Thank you for entering the 27th Annual Heartland Tournament. We are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, March 30 2019. Enclosed are the playing sites, rules, a map and a tournament schedule.
Our tournament sites are the following (all of these sites are separate tournaments):
*12/MMS Monticello Middle School
*12/MFH Monticello High School
*13’s Monticello High School
*14/Heart are at Big Lake H.S. & Middle school
*14/Land are at Big Lake Middle School & Liberty Elememarty
*(12’s & 14’s divisions have two separate tournaments )
NOTE: All sites have limited seating so your parents should bring their own chairs.
All teams and players must be registered USAV to participate because of insurance requirements. Also, all teams must be in full matching uniforms per USAV guidelines unless you have a waiver from the NCR
Coaches and Players playing in the second match should be there at least a 1/2-hour early. Any changes to format, and playoff brackets will be handed out at the coaches meeting.
Information that will help answer any questions you may have about our tournament
1. The format of each tournament can be found on the Playing Schedule.
a) All teams will make playoffs (Playoff bracket will be handed out at coaches meeting.)
b) Any changes, will be handed out at the coaches meeting.
2. We will not be furnishing balls. We ask each team to have at least one playable ball. Coaches will decide
which ball to use.
3. Libero may serve.
4. Warm ups will be 2-4-4 for 10 minute warm-up and 1-2-2 for the 5 minute warm-up.
5. PLEASE CLEAN UP YOUR AREA BEFORE YOU LEAVE, THANKS!
Other important items:
There is to be no playing with balls (dribbling, passing, throwing, etc.) outside of the gym. These areas have breakable equipment, lights and sprinkler heads. (Penalty same as having food in the gym)
All teams will be responsible for officiating matches. All teams must have officials who have attended a ref clinic this year. Any team late for an officiating assignment will be penalized 3 points per game their next match. Coach must either ref up or down.
There will be concessions available all day. T-shirt Sale and Volleyball Novelties.
AWARDS: Gold & Silver Divisions 1st, & 2nd, (3rd place medals for any 8 team playoff bracket)
For any questions or concerns please contact:
Wally Brown - Mid-Winter Classic Director
15761 Rivers Edge Drive
Milaca, MN 56353
Cell phone: (320) 360-4996
Fax: (320) 468-6408
2019 Heartland Tournament Information Sheet (please look over closely)
1. Only personal size coolers will be allowed. We ask that your teams do not bring crock-pots, roasters, microwaves, or and electric appliances. Also no cases of any kind of beverage.
2. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP IS REQUIRED OF ALL. Yelling at members of the officiating crew, talking poorly about other individuals, teams, or clubs, etc. will not be tolerated.
3. SCORER’S TABLE PROTOCOL AND FILLING OUT SCORE SHEETS . The players need to be paying attention to the game. No cell phones, food, or boyfriends at the table. Score sheets need to be completely and correctly filled out at the bottom.
4. BE ON TIME Teams need to be on time. Coaches need to make sure that warm-ups,time-outs, and team meetings are on time. Otherwise, we run into problems of beinglate, holding up teams, etc. Please remember that only the first two warm ups are 10 minutes; the others are only 5 minutes, 3 minutes between games and time-outs are 30 seconds.
5. We will not be furnishing balls. We ask each team to have at least one playable ball. Coaches will decide which ball to use.
6. CAMPS Make sure you know where you may have camps and where you can not have camps at the site you are playing. Please inform your parents and players of the areas and that they understand what a camp is. PLEASE ALWAYS CLEAN UP YOUR AREA BEFOE LEAVING. THANKS!
7. Teams must bring their own warm-up balls, first aide supplies, and whistles.
8.2-4-4 for 10 minute warm-up and 1-2-2 for the 5 minute warm-up. When teams are warming up, please have parents come out and block balls so they don’t interfere with the other court's game at courts where this is a problem.
9 OFFICIATING REQUIREMENTS: In our region, coaches (or an adult registered with USAV who has been to an officials’ clinic) will be required to control the match as one of the referees within all age groups. Coaches and players are required to attend an officials’ clinic before officiating. The officiating team must provide a first referee, second referee, scorekeeper, libero tracker, scoreboard operator, and two line judges. If team members need a refresher on how to keep score, there is a on-line power point presentation/tutorial at http://www.ncrusav.org/ncrofficials/scoreclinic.
