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Tournament Format: The Power Tournament series has been reformatted to return to 3-refs-on-2-courts format with crossovers for 1v1 and 2v2 only. This means 7 rounds of play and all officials will work 5 matches in a day. It also means more referee interaction and oversight with less isolation felt by newer referees.
Each year we staff the boys’ tournaments in the fall, as well as the larger girls tournament schedule in the spring. The boys season kicks off this year with a two-day Kickoff Tournament Oct 5-6.
Updated 8.1.24
1) Purchase your USAV/RMR membership HERE
(To sign into an existing account, login HERE)
2) Once you’ve signed your agreements and paid your fees, you’ll have a “profile home page" at SportsEngine
3) From your SportsEngine profile, click the “Household” tab on the left
4) A “tile” (window) with your name in it should be presented (more tiles if others in your family are also members)
5) Click on your tile, to open it
6) Verify that your contact information is correct, then in the “Overview” window below that, click “Memberships”
7) There you should be able to see all your memberships, past and future
8) Click on the current “24-25 RMR….” membership
9) There, you should be presented with the elements of your current membership …
10) Each will be marked as “ineligible/incomplete” or “pending” or “eligible/complete”
11) Any element that is as yet incomplete will have a hyperlink to the right that allows you to complete that task
For all members: Your various agreements and waivers should be complete!
For Coaches and Officials:
—> “Initiate Background Screen” should be your first priority (you will be charged $14)
—> Take your SafeSport Course
—> First-Time Coaches may need to complete the “IMPACT” course
12) With those tasks managed, you can return to your “Home” page
13) Access to the USA Volleyball Academy is provided there.
14) In the Academy, click “Enrollments” to find mandatory courses assigned to you:
--> Players will find “for credit” courses about scorekeeping and refereeing
--> Coaches will find their IMPACT training course as well as referee or scorekeeping courses
--> Officials will find specific scorekeeping and referee modules assigned to them, based on their level of certification
15) Click “Content Library” to find lots of learning material provided for you, as optional reading
--> Coaches will find clinics, courses, and interesting educational articles provided here
--> For Officials, over a hundred referee and scorekeeping modules can be reviewed here, any time, under “Officials Academy* Optional”
Updated 5/6/24
The USAV Academy is where coaches and athletes go for their referee and scorekeeping courses...
1. Log in to My SportsEngine with your USA Volleyball Membership linked account.
2. In the top middle of your home page, you'll see the USA Volleyball Academy name and Logo in a box. A blue "Launch" button appears at the far right of that box. Click on the "Launch" button, and you should be good to go!
3. Remember that "Enrollments" are required-for-credit courses that have been assigned to you
4. The "Content Library" offers articles, optional courses and all sorts of educational material!
New Provisional: This certification is open to USAV members age 16 and older who would like to officiate RMR events. To have the USAV Academy coursework called NEW PROVISIONAL OFFICIAL TRAINING loaded into your account, please write to the RMR Officials Chairperson at officialschair@RMRvolleyball.org. The coursework includes online video modules, attendance at an in-person clinic, one rating as an R2, and two ratings as an R1, one from a regional official (Level 1) and one from a National or Jr National official (Level 2). Please note that if you are coming to this USAV Academy course after completing all the modules from the JR R1 certification under the Team Referee tab on the junior club side, ALL of your work there will transfer to the New Provisional Training course. New Provisional certification is good for two years. Also be aware that all paid officials in the RMR MUST be certified scorers. Information about attaining scorer certification can be found at the "Team Scorer" page.
Maintaining Provisional: The coursework for this two-year certification will automatically be loaded into the USAV Academy accounts of current RMR Provisional officials. It includes online modules, one Level 1 R1 rating, one Level 1 R2 rating, and continued scorer certification.
New Regional: This certification is open to returning adult RMR Provisional officials with 2+ years of experience who would like to advance their referee status. To have the USAV Academy coursework called NEW REGIONAL OFFICIAL TRAINING loaded into your account, please write to the RMR Officials Chairperson at officialschair@RMRvolleyball.org. The coursework includes online video modules, one rating as an R2 and one ratings as an R1 from a current or retired Junior National or National official (Level 2). Regional candidates are strongly encouraged to attend the RMR Showdown for advanced training and ratings. Upon completion of the NEW REGIONAL OFFICIAL TRAINING, certification is good for two years.
