1  Introduction: Ohio Valley Region, Inc., USA Volleyball

The Ohio Valley Region (OVR), Inc. is the largest of the 40 regional volleyball associations (RVA's) of USA Volleyball (USAV). Our main purpose as an amateur athletic sports association is to promote and establish quality volleyball through participation by both adults and juniors, according to the standards set forth by USA Volleyball and the Amateur Sports Act of 1978.

The OVR provides opportunities for our members to participate at local, regional, zonal, and national competitions. Our large and active membership (17,245 for the 2008-2009 season) grants us the flexibility to offer exceptional opportunities such as holding both Adults' and Juniors' Regional Championships in a metropolitan convention center. We also sponsor High Performance teams for elite juniors and coaches who wish to excel and to challenge their abilities at a highly competitive level of play. The OVR offers many educational avenues to our members who wish to become more effective club directors, coaches, officials, and clinicians. Beyond those immediately tangible benefits, we cannot ignore the physical fitness, health, and social opportunities that our lifetime sport provides.

The OVR is a nonprofit corporation registered in the state of Ohio. Its elected board of directors and officers carry out the numerous duties and responsibilities that go with their offices on a voluntary or largely pro bono basis.

Our website, www.ovr.org, delivers comprehensive information, updated daily, on activities in the Ohio Valley Region. The OVR also publishes a regional newsletter and handbook which detail tournament and safety procedures, organizational structure, bylaws, general regional regulations, and educational program activities.

Through our publications and activities we hope to promote the fantastic sport of volleyball to all wishing to join us.