For any questions or concerns please contact :
Wally Brown - Mid-Winter Classic Director
15761 Rivers Edge Drive
Milaca, MN 56353
CELL phone: (320) 360-4996
Fax : (320) 468-6408
***PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR PARENTS:
So You Want to be a Better Spectator?
By John Kessel, USA Volleyball Director of Sport Development
Far more than the winning and losing are the lessons learned in process of tournament play. To quote Socrates, “I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become still better than we are.” The sport of volleyball is unique in its core cooperative nature and its strength in building character. The ability to cooperate is far more important to human survival than the ability to compete. Success is a journey, not a destination. Winning and losing are temporary, but friendships last forever, is a Chinese proverb of great truth. We ask that your role from the sidelines and stands match that which we are developing through our coaching education programs and training. - Thanks for working as part of this Junior Olympic Volleyball program by conducting yourself within these guidelines.
Rule 1 - Keep Positive support, encouragement, cheerleading and general hollering and yelling to a maximum on the sidelines
When players are working hard, they need and deserve everyone best POSITIVE encouragement and support. They need to know you are there. Most teams have a tough enough time developing a sense of teamwork and achievement as they are also developing their own individual experience and skill. They DO NOT need to hear YOUR anxiety piled on top of their own when the game is going poorly.
Rule 2 - Just one word on criticizing players, coaches or referees,
DON'T Publicly criticizing players on your team can really hurt morale. They will already have an excellent idea, from all the practicing they have already done, as to their errors. They do NOT need reminders from their families, friends and other spectators. The players for the other team are also doing their best and in truth are probably no more aggressive than the players on your team. Criticism is simply poor sportsmanship and leads to unnecessary bad feelings on and off the playing area. The unfortunate spectacle of a supposed adult shouting insults at a child or other adult is disgusting. Volleyball is a game, not a war. When the opponents make a great play, give them positive encouragement too. The referees are making judgment calls on each and every contact, and will err at times, though far fewer than the best player on the team you are cheering for. Referees may make mistakes, but they never make a bad call in their heart. The referee might ignore you, but also has the right to ask you to leave the playing area. Either situation is at best distracting from the most important thing going on, the player’s competition.
Rule 3 - Leave the player coaching to the staff
This is a game for the players. Coaches are already there on the bench to guide the players and in the stress of the game, there needs to be just one source of feedback, that from the coach. If you think an athlete is not doing what should be done, tell the coaches in private, not the player. As others not on the team occasionally discover, a player may be doing exactly what the coaches have instructed. Either way, a parent can help a player's development much better working with the coaches, not independently.
Rule 4 - Set an example in your actions and words
Do not break the rules of the tournament, by sneaking in, leaving a mess, smoking, or drinking where/what is not permitted. Players on the court can be removed from the game for foul language, and spectators can too. Degrading actions and words are the bane of sports character development. Leave the gym better than you found it in, physically and verbally by being a great role model.
Rule 5 - Remember, it is a game
Therefore, it is supposed to be fun. Please remember, YOUR attitude in the spectating area can affect the mood and success of the team. Any spectator who persists in inappropriate behavior may be asked to leave the gym. Emotions run high in competition, and feelings are easily hurt. Be tolerant. The place to talk about the game with the coaches is not in the gym, and not around the players.
The program these young athletes are part of is USA Volleyball’s Junior Olympic Volleyball programming. Take a moment to read the Olympic Creed and the Oath of Athletes:
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. - Baron Pierre de Coubertin
In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams. - Baron Pierre de Coubertin
And in closing, remember the final words, on every medal given, in Latin, is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” - Swifter, Higher, Stronger. It does NOT translate to “swiftest, highest, strongest.” The idea is to help each player, regardless of age or skill, develop their own selves to be more… as in swifter, higher, and stronger… getting better every day, for this process of learning and self-improvement in each child is a journey, not a destination.
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