauwatosa West• Robbie Lauer Marquette• Clay Martinson Appleton West• Bailey McDaniel Kaukauna• Ben Peschl Catholic Memorial

• Ari Robinson Nicolet• Sam Rovik Wilmot• Sean Shtivelberg Nicolet• Jacob Sirny Brookfield East• Eric Winter Wauwatosa East

Honorable Mention

First TeamLexi Alden Catholic MemorialBrooke Andersen Lake Country LutheranAddison Barnes NeenahCarissa Beyer Appleton NorthClaire Chaussee Sun PrairieMia Grunze Waterford Katie Rolfe DSHAMaddy Rondeau Catholic MemorialMikaylah Van Lanen Appleton NorthHope Werch NeenahMariah Whalen Newman Catholic Miranda Wucherer Brookfield Central

Rachel Aasby Oshkosh Lourdes Haylee Adler Wisconsin Heights Maddy Ahrens Appleton North Tayler Alden Oconomowoc Taylor Allen Brookfield East Liz Anderson Turtle Lake Janae Antosch Mosinee Abby Arena West Allis Nathan Hale Katie Arnold DSHA Kenzie Baeseman Royall Grace Baumann West Bend West Makenna Berry Brookfield East Amber Bischel Germantown Sarah Blair Westosha Central Kaley Blake Burlington Taylor Briehl River Valley Gretchen Bruhn Brookfield East Taylor Bubolz Howards Grove Madysn Cardinal Clayton Kara Conley Nicolet Shelby Coron Oconto Falls Makayla De Young Central Wisc. Christian Erin Dietzler Mukwonago Danielle Dolan Aquinas Alexis Dorner Luxemburg Casco Mackenzie Ebert Campbellsport Emma Eckel McFarland Amanda Garvens Oconomowoc

Jessica Grabowski Greendale Morgan Gramins Hamilton Halle Grulke Hustisford Ashley Guenveur Menomonee Falls Aubrey Hamilton Arrowhead Union Rachel Hedman Stoughton Clare Honan Wauwatosa West Alayna Jansky Mukwonago Ellee Jensen Watertown Cassidy Johnson Kettle Moraine Lutheran Amanda Kind Marathon Sadie Kosciuk Winneconne Victoria Lammarr Medford Alison Leslie Clayton Selena Levendoski Clayton Kayce Litzau Greendale Liz Maastricht Sun Prairie Abi Marcquenski Westosha Central Jasmine Martin Xavier Meghan Mazzola Aquinas Cori Meyers Nicolet Mckenna Micech Menomonee Falls Taylor Mielke Arrowhead Union Kailynn Mongan Germantown Claire Mosher Waterloo Taylor Nier Wittenberg-Birnamwood Riley O’Connell Cedarburg Chelsea Olson Westby

McKenna Packer Hamilton Greta Paszek Arrowhead Union Kristen Paulus Random Lake Natalie Perrault Oconomowoc Rhiana Pochman Grantsburg Anna Ripp Marshfield Madison Rizner Richland Center Maya Roberts Watertown Katie Rounds McFarland Amber Rowoldt Lakeside Lutheran Brittany Sager Hortonville Josie Schaefer Baraboo Brittany Schaller Howards Grove Rebekah Schroeder Weyauwega-Fremont Brianna Scuric East Troy Laura Shoopman Westosha Central Brooke Siebert Pewaukee Lexi Smith Northland Pines Regan Stefan D.C. Everest Rebecca Thomsen Burlington Chloe Tome Wauwatosa East Alyssa Turzenski Burlington Keri Walker Living Word Lutheran McKenna Warnock Monona Grove Lily Welit Middleton Katie Zelinski Merrill Marissa Zepecki Brookfield Central Kaitlyn Zingsheim Catholic Memorial

Second TeamLaurel Bailey WaunakeeAmanda Dahlman Kettle Moraine LutheranAbby Hamilton Hartford UnionCorinne Meglic Notre Dame AcademyJenna Miller Appleton NorthKaeley Mueller Westosha CentralMackenzie Robertson Menomonee FallsKatie Schoessow MukwonagoNicole Shanahan OconomowocElle Van Grinsven Wisconsin LutheranIvey Whalen Catholic MemorialSamantha Yancy Howards Grove

Third TeamIzzy Barr River FallsMackenzie Eford NicoletElizabeth Gregorski XavierKielyn Kapugi Sun PrairieKayla Kraus NeenahDru Kuck Sheboygan NorthHannah Kuehl Kettle Moraine LutheranMakenzie Mroczenski New Berlin EisenhowerGrace Novotny DSHAKristi Springer AltoonaHannah VandenBerg Little ChuteRylie Vaughn Newman Catholic

Honorable Mention

WIAA GIRLS ALL-STATE HONOREES

WIAA BOYS ALL-STATE HONOREES

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Changes coming to Region qualifiers, championshipsThe Badger Region Qualifier and

the Badger Region Championships are going to be undergoing some formatting changes to accomplish multiple things in the coming year:

* Keep all teams under one roof at the Badger Region Championships

* Prevent teams from play six or more matches in row.

