Background

The quest for performance excellence in volleyball is increasing.  Those associated with the sport, including athletes, coaches, administrators, parents, spectators, sports medicine support teams, officials, media and sponsors, constantly search for strategies that will grow the game.  As the search continues with limitless possibilities, the need for a moral compass to guide this direction from which the foundation of the sport was established by William G. Morgan at a YMCA in Massachusetts, USA becomes increasingly important.  Organized sport for youth (ages 5-18) as one of the strategies to grow the game of volleyball worldwide has become central to the discussion.

Statement

USA Volleyball is committed to creating and upholding traditions of excellence through volleyball based upon the existence of supportive and nurturing environments in which individuals can become successful.  Age-group volleyball programs (5 through 18 years of age) can provide such environments.  We, who are associated with these age-group programs, aspire to display behaviors which foster beneficial growth and development of children and improvement of motor skills through volleyball which follows in its Codes of Behavior.