VOLLEYBALL CLINIC

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VOLLEYBALL CLINIC AUGUST 14, 2007
JIM BEYER USAV NATIONAL REFEREE
COORDINATOR OF WOMENS VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS
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• AGENDA
• REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES FROM 2006
• RULE CHANGES 2007
• TECHNIQUE CHANGES
• POINTS OF EMPHASIS
• TRICKS OF THE TRADE
• WEB-SITES
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• REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES FROM 2006
• THE RULE WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW THE SECONDARY
  SURFACE TO BE (APPROXIMATELY ADDED FOR 2007) ½
  INCH LOWER (NOT HIGHER) THAN THE PRIMARY SURFACE.
• THE ATTACK LINE SHALL BE EXTENDED BEYOND THE
  SIDELINE WITH FIVE LINES, EACH 15 CENTIMETERS (6
  INCHES) LONG, SPACED 20 CENTIMETERS (8 INCHES)
  APART TO A TOTAL LENGTH OF 1.75 METERS (70
  INCHES).
• THE WARM-UP AREA WILL BE REDEFINED TO ALLOW
• SUBSTITUTES TO BE NEARER TO THE COURT THAN
• THE PREVIOUS RULE. THE WARM-UP AREA WILL
• STILL BEGIN AT THE END OF THE BENCH OR THE END
  
• LINE (WHICHEVER IS NEARER THE SCOREKEEPERS
• TABLE), BUT CAN NOW EXTEND TO WITHIN 2 METERS
• (6 FEET 6 INCHES) OF THE SIDELINE OR SERVICE
• ZONE. HOWEVER,

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NO PLAY-OVER WILL BE AWARDED IF SUBSTITUTES
INTERFERE WITH A TEAMMATES ATTEMPT TO PLAY THE
BALL. THE REFEREES WILL STILL PREVENT THE
SUBSTITUTES POSITION FROM INTERFERING WITH THE
OFFICIALS DUTIES.
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SUBSTITUTES MAY STAND IN THE WARM-UP AREA NO
CLOSER THAN
WARM-UP AREA
2 METERS (66)
FROM SIDELINE OR ITS EXTENSION
BENCH
SCORE TABLE
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Playing Area
Minimum free zone, 66
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Clearance for Pursuit?
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66 Service Zones
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Media Areas
Not in front of SK table, benches, warm up areas
Allowed within 1 meter of playable area boundary
At least 2 meters from court
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• REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES 2006
• 4. A DISQUALIFIED PLAYER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
  PARTICIPATE IN THE TIMED WARM-UP PROTOCOL FOR THE
  SUBSEQUENT MATCH.
• A DISQUALIFIED COACH WILL BE RESTRICTED FROM
• PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBSEQUENT MATCH
• BEGINNING WHEN THE REFEREES TAKE CONTROL OF
• THE MATCH UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.
• IF A TEAM IS NOT READY TO PLAY AT THE START OF A
  
• GAME, A TEAM DELAY WILL BE ISSUED. IF THE
  DELAY
• CONTINUES, EACH ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS FOR A
• MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES, WILL RESULT IN
• ANOTHER TEAM DELAY PENALTY. AFTER FIVE
• MINUTES, THE GAME IS DEFAULTED. IF LINEUP
  WAS
• SUBMITTED ON TIME 0-1 AT 030 UP TO 0-10 AT
  500
• IF LINEUP NOT SUBMITTED ON TIME 0-1 AT 000
  UP TO
• 0-11 AT 500

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• REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES 2006
• ANY NON-PLAYABLE AREA SHOULD BE EQUITABLY
  AVAILABLE TO BOTH TEAMS DURING THE WARM-UP
  PERIOD.
• ANY TEAM REPRESENTATIVE CAN BE PRESENT AT THE
  PRE-MATCH COIN TOSS.
• AN EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION DOES NOT COUNT AS A
  TEAM SUBSTITUTION.
• 9. A PLAYER WHO CONTACTS THE NET IS ONLY GUILTY
  OF A NET FAULT IF SHE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE BALL
  FOR HER ACTION TO BE REASONABLY CONSIDERED
  PLAYING THE BALL, OR THE CONTACT INTERFERES
  WITH PLAY.