* Prevent refs from officiating more than eight matches in a day.

* Allow for teams to play more than one opponent at the Badger Region Qualifier

* Prevent tournaments from go-ing late into the evening on Sunday nights.

To do that, a tournament com-mittee comprised of Terry Paulson (chairman), Brian Sharkey, Kelly Lehman, Scott Blackmon, Larry Schoenick, Paul Schlomer, Ryan Thompson, Ted Schulte and Sara

Voigt put together the following:

Badger Region QualifierDate No. 1: Feb 25/26: G18s,

G17 (at the Milwaukee Sting Center)

Date No. 2: March 11/12: G16s, G15s, G14s, G13s, G12 (at the Milwau-kee Sting Center and Center Court)

Tournament entry date: Jan. 4.Tournament close date: Feb. 3

(G17/18s) or Feb. 18 (G12-G16).Maximum number of teams

per division: 20Format: One-day tournament

for divisions with 2-9 teams. Two-day tournament for divisions with 10-20 teams.

Badger Region Championships

Date No. 1: March 18/19 — All Boys, G14 Club, G14 Open, G16 Club, G16 Open. This weekend is also March Madness (NCAA Men’s Basketball in Milwaukee and the big St. Patrick’s Day Parade.)

Date No. 2: March 25/26 — G11s, G13 Club, G13 Open, G15 Club, G15 Open

Date No. 3: April 1/2 — G12 Club, G12 Open, G17 Club, G17 Open, G18 Club, G18 Open

Tournament entry date: Jan. 4.Tournament close date: Feb. 18Maximum number of teams

per division: 16 in Open, 32 in Club, unlimited in Badger divisions. The Badger Division is new this year and is reserved for third-tier teams and teams who register late for the club division. The Badger Region Champion-ships is not being capped. All teams entered will get in. To guarantee yourself in the division your team belongs, club directors must regis-ter as soon as possible and get their checks in as soon as possible, too.

Format: Teams are guaranteed three matches on the first day of competition. Some teams will only get two matches guaranteed on day two, but others (depending on the number of teams in their divisions) will get three matches on day two.

Grant to help clubs, parents, officialsGood things are ahead thanks

to a new grant the Badger Region received Oct. 8 at the USA Volleyball meetings held in Las Vegas.

The Badger Region staff, its board of directors and its adviso-ry chairpersons see a great deal of benefit in a Junior Club Certifi-cation Program that encourages parents to sign up to assist with “work crew” responsibilities at tournaments that they attend.

And this grant money would help build these programs.

Our program would be mod-eled after an existing program-ing in another Region of USA Volleyball. The Delta Region of USA Volleyball has a Junior Club Certification Program where a parent can register as a chaper-one, get certified as a scorer and also learn about line judging or libero tracking. While there are not certifications for line judging and libero tracking, the rostered adult can perform that duty for a team when it is needed at tournament.

During the season, this parent/

adult can contribute to the success of the club and ease some stress on the team if they’re able to step in and give a player a break to eat, rehydrate or rest.

The benefits of the “Junior

Club Certification Program” would include:

• USAV/Badger Region parent members are allowed on the playing surface to retrieve balls during warm-ups

• USAV/ Badger Region parent members can line judge during assigned “work” matches (com-plete training module)

• USAV/ Badger Region parent members can keep Score/Libero Track during assigned “work” matches (complete training mod-ules)

• USAV/ Badger Region parent members may decide to continue to be involved after their players “graduate” and become USAV Certified Officials

• USAV/Badger Region parent would be an additional SafeSport certified adult that would be around for increased child pro-tection and safety awareness

Grant money could be used for:• Offsetting costs of member-

ship, background checks and marketing materials for this endeavor.

If you or your club are inter-

ested in learning more about this awesome opportunity, contact Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org.

Program gives coaches more tools

Refreshers from IMPACT:Try and be more specific “The best way to learn is through a

good mentor.”

Over the next few years, the Badger Region will help deliver information to coaching mentors throughout the region, to help the next generation of coaches get better, faster. We want to help place our experienced coaches in a position to share their knowledge, see new coaches in action, and guide coaches toward proven methods.

