USA Volleyball Acronyms
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AAHPERD (pronounced
AFERD) |
American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance |
| AAU |
Amateur
Athletic Union |
| ADVA |
American
Deaf Volleyball Association (now DSFUSA Deaf Sorts Federation USA) |
| AIA |
Athletes
in Action |
| ALA |
American
Latvian Association |
| AMATEUR
SPORTS ACT |
Public
Law 95.606. This is the legislation governing USA Volleyball as a NGB. |
| AMERICAN
TURNERS |
no
acronym |
| ASEP |
American
Sorts Education Program |
| AVA |
Amateur
Volleyball Association |
| AVCA |
American
Volleyball Coaches Association |
| AVP |
Association
of Volleyball Professionals |
| BD |
Beach
Volleyball Division |
| BOD |
Board
of Directors |
| BSA |
Bo
Scouts of America |
| CAP |
Coaching
Accreditation Program (advanced coaches training courses offered by USA
Volleyball) |
| CBVA |
California
Beach Volleyball Association |
| DSUSA |
Disabled
Sports USA |
| DVD |
Disabled
Volleyball Division |
| FIVB |
International
Volleyball Federation (USAV is a member of this, our International
Federation (IF)) |
| IMPACT |
Increased
Mastery and Professional Application of Coaching Theory (entry level
course in CAP program) |
| IOC |
International
Olympic Committee (the FIVB is a member of the IOC) |
| JCC |
Jewish
Community Centers Maccabi |
| JNC |
Junior
National Championship Event. Used to refer to events leading up to,
and including the JOVC. (e.g. Regional Bid Tournaments, Qualifiers, and
the JOVC) |
| JOVC |
U.S.
Junior Olympic Volleyball National Championship |
| MRHRD
or MRHR DIVISION |
Member
Relations and Human Resources Division |
| NAGWS |
National
Association of Girls and Women in Sort |
| NAIA |
National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics |
| NAPAL |
National
Association of Police Athletic Leagues |
| NATIONAL
OFFICE |
USA
Volleyball Administrative Office is commonly referred to as the
"National Office". |
| NCAA |
National
Collegiate Athletic Association (sometimes referred to NC2A) |
| NCD
or NC DIVISION |
National
Championships Division |
| NCSG |
National
Congress of State Games |
| NFSHSA |
National
Federation of State High Schools Association |
| NGB |
National
Governing Body |
| NIRSA
(pronounced NURSA) |
National
Intramural Recreational Sorts Association |
| NJCAA |
National
Junior College Athletic Association |
| NRPA |
National
Recreation and Parks Associations |
| NSCA
(pronounced NISCA) |
National
Strength Coaches Association |
| NVA |
National
Volleyball Association |
| OD |
Officials
Division |
| OLYMPIC |
We
are only permitted to use the word "Olympic" if it is followed by
the word "Volleyball". |
| OTC |
Olympic
Training Center |
| PAVO |
Professional
Association of VB Officials (formerly ABO, Affiliated Board of
Officials) |
| PCPFS |
President's
Council on Physical Fitness and Sorts |
| ROD |
Regional
Operations Division |
| RVA |
Regional
Volleyball Association (plural is RVAs) |
| SCOUT |
Student
Collegiate Outlook of USA Volleyball Talent (manual available to
collegiate coaches for player recruitment) |
| SOCOG |
Sydney
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games |
| SOI |
Special
Olympics, Inc. |
| USA
VOLLEYBALL |
d.b.a
name for United States Volleyball Association, as of May 1994 |
| USAF |
United
States Air Force |
| USAV |
New
abbreviation for USA Volleyball |
| USJOV |
United
States Junior Olympic Volleyball |
| USJOVC |
United
States Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships |
| USMC |
United
States Marine Corps |
| USN |
United
States Navy |
| USNSO |
United
States National Senior Sorts Organization |
| USOC |
United
States Olympic Committee (USAV is a member of this National Olympic
Committee NOC) |
| USVBA |
Former
abbreviation for United States Volleyball Association (now known as USA
Volleyball, aka USVBA) |
| USYVL |
United
States Youth Volleyball League |
| VBHF |
Volleyball
Hall of Fame |
| WGM |
William
G. Morgan Foundation |
| WI |
Wall
ball Inc. |
| YJOVD
or YJOV DIVISION |
Youth/Junior
Olympic Volleyball Division |
| YMCA |
Young
Men's Christian Association |
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