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GUIDELINES INTERFERING WITH PLAY THOSE ACTIONS
JUDGED AS CAUSING A DISTRACTION AND/OR JUDGED AS
CAUSING A CHANGE IN THE (INTEGRITY OF THE) NET,
THUS AFFECTING OR ALTERING THE RESULT OF THE
PLAY. TEAM MEMBER ACTIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS
INTERFERING WITH PLAY IF THEY INVOLVE OBSTRUCTING
THE OPPONENTS IN THEIR LEGITIMATE PLAYING
ACTIONS, CREATING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO THEIR
OWN TEAM OR AN UNFAIR DISADVANTAGE TO THE
OPPONENT. DISTURBING OR DAMAGING EQUIPMENT WITHIN
THE PLAYING AREA CAUSING INTERRUPTION TO THE
RALLY.
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• REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES 2006
• 10. THE POSITION OF THE LINE JUDGE WHEN A
• SERVER MOVES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
• SERVICE ZONE TO SERVE NEAR THE LINE JUDGE
• WILL NO LONGER BE INDICATED IN THE RULES.
• THE PROPER POSITION OF THE LINE JUDGE IN
• THIS SITUATION WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF
  
• THE R1.
• RULE CHANGES 2007

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RULE CHANGES 2007 RULE 1.2.2.2, PAGE 15 CENTER
LINE THE CENTER LINE MAY HAVE ANY OR ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS (a.) SOLID (b.)
INTERRUPTED (A SERIES OF 4 LINES WITH 2
SPACES) (c.) SHADOWED (SEMI-TRANSPARENT WITH A
¼ BORDER).
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RULE CHANGES 2007 RULE 2.3.1, PAGE 21 NET POLE
LOCATION FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED AFTER 2008,
THE NET POLE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE METER (33)
FROM THE NEAREST POINT OF THE SIDELINE.
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• RULE CHANGES 2007
• RULE 5.2.4.3, PAGE 28
• COMMUNICATION WITH REFEREES
• ONLY ONE COACH PER TEAM MAY ADDRESS THE REFEREES
  AT A TIME. THE BALL MUST BE OUT OF PLAY. I CAN
  TALK WITH ONE OF YOU.
• QUICKLY CLARIFY A NON-JUDGMENTAL RULING
• LISTEN, BE PITHY, END/LETS PLAY COACH
• CONFIRM OF TIMEOUTS/SUBSTITUTIONS USED
• REQUEST TIMEOUT, SUBSTITUTION, LINEUP CHECK,
  LODGE A PROTEST.

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• RULE CHANGES 2007
• RULE 6.2, PAGES 33 34
• IMPROPER REQUEST
• AN IMPROPER REQUEST SHOULD BE ASSESSED FOR THE
  1ST IMPROPER REQUEST, EVEN IF A TEAM DELAY HAS
  ALREADY BEEN ASSESSED IN THE CURRENT GAME.
• IF AN IMPROPER REQUEST IS RECOGNIZED (WHISTLED)
  BY A REFEREE, THE OFFENDING TEAM IS SANCTIONED
  WITH A TEAM DELAY.
• A REQUEST FOR A 3RD TIMEOUT IS NO LONGER A TEAM
  DELAY. UNLESS

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RULE CHANGES 2007 RULE 7.1.2.3., PAGE 40 UNIFORM
S BEGINNING WITH THE 2009 SEASON, IF A IS
WORN ON THE SHORTS, IT MUST MATCH THE WORN ON
THE JERSEY.
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RULE CHANGES 2007 RULE 11.2.4.2, PAGE
56 MULTIPLE SUBSTITUTIONS WHEN A TEAM IS
MAKING MULTIPLE SUBSTITUTIONS, ONLY ONE INCOMING
SUBSTITUTE CAN BE IN THE SUBSTITUTION ZONE AT A
TIME. (USAV Rule)
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• RULE CHANGES 2007
• RULE 11.3.1, PAGE 63
• INTERRUPTION OF PLAY
• A TEAM DELAY SANCTION WILL NOT BE ASSESSED IF THE
  GAME IS STOPPED BECAUSE NECESSARY PLAYER
  EQUIPMENT IS LOST ON THE PLAYING AREA. A
  PLAYOVER IS DIRECTED.
• GLASSES, SHOES, TOWELS, ETC. ARE CONSIDERED
  NECESSARY PLAYER EQUIPMENT.