The region has five FREE men-tor-training clinics to give away. At each two-hour clinic, all club coaches participate, while three coaches are trained to be mentors by an Advisor Coach. We have done a good portion of the work for the new mentors.

Mentor information comes from the latest High Performance clinics, and oth-er USA Volleyball Education resources that are hard to attend in person.

Contact BJ LeRoy (4bjleroy@gmail.com) or the Badger Region Office for more information. For the full 3C website being started by the Region, go to: http://badgervolleyball.org/coach-es-coaching-coaches/

Fans: Wear your sportsmanship with pride“I love to watch you play.”They’re the six most important

words you can tell your son or daughter about the sports they play. It sends the whole message: Enthusiastic, Supportive, Positive.

And to help spread these good words, the Badger Region Vol-leyball Association has come up with a way of rewarding fans who elicit the true meaning of having sportsmanship in the stands.

You may see wristbands around our region with the ESP pro-gram’s message (Enthusiastic, Supportive, Positive). We have one for you, if you can live by these three words as you cheer for teams, coaches and officials in our region.

As a matter of fact, we have two of them for you; one for your wrist, and one to give away when you

catch a different team’s fan using ESP. In fact give them both away, we will get you another one. Or two.

How does this work?A handful of tournament

directors from the Badger Region have requested a specific number of wristbands the Region has on hand to give out (it’s a finite number here, people, not enough for every parent or fan).

They will hand out the wrist-bands at their tournaments to the parents and fans they see modeling

themselves in an “Enthusiastic, Sup-portive and Positive” manner.

They will receive two wristbands, one for themselves and one for some that parent or fan deems worthy of ESP wristband.

People who show up to the Bad-ger Region Championships wearing the ESP wristband will be eligible to get a special gift for being a positive role model for the young athletes in the gym.

Just don’t make us have to take the wristband away from you. That

would be embarrassing.These wristbands are for fans, not

players. Let’s take our cheering and our region up a few notches:

* Get a little crazy.* Go the extra mile.* Support your team with posi-

tive cheering.* Recognize the good in your

teams and others.* Get way off the chain and clap

when the other team makes a great play.

* We need good opponents to get better. Be that good opponent.

Put away the in-your-face cheers, actions and yelling, and hold others to the same standard.

Club directors can contact Brian Sharkey (brian@badgervolleyball.org) to request a few of the remain-ing wristbands for the 2015-16 season.

By BJ LeRoyBadger Region Board Member

According to Dr. Carl McGown (Gold Med-al Squared Co-founder and top motor-learn-ing scientist), specificity is the most important law in motor learning. We cannot be specific enough in teaching the game; we can only do that which we have practiced.

What does that mean for coaches? When train-ing a skill, we have to be as close as possible to the real deal; what they will see, where it will come from, the correct timing, ball path, and even the environment they are playing in (maybe this is where “home field advantage” comes from.) These are the things that guide the game, otherwise known as “reg-ulatory stimuli”. The ball pressure, the net and the court lines all matter in learning the game, as much as the timing, speed and angles.

Think of all the things we coaches do that aren’t specific. We toss, we put coaches on boxes, we let players hit a stationary ball from a holder, we run drills on one side of the net

rather than over it…none of those things are specific, and while they work a little bit, they aren’t nearly as efficient in learning the skills and the game.

Carl tells a funny story about an All Amer-ican he coached, that was a great blocker…going to his right. When going to his left, Carl says, “It was like Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-

day…” He challenged us to think, why was the same player good when going one direction, and terrible when going the other?

It’s all about specificity. Consider all the ways you might be able to get more

specific in your own practice. For further information about regulatory

stimuli, false confidence, tips from Karch and Carl, and the wild array of contact locations an Olympic setter deals with, see John Kessel’s latest blog here; (http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2016/November/07/Promoting-False-Confidence)

Contact IMPACT instructor BJ LeRoy via email at 4bjleroy@gmail.com.

