PLAYER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

High Performance Program staff determine a fair, transparent, and consistent selection process and eligibility criteria for the USNT and USNTDA that complies with IQA policy. The criteria may be altered each season to match updates to IQA policies.

  • USQ eligibility requires a player

    • Be 18 years of age or older at the time of the upcoming IQA event;

      • This overwrites the IQA rule of 16 years

    • Must have played with a USQ or Major League Quadball within the last season for the given league;

    • Barring injury limitations, must have played in a minimum of two official USQ tournaments, two official MLQ series, and/or a combination of two such events within the last year;

    • Be in good standing in the league(s) in which they played; and,

    • Meet IQA eligibility requirements around citizenship or residency.

    • USNTDA ONLY: Be a registered member of a USQ college team in the season prior

      • Exceptions may be made for athletes 21 or younger that do not have access to a collegiate team

      • USNTDA athletes will receive a one-season grace period following graduation, during which they will remain eligible for USNTDA despite no longer being collegiate athletes

        • At the discretion of the coaching staff, an exception may be made for an athlete on the USNTDA that no longer meets the above requirements to remain part of the USNTDA

  • IQA eligibility currently requires a player

    • At least meet one of the following requirements:

      • Be a US citizen

      • Have lived in the US for at least three years

      • Have played quadball only in the US

      • Have played officially in the US during the prior Major League Quadball (MLQ) and/or USQ season

Members of the High Performance Program are expected to:

  • Regularly attend training camps each season;

  • Be visible marketers of quadball to grow the sport, recruit new players, and foster community engagement;

  • Uphold the USQ Code of Conduct; and,

  • Maintain appropriate public behavior virtually and in-person and represent the values of USQ.

Members of the High Performance Program that misrepresent themselves, quadball, or USQ can be released at any point by High Performance Program staff and the USQ CEO.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

In order to apply, you must be willing to agree to the necessary waivers and provide written commitment to various requirements:

  • USNT Practice Policy

    • In the event an athlete is selected for and accepts a roster spot on the USNT, they are expected to make an active effort to attend as many USNT practices as their financial circumstances and distance from practices reasonably allow. Athletes are also expected to make a concerted effort to arrive at USNT tournaments at least one week in advance to participate in on-site training.

USNT VIDEO AND WORKOUT POLICY

All new applicants may be asked to submit unedited recordings of official USQ or MLQ games in which they have played.

In addition to meeting the aforementioned player eligibility requirements, adhering to the signed policies, and exhibiting the actions and attitude of a role model within the community, athletes are expected to complete workout requirements set by the coaching staff and attend closed training camps.

USNTDA VIDEO REQUIREMENT

All USNTDA applicants are required to submit two unedited recordings of official USQ or MLQ games in which they have played. Fantasy games, merc games or games against official teams deemed unofficial will not be accepted. The footage must meet the below requirements:

  • Footage will only be considered valid if the game took place during the prior USQ season, prior MLQ season and/or the current USQ season.

  • All videos must be sent as either a YouTube, Google Drive or Dropbox link via the body of an email to the USNTDA Head Coach Jack Levy (jack.levy@usquadball.org) with the subject line “LASTNAME_USNTDA Video Submission.”

    • The body of the email must also include the athlete’s name, position(s), gender, their USQ seasonal team, their MLQ team (if applicable) and the address of assumed residency for the upcoming summer.

    • In the body of the email, athletes are required to provide timestamps of when they were on pitch and a description of the play that takes place during each timestamp.

No athlete on the USNT standing roster is guaranteed play time or a tournament roster spot at any point during their time on the USNT standing roster and/or in the USNTDA class. While there are designated periods for mass additions and cuts, the USNT and USNTDA coaches may add or cut a player when they deem necessary.

Any athlete that meets the requirements is eligible to try out for the USNT/USNTDA at a training camp and/or be scouted by the members of the organization. Visit the High Performance Program about page for more information.

APPLY FOR USNT/USNTDA

SELECTION

Applications are open and a blank selection rubric is available year-round. Tryout participation and selection results may be published at the discretion of program staff. The primary selection period will take place in May of each calendar year.

If training camps are utilized for the selection process, there will be at least four training camps in the given season.

To avoid any appearances of impropriety, High Performance Program staff who are the immediate family of the candidate (e.g., spouses, parents, legal guardians, siblings, children, sharing the same household) are expected to recuse themselves from the selection process for the player candidate. High Performance Program staff members must internally disclose to the USNT and/or USNTDA Manager all potential conflicts of interest (e.g., shared USQ or MLQ affiliations, shared non-quadball affiliations, etc.). 

USNT and USNTDA players can be dismissed by their respective head coaches.

An extended version of these and other High Performance Program policies and guidelines can be found here.