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RULE CHANGES 2007 RULE 18.1.2, PAGE 84 REFEREES
ARRIVAL
On site 45 min. before
Courtside 30 min. before in uniform
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• Develop an Entrance Plan with Your Partner
• No later than a week before the match, contact
  partner and host school to verify details
• Ensure accuracy of information you are going by
• Initial information could be wrong so assume
  nothing
• This communication establishes the cooperative
  team effort that promotes the importance of the
  match
• Dont leave messages on answering machines or
  email without asking for a reply
• Have cell phone numbers of your partner, assigner
  and host management to deal with unforeseen
  delays

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• Arrival at the Site
• Ideally, establish a time to meet to ride
  together or meet at the location
• If at all possible, meet and walk in together
  (reinforces concept of teamwork)
• Ensure time for pre-match discussion with partner
  to set expectations and understandings
• Pre-match checklist available at
  www.vbofficiating.com
• Delay in arrival should be the exception, not the
  norm

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Official Uniform

• White (Certified Volleyball Official) long or
  short-sleeved polo shirt
• Dark navy blue pants (not jeans or faded Dockers)
• Blue or black belt
• Solid white shoes and white socks
• Well-groomed and neat in appearance
• Optional certified official V-neck sweater
  (approved for on-court wear by either referee)
• Optional white sweater vest (approved for
  on-court wear by either referee)

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Equipment
(courtside)

• 2 Whistles with lanyard (white or black)
• Watch (with second hand or timer)
• Yellow and Red Cards
• Coin for coin toss (quarter to dollar)
• Rule Book (highly recommend Guidebook/supplement)
• Net Height Measuring Device (chain), (plumb bob
  antenna)
• Ball Pressure Gauge and Pump (calibrated 10ths)
• Extras?

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Communicate with event personnel

• Locate the event manager (Where will you be?)
• Determine warm-up protocol, ground rules, special
  events
• R1 and R2 Introduce yourselves to both coaches
• When both coaches are courtside
• minimal time and conversation (lead by R1)
• equal time with both
• Responsibilities begin with arrival courtside

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Pre-match meeting / Coin Toss

• Introduction- Any team representative can be
  present at the pre-match coin toss.
• Reminders
• Jewelry - during warm-up and match
• Liquids during timeouts
• Clear Benches
• Review Ground rules and warm-up protocol (special
  event)
• Match format
• 3 out of 5 except NJCAA play
• No point cap in any game
• Libero replacements and libero as server
  replacements
• Sanction notification approach the stand when
  directed
• Ask R2 for input
• Substitution procedure
• Authorization from R2 required to enter - warn
  once then TD
• Answer any questions
• Coin toss serve/receive only (home team has
  already selected playing area for first game)

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Scorekeeper

• ONE scorekeeper, ONE assistant SK and ONE visible
  scoreboard operator at the scoring table
• Review scorekeeper duties
• Recording of substitutions, timeouts and
  penalties
• Procedures when the libero serves
• Informing R2 of subs and TOs
• Verify server before each serve (let wrong server
  serve)
• Who are the next 3 servers?
• Ensure lineups are recorded correctly -
  scorekeeper and R2 roles
• Review assistant scorekeeper duties
• Uses libero tracking sheet to track the libero
  replacements and regular team substitutions
• Notes use of libero replacement in serving order
• Make sure the L is always between the same
• Answer any questions

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Line Judges
SALT

• Positioning on the court
• Location prior to the match, during timeouts, and
  between games
• The position of the line judge when a server
  moves to the left side of the service zone to
  serve near the line judge is no longer indicated
  in the rules. The proper position of the line
  judge in this situation will be at the discretion
  of the first referee.
• Review line judge calls and signals
• Foot faults committed by server
• Foot faults committed by players other than
  server touching floor outside court during
  service
• Antenna (Pursuit Rule)
• Balls in/out If any part of the ball touches
  part of a line, the ball is in
• Touches (not when ball is in play)
• Reporting rude remarks or inappropriate behavior
• Helping referee judge "pancake" digs
• Line judge screened from call
• Potential for overrule