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Nov. 25: First day club directors can enter their teams into one-day Badger Region tournaments.Nov. 30: Profeessional In-Person Referee Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 7 to 9:30 p.m.Dec. 3: IMPACT-Plus coaches clinic at the Sports Advantage Center in Ashwaubenon.Dec. 4: IMPACT-Plus coaches clinic at UW-Eau Claire.Dec. 4: Profeessional In-Person Referee Clinic at the University of Wiscon-sin-Oshkosh from 6 to 8:30 p.m.Dec. 10: IMPACT-Plus coaches clinic at Center Court in Waukesha.Dec. 11: Profeessional In-Person Referee Clinic at the University of Eau Claire 1 to 3:30 p.m.Jan. 14: IMPACT-Plus coaches clinic at UW-Superior.Feb 25-26: Badger Region Qualifier (Girls 17 and Girls 18) at Milwaukee Sting CenterMarch 11-12: Badger Region Qualifier (Girls 12-16) at Milwaukee Sting Center and Waukesha Center Court.March 18-19: Badger Region Championships weekend No. 1 (All Boys, G14s, G16s) at the Wisconsin Center in downtown MilwaukeeMarch 25-26: Badger Region Championships weekend No. 2 (G11s, G13s, G15s) at the Wisconsin Center in downtown MilwaukeeApril 1-2: Badger Region Championships weekend No. 3 (G12s, G17s, G18s) at the Wisconsin Center in down-town MilwaukeeApril 9: Dale Rohde Memorial Boys Volleyball Tournament at Center Court and the Milwaukee Sting Center in Menomonee Falls.April 13-15: NCVF (College Club) Championships in Kansas City, Mo.April 21-23: USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships for the 18-and-under division in Dallas, Texas.May 26-31: USA Volleyball Adult Open National Championships and PVL Championships in Minneapolis, Minn.June 24-July 24: USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships for all ages (except 18s) in Minneapolis, Minn.July 1-July 8: USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships in Columbus, Ohio.July 18-23: USA Volleyball High Performance Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Badger Region Volleyball Association2831 N. grandview Blvd.Suite 221Pewaukee, WI 53072

StaffJennifer Armson-DyerDirector of Operationsjen@badgervolleyball.org414-507-1124

Terry PaulsonTournament Directortpaulson@badgervolleyball.org414-588-2665

Brian SharkeyProgram Directorbrian@badgervolleyball.org414-313-9055 (cell)262-349-9785 (office)

Ryan ThompsonOperations Managerryan@badgervolleyball.org414-303-5624 (cell)262-349-9785 (office)

Sara VoigtProgram Specialistsara@badgervolleyball.org262-349-9785 (office)

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The Badger Region Volleyball Association promotes initiatives for safe, structured and fun life-long volleyball experiences!

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Have a great story idea or person you want featured in the Badger Beacon? Email Brian Sharkey at brian@badgervolleyball.org.

The Wisconsin Youth Volleyball league concluded recently at center court in Waukesha. Send your photos for publication to brian@badgervolleyball.org.

One big volleyball familyPlaying for your local volleyball club makes you a part of a MUCH, MUCH bigger network

of volleyball players, coaches, directors, officials and more. Take a look of how we’re all connected:

Junior/Adult Clubs Officials Tournament Directors

Badger Region Volleyball Association

USA Volleyball (USAV) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of volleyball in the United States and is recognized as such by the Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The vision of USA Volleyball is to be acknowledged as the world leader in volleyball. USA Volleyball uses its 40 regions (like the Badger Region) to help implement its vision to players, coaches, sitting athletes, officials and other administrators of the sport.

USA Volleyball operates girls, boys, adult, High Performance and beach nationals to accommodate athletes of all ages and ability levels. It is also the source of numerous education resources such as IMPACT, CAP, SafeSport and officials training that is filtered down to the various member regions.

USAV is a separate organization from both the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). However, many (not all) of the athletes/coaches in JVA and AAU are also members of USAV.

USA Volleyball also oversees the teams that compete at the Olympics (men’s, women’s, sitting, beach).

Badger Region Volleyball Association is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to providing a high-quality volleyball experience to its members. As seen in last week’s Badger Beacon newsletter, the Badger Region is made up of a Board of Directors elected by its members, five staff members and numerous advisory board members. The Board votes on and enforces the policies enacted by USA Volleyball and those unique to the Badger Region.

The Badger Region staff works to develop programming to enhance the experience of the junior clubs, adult clubs, offi-cials, tournament directors and other members that the Region serves. The Badger Region staff works as a liaison between the various members and USA Volleyball, helping with registration (via Webpoint) and education (for coaches, players and officials). It also looks for opportunities to assist in the growth of the sport, especially among under-served groups.

The Badger Region also operates its own High Performance team (that competes against National High Perfor-mance teams) and its own Premier Volleyball League (PVL) team that competes at the Adult Championships.

In the 2015-16 season, there were over 150 junior clubs registered in the state of Wisconsin (with about 20 of them being satellites of another club already established somewhere in the Badger Region) and about 20 adult volleyball clubs.

Each club is its own entity or business — many of which are non-profit organizations or other recognized IRS group. Philoso-phies on coaching, playing time, tournaments attended and costs to participate in a club are set at the club level.

