Membership Types#
Click the drop downs to learn about each of the membership types USATH offers.
Adult Players (Ages 18 & over)
$35
Benefits Include:
- Ability to play in official USA Team Handball sanctioned events.
- Opportunity to watch and play with the best athletes from the United States and meet new friends
- Secondary accidental coverage: To provide peace of mind for all involved in the sport, including coverage for USATH members during practices, games, group travel, and other non-hazardous official club and team events.
- Access to educational opportunities and a USATH Store discount.
$30
Benefits Include:
- Ability to play in official USA Team Handball sanctioned events
- Opportunity to watch and play with the best athletes from the United States and meet new friends
- Opportunity to be selected to represent Team USA at national and international tournaments
- Secondary accidental coverage: To provide peace of mind for all involved in the sport, Including coverage for USATH members during practices, games, group travel, and other non-hazardous official club and team events.
- Access to educational opportunities and a USATH Store discount.
For Parents:
Secure Environment and peace-of-mind, knowing your child is part of a national organization which:
- Safety as its top priority with MAAP and SafeSport protocols in place
- Requires background screening and completed SafeSport training for all adults with access to youth players
- All officials/referees are certified to ensure appropriate knowledge of rules and to create a positive and safe environment for all participants.
- Secondary accidental coverage: To provide peace of mind for all involved in the sport, Including coverage for USATH members during practices, games, group travel, and other non-hazardous official club and team events.
Coaches
$35
Benefits Include:
- Ability to participate in official USA Team Handball sanctioned events.
- Opportunity to participate in USA Team Handball and International Handball Federation hosted clinics and workshops.
- Access to educational opportunities and a USATH Store discount.
Requirements:
- Coaches must maintain current background check (conducted every two years) and SafeSport certification (new training required every year).

Trial Membership
$15 - This fee will go towards a full membership if upgraded within the first 30 days of signing up.
- Try America’s Next Great Sport while being covered by world-class insurance to provide peace of mind for all involved in the sport.
- The Trial Membership covers no more than 4 (four) handball-related activities within 1 (one) month but does not allow for participation in sanctioned competitions and events.
Referees (Ages 18 & over)
$35
Benefits Include:
- NRC Certification Process: Enrollment in the NRC certification process to learn and develop knowledge of official playing rules and the sport as a whole
- Opportunity to be selected to referee games at regional and national championships.
- Access to training, clinics, and additional certifications through the National Referee Committee.
- Secondary accidental coverage: To provide peace of mind for all involved in the sport, including coverage for USATH members during the practices, games, group travel, and other non-hazardous official club and team events.
Access to educational opportunities and a USATH Store discount.
Requirements:
- Referees must maintain current background check (conducted every two years) and SafeSport certification (new training required every year).

Referees (Ages 17 & under)$30
Benefits Include:
- NRC Certification Process: Enrollment in the NRC certification process to learn and develop knowledge of official playing rules and the sport as a whole.
- Opportunity to be selected to referee games at regional and national championships.
- Access to training, clinics, and additional certifications through the National Referee Committee.
- Secondary accidental coverage: To provide peace of mind for all involved in the sport, including coverage for USATH members during practices, games, group travel, and other non-hazardous official club and team events.
Access to educational opportunities and a USATH Store discount.
Requirements:
- Youth referees must maintain SafeSport certification (new training required every year).

Clubs
$100.00
Benefits Include:
- Access to event sanctioning and Tournament Entrance Fee payment system: Including liability coverage for sanctioned events and Access to NRC Referees and certification of local referees for local tournaments.
- World-Class Insurance Coverage: Including general liability coverage for all practices and sanctioned events and secondary accidental coverage for USATH members during practices, games, group travel, and other non-hazardous official club and team events.
- Dedicated Molten handball discounts: Including a free handball for every five handballs purchased.
- Ability to enter USATH tournaments and leagues all over the country.
- Access to educational and learning opportunities.
- Hummel: Get exclusive discounts to USATH Store.
Insurance #
General Liability and Participant Accident Medical insurance are provided as a free benefit to USATH registered clubs and their registered members for claims arising from sanctioned or approved events and activities.
- For an event, competition, practice or other club-sponsored activity to be eligible for sanctioning, it is required that all individuals participating in the activities (athletes, coaches and referees) have current memberships with USATH.
- General Liability insurance provides legal liability coverage with respect to claims brought by third parties alleging bodily injury, property damage or personal & advertising injury caused by the negligent acts or omissions of the clubs themselves or by individual members, including registered athletes, coaches, officials, trainers and volunteers acting in their capacity as such. A summary of General Liability coverages may be found here.
- Individuals with current USATH membership will also receive Participant Accident Medical coverage for injuries resulting directly from participation in registered club or sanctioned event activitiesThe Participant Accident Medical coverages apply over and above any other medical coverages carried by the member participant and are subject to a deductible.A summary of Participant Accident Medical coverages may be found here.
Accident Summary
- USA Team Handball Participant Accident Summary for 2023-2024
- USA Team Handball General Liability Summary for 2023-2024
- USA Team Handball Waiver and Release Form
Registered Clubs/Sanctioned Events
If you have any questions about membership, please contact us at matthew.collins@usateamhandball.org
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