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During Warm-ups

• Any non-playable area should be equitably
  available to both teams during the warm-up
  periods.
• Timing of the warm-up periods R2 (whistle warn,
  horn teams exchange)
• Ensure safety during warm-up periods
• Observe skill level to determine level of play
• Visually review the teams for jewelry
• Inspect uniform legality
• Numbers
• Liberos uniform contrast and color

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Lets Play Ball

• Beckon for serve when
• Server has ball
• In service area (or in free zone behind end line)

• 8 seconds for serve
• Single toss
• No requests for interruptions after beckon

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End of Play
Play ends with Referees Whistle

• Ball in
• Lands in the court
• Touches the lines
• Cross the net between the antennas (exception
  if pursuit rule is being used)

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End of Play

• Ball out
• Lands completely outside lines
• Contacts object/person outside the playing area
• Contacts the ceiling or overhead objects above
  opponent's court
• Contacts the ceiling or overhead objects and
  crosses into opponent's court
• Contacts an antenna, or any part of the net
  system outside the antenna
• Completely crosses the plane of the net outside
  the antenna (unless pursuit rule is being used)
• Contacts any object over non-playing areas

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Mechanics - Signals

• Clear, visible and executed away from the body
• Held long enough to convey the call
• Complete fault signal before signaling point
• R2 Walking signals not a good technique (NCAA has
  not adopted moving to offending side)
• Practice in front of mirror.

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Sequence
Whistle
Point
Fault
2-3 secs.
2-3 secs.
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Whistle Technique

• Clear, sharp and authoritative
• Whistle blown promptly
• Different tones for different purposes (fault,
  TOs, subs, injury, etc.)
• Whistle to start play
• Whistle to stop play for fault
• Whistle to stop play for safety issue (injury,
  ball entering from another court, etc.)
• Separation of whistle and signal to authorize
  service

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TECHNIQUE CHANGES
POINT SIGNAL THE SIGNAL FOR A POINT WILL BE AN
EXTENDED ARM INDICATING WHICH TEAM WILL SERVE
NEXT.
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TECHNIQUE CHANGES
BALL UNDER NET SIGNAL THE SIGNAL FOR BALL
CROSSING UNDER THE NET WILL BE POINTING AT THE
CENTER LINE AREA WITH AN EXTENDE INDEX
FINGER.
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• 2006 POINTS OF EMPHASIS
• PROFESSIONALISM
• WHAT OFFICIALS DO ON/OFF THE COURT THAT
  CREATES PROBLEMS?
• BALL HANDLING
• CONSISTENCY AMONG OFFICIALS NOT REALISTIC
• SET A LINE AND MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT MATCH
• DONT ALLOW COACH(S) TO SET YOUR LINE
• COACHES OKAY WITH PLAY EXTENDED?
• CALL THE OBVIOUS
• IF UNSURE DONT CALL

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• 2007 POINTS OF EMPHASIS
• PROFESSIONALISM
• WHAT OFFICIALS DO ON/OFF THE COURT THAT
  CREATES PROBLEMS? PERCEPTION IS
  REALITY
• BALL HANDLING
• CONSISTENCY AMONG OFFICIALS NOT REALISTIC
• SET A LINE AND MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT MATCH
• DONT ALLOW COACH(S) TO SET YOUR LINE
• COACHES OKAY WITH PLAY EXTENDED?
• CALL THE OBVIOUS
• IF UNSURE DONT CALL

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Ball Handling

• Judge contact not technique (Ugly)
• Not body position
• Not spin
• Not groans, complaints
• Not spectacularity
• See ball come in AND go out

Over vs. Under Control

• Held Ball over control
• Double Contact under control
• Ball played Player or Player played Ball?

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Philosophy

• Become a student of the game
• Observe higher-level matches
• What should not be called
• If you find the majority of whistles are ball
  handling callsyou may be calling it too tight
• Set your line and strive to maintain it
• Be consistent

• Call it both ways
• Let em play
• Bad call

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Attitude

• I favor a lenient level of judging ball
  handling. A poorly handled ball is a
  disadvantage to the team that did it and referees
  should let it go.
• Vs.
• The game is better if ball handling is strictly
  enforced. If we are not going to call ball
  handling the team with the better skills will be
  at a disadvantage.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE CHECKING LINEUPS