The various clubs throughout the state are required to have IMPACT certified coaches with current background screenings, SafeSport trained coaches and have all athletes prepared to score-keep, linejudge and officiate matches if needed.

Directors work with tournament directors to relay schedules and other tournament information (i.e. costs, parking, concessions, etc.)

Costs for jerseys, tryouts, travel and such are often determined by a club’s board of directors, president or other administrators set up by the organization. Clubs must file the correct paperwork with Badger Region to be a region-recognized group.

With an athlete or coaching membership in Badger Region, you get full access to all the great resources mentioned on this page.

Every official at a Badger Re-gion-sanctioned tournament must be a member of USA Volleyball and have a current background screening.

Officials work closely with tourna-ment directors and coaches to ensure that events run smoothly in accor-dance with the rules published in the Domestic Competition Regulations, the rulebook established by USA Volleyball.

Officials are assigned by the Re-gion’s Officials Assignor (Larry Schoe-nick) and work with the Officials Chair (Jim Momsen) and Officials Rating/Training Chair (Julie Voeck) to get the proper training to ref the tournaments in the Badger Region.

There are multiple levels of officials within each Region, ranging from Pro-visional all the way up to International.

Tournament directors orga-nize, market and facilitate events throughout the state. To be a recognized Badger Region-sanc-tioned event, the director must ensure the tournament operates according to Badger Region tournament guidelines (see our website). Tournament directors must be members of the Region and have background screenings to perform their duties.

Tournament directors report to the Badger Region Tourna-ment Director (Terry Paulson) with results, problems and highlights from their respective competitions.

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How is the Badger Region Board structured?

REGION STAFFDirector of Operations: Jennifer Armson-DyerProgram Director: Brian SharkeyOperations Manager: Ryan ThompsonTournament Director: Terry PaulsonProgram Specialist: Sara Voigt

The Badger Region Volleyball Association is governed by a Board of Directors that must be elected by members on a regular basis. Area reps serve three-year terms, while members of the executive board serve four-year terms.

Members, whether they are players, coaches, parents, directors, athletic trainers or officials, are encouraged to communicate with their respective representative if they

think policies or financial decision in the Region need to be changed.

Some policies enforced by Badger Region come from USA Volleyball, our sport’s national governing body, so those can’t be changed. But many others can.

The Board is advised by a 11 chairpersons (or experts) in various parts of the game, and five staff members (some of which have multiple responsibilities).

The state is divided into five parts geo-graphically for representation. Plus, there are two at-large board members who you can approach if you don’t feel comfortable with your current rep. And there is a rep dedi-cated just to issues that surround our Junior volleyball clubs and athletes.

You’ll be hearing from each Board mem-ber twice a year in the form of a column in the Badger Beacon. Now, let’s meet them:

Individual chairs and advisors who offer input to the Board of Directors but don’t have authority to vote at meetings:

Scott Blackmon(At-Large Rep)Elected in 2014Email: scottlblackmon@gmail.com

Kelly Lehman(At-Large Rep)Elected in 2015Email: kellylehman@wi.rr.com

Heather Curley(Junior Rep)Elected in 2016Email: revolutionwi@yahoo.com

Angie Lubach(Independent Rep)Appointed in 2015Email: Angela.lubach@yahoo.com

Madison

La Crosse

Stevens Point

Kim Wudi(Northwest Rep)Elected in 2016Email: wudikm@uwec.edu

Paul Schlomer(Southwest Rep)Elected in 2016Email: pschlomer@edgewood.edu

Holly Vogelsang(Southeast Rep)Elected in 2016Email: hvogelsang15@gmail.com

Pati Rolf(Metro Milwaukee Rep)Elected in 2014Email: pati.rolf@gmail.com

Financial Chair: Anne SlatteryJunior Girls Chair: Ruth LeitzkeJunior Boys Chair: Jake NowakReferee Chair: Jim MomsenScore Chair: Nancy PaulsonAdult Chair: BJ LeRoy

Boys HP Chair: Brian SharkeyGirls HP Chair: Paul SchlomerBeach Chair: Bill PetersenOfficials Assigner: Larry SchoenickOfficials Rating/Training: Julie Voeck

Julie Voeck(Commissioner/President)Elected in 2016Email: jvoeck@attglobal.net

Jim Momsen(Associate Commissioner/VP)Elected in 2015Email: jkmomsen@yahoo.com

Anne Slattery(Treasurer)Elected in 2014Email: arslatts@gmail.com

BJ Bryant(Secretary)Elected in 2013Email: wivbacademy@gmail.com

BJ LeRoy(Northwest Rep)Elected in 2016Email: 4bjleroy@gmail.com

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