Any parish youth currently in 7-12 grade will be eligible to play volleyball. In addition, non-parish youth and non-Catholic youth are welcome to play on a parish team as long as the team is made up of at least 60% parishioners. Any youth member who graduates from high school in May or June will still be eligible to participate in the volleyball program for the upcoming season. All players should be 18 or younger. Players cannot be head coaches.
COACHES - Head coaches must be adults 21+. There can be an assistant coach aged 18-20, but a 21+ coach must be present at all times.
In compliance with the Diocese of Worcester requirements, all coaches must be CORI checked through their parish, have attended the Safe Environment Training Program, and read/signed the Code of Ministerial Conduct. With that being said, the head coach must be 21 years of age or older. NO PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO BE COACHES OR ASSISTANT COACHES. Coaches must not be the only adult in the car with players. Coaches are to wait until all their team players have been picked up by a parent or assigned adult. No officials will be responsible for players. Each coach must fill out a diocesan release form and should have a copy of the player release/consent form with emergency contact information on it. Coaches are Catholic role models and should act accordingly. Games will not begin until prayer has taken place with both teams coming together on the court.
ROSTERS
There are two types of teams – recreational and competitive. Teams are made up of no more than 16 players from the parish. Up to 40% of the team can be from outside the parish if you cannot find parishioners to play. Additions/deletions may be made up until Week # 2 of the season keeping the roster player count to 16 or less. This is not a drop-in league. Only “rostered” players will be allowed to play. The aim is to foster a commitment to the team and the league by participating each week. It is understood that unavoidable and infrequent absences will occur. When a parish has two (or more) teams, it must present two (or more) separate rosters. Enough players to complete another team may be moved from one roster to another on one occasion only if one of the teams playing the match cannot field enough players. Parishes entering two or more teams must create rosters that are fairly distributed by age/gender.
GUIDELINES
**Each team is required to bring their own first aid kit to their game.**