• WITH BALL AND BOTH LINEUP SHEETS IN HAND
• R2 CHECKS THE LINEUP OF THE RECEIVING TEAM
  FIRST, START WITH BACK ROW, ALLOW LIBERO
  REPLACEMENT (IF THERE IS ONE), MOVE TO FRONT ROW,
  GIVE CAPTAINS TO R1, REPEAT FOR SERVING TEAM.
• ROLL BALL TO SERVER, RETURN LINEUP SHEETS TO
  SCORING TABLE, SECURE READINESS OF ALL OFFICIALS.
• R2 SETS ON THE RECEIVING TEAM SIDE AND GIVES
  COURT BACK TO R1.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE COMMUNICATE A DELAY IN SERVE

• R1 AFTER YOUR SCAN AND BEFORE YOUR BECKON FOR
  SERVE CENTER WITH THE R2.
• IF R2 HAS BACK TURNED, R1 HOLDS THE SERVER AND
  POINTS TO THE R2.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE WHO WAS IN THE NET?

• R2 (OR R1) CALLS A NET, WHILE CERTAIN OF THE
  CALL, IS UNCERTAIN WHO IT WAS EXACTLY.
• IF ONE OF THE POTENTIAL OFFENDERS LOOKS AT YOU,
  IT IS PROBABLY NOT THAT PLAYER WHO WAS IN THE
  NET.
• IF STILL UNCERTAIN, GIVE THE S OF THE POTENTIAL
  OFFENDERS WITH AN HONEST REPLY COACH, IT WAS
  EITHER 2 OR 13.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE BLAME THE ASSIGNER

• A REPLY TO A JUDGMENT QUESTION, EG. IF THE BALL
  IS SPINNING, ISNT THAT A DOUBLE HIT?
• JIM BEYER HAS ENCOURAGED US NOT TO CALL A DOUBLE
  HIT JUST BECAUSE THE BALL IS SPINNING.
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• IF THE BALL PLAYS THE PLAYER, JIM BEYER SAID IT
  LIKELY NOT AN ILLEGAL HIT.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE GET THE CALL RIGHT

• IF THE R2 HAS INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
  TO THE R1, THE R2 SHOULD STAND ON THE SIDELINE
  AWAY FROM THE POLE.
• THE R1 SHOULD MOTION THE R2 ACROSS THE COURT.
• POLITELY ASK CAPTAINS TO STAND AWAY AS THE EVENTS
  ARE RE-PLAYED.
• R2 GO TO THE COACH WHO LOST THE RALLY.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE SUB DOES WAIT FOR
AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER

• THE FIRST TIME A SUB ENTERS WITHOUT AUTORIZATION
  FROM THE R2, BRING THE SUB BACK AND THEN ALLOW
  THE SUB WITH NO PENALTY.
• ANY FURTHER TEAM OCCURRANCES FROM THE SAME SUB OR
  A DIFFERENT SUB WOULD RESULT IN A TEAM DELAY AND
  DENY THE SUB
• WHEN THE SUB ENTERS THE ZONE, HESITATE TO BLOW
  THE WHISTLE. THIS SHOULD PREVENT THE SUB FROM
  ENTERING WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE RECOGNIZE DELAY TACTICS

• COACHES WILL TRY TO BREAK THE MOMENTUM OF THE
  OTHER TEAM THROUGH LEGAL AND QUESTIONABLE MEANS.
• ANTICIPATE WHEN REQUESTS WILL BE MADE.
• KNOW THE OF TIMEOUTS AND SUBS TAKEN.
• A REQUEST FOR A LINEUP CHECK CAN BE SIMPLIFIED BY
  ESTABLISHING WITH THE SCOREKEEPER, WHO IS THE
  NEXT SERVER?

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE ???
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PAVO/USAV/IIAC/ASSIGN BY WEB

• pavo.org
• usavolleyball.org iavbreg.org
• iowaconference.com/officials/volleyball.htm
• JV PROTOCOL
• MATCH FORMAT
• CONTRACT GUIDELINES
• assignbyweb.com/civ
• USER NAME 1st initial last name eg. jbeyer
• PASSWORD civ (unless changed)
• CHECK SCHEDULE - LINE OF DEFENSE
• AVAILABILITY CALENDAR
• SUBMIT MATCH REPORT FOR EACH MATCH

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