Maintaining Regional: This coursework for this one-year certification will automatically be loaded into the USAV Academy accounts of current RMR Regional officials. It includes a few online modules, one Level 2 R1 rating, continued scorer certification, and availability to serve as a rater at junior club trainings. In order to staff the new Jr R2 and Jr R1 certification programs, the RMR will ask current Regional officials to volunteer a few hours each year to help mentor, coach, and rate officials at junior club scrimmages.
The RMR offers FREE MEMBERSHIP to its officials!
Returning National or Junior National Referees are extended a specific link that invites them into a specifically crafted, pre-paid membership type. Even your Background screen is paid for!
--> If you have not received your invitation link by Sept 1st, please contact us at membership@rmrmvolleyball.org.
NEW OFFICIALS (Provisional. Regional) are also afforded a discounted membership. To sign up as a new professional referee-only member, please click this LINK
--> If you need assistance with the process, please contact us at membership@rmrmvolleyball.org.
Officials Chair: Jim Henthorn: officialschair@rmrvolleyball.org
Scorers Chair: Kent Haggard: scorerchair@rmrvolleyball.org
This article from USAV displays how members can navigate through their SportsEngine Profile to find the SafeSport Course and (for Coaches) IMPACT training. Note that Background Screening (for athletes 17+ and all adult participants) is found just below the Safesport link. Also note that the dark blue ACADEMY button is visible, top-right. Thats' where athletes find their scorekeeping and referee modules, and coaches can find those, PLUS all types of coach-training. Enjoy!
Professional referees wear the uniform stipulated by the agency for whom they work at any given event. Many officials end up with closets full of uniforms over the years!
Here in the RMR we're happy to allow refs to wear any of the agency-approved uniforms. In general that includes long navy blue pants (should have pockets and belt loops), black belt, white shoes, and (any of the) approved "referee polos" from USAV, NCAA or FIVB). A full description of USAV referee-uniform regulations appears HERE.
Finally, here are some vendors that you might consider shopping with:
NEW LAST YEAR (23-24 SEASON) AND
CONTINUING THIS YEAR (24-25 SEASON):
The RMR will manage referee assignments through the TM2 assigning platform.
There, officials "register for events" just as a team would. Log in online at TM2, then navigate to the "Officials' Dashboard to "Register For Events." Being "accepted" into the event is your confirmation, and TM2 will display your work schedule at the event.
Many thanks to Gary Houghton for building the RMR referee assigning program years ago, before TM2, SportsEngine, or even Arbiter even existed. And many thanks to him for maintaining that platform for us for (decades)! THANKS GARY!
This year you register to officiate, at TM2, just like our teams register to play. Here's how
2) Use the drag-down menu under your name (at top right), to choose "Officials Dashboard"
3) In the Blue header bar, choose "Register for Events'
4) In the search bar on the left, type "RMR"
5) Click the green "register to officiate" button of all the events you're interested in officiating!
You will find important documents below so you can be a paid official in the Rocky Mountain Region, these include an ACH form for direct deposit, W-9 and Independent Contractor Agreement. All three forms should be returned by email directly to our bookkeeper Brandi, at accounting@rmrvolleyball.org.
Here you'll find info for all officials, including rulebooks, application forms, uniform information, AES information, USAV Academy info, housing at national events, etc.
PAID OFFICIALS IN THE RMR:
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Conduct of all RMR officials shall be at the highest standard at all times. The RMR has a set of standards to the behavior of its members, and those standards are detailed in the USA Volleyball Participant Code of Conduct.
We love to see our athletes "get involved" with officiating.. and it's a great way to make a few extra dollars! Our guys might referee for pay during the girls' season, and our girls can officiate the boys in the fall! Another idea is to have girls that play "odds" referee on the "even" weekends and vice versa! (this can work for COACHES as well.. .they can referee for extra pay on their off weekends!)
Parents are also encouraged to enter the officiating ranks...
Come on out to make a few bucks!
Important Documents
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