Referee
Procedures And Guidelines
UNIFORM:
The preferred uniform is a white pull over shirt with collar, black slacks, and all
black shoes and socks.
A black belt must be worn if slacks have belt loops.
No cell phones or pagers should be worn or carried.
Undershirts (if worn) must be white.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:
Pea-less plastic whistle and
lanyard, digital watch with stop watch, red and yellow cards, coin for
flip at least the size of a quarter, net chain, ball pressure gauge, small
air pump, back up whistle, rule books (not visible), bag or pouch to carry
all equipment.
VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE: All officials must have
attended a National Federation Rules clinic in the year that they
officiate to be eligible to officiate VHSL matches.
Officials must take the National Federation Exam prior to working a
VHSL match. Officials must
make at least an 80% on the exam to be eligible to officiate at the
Varsity level. Failure to
comply with the clinic attendance or exam requirements must be reported to
John Porter. Failure to comply with this paragraph may result in a fine,
suspension and forfeiture of officiating fees.
SCHEDULE PROBLEMS:
Officials are required to verbally
confirm all written assignments on receipt.
The acceptance of the assignment is a contract with the
association. If an official feels that he may have to miss an assignment
or be late for an assignment they should notify John Porter immediately by
phone. NO ASSIGNMENTS MAY BE
“TURNED BACK” BY EMAIL OR FAX! The
association may fine an official for being late or missing any part of a
match or assignment. The
association will reassign without penalty or fine any assignment properly
turned back with adequate time to reschedule a replacement.
Referees may not reassign their matches to other officials without
permission from John Porter.
PRE MATCH:
Call your partner (or return his call) at least 24 hours before the
match to confirm site, time, and meeting location. Arrive in gym in uniform at the time listed on the schedule
(the schedule will show the show up time rather than the match time.)
Call to report any official that fails to show up at least by 20
minutes prior to the match as soon as the warm up period begins.
Check net, check antennas, and check poles and referee stand for
safety and padding. Check the court for proper lines and hash marks.
The game event manager should make corrections to the facility -
not the officials. Check match balls pressure (4.5 lbs) and correct if
necessary. All officials
should introduce themselves together to each head coach. Conduct the coin flip and explain warm up procedures.
2nd Referee briefs
the timer and administers the warm up periods.
2nd Referee briefs the scorekeeper on substitutions,
time outs, and how to handle an illegal server.
Brief the scorekeeper on keeping the visual score equal to score
book score and verify the final score at the end of each match.
Require scorekeeper to signal times outs taken by each team to the
2nd Referee. Insures
that the rosters are submitted 10 minutes prior to each match and line-ups
submitted two minutes prior to each match and I minute prior to each
subsequent game.
1st Referee
briefs lines judges on in and out
calls, antennas, foot faults and touches.
1st Referee helps the 2nd Referee in
administering the warm ups.
POST
MATCH: Crew chief leads in
debrief and critique of the crew. This
should be done away from the public.
Crew chief is responsible for reporting any ejections or
disqualifications and serious or unusual incidents to John Porter.
Any referee that shows up late, misses the match, or not in
condition to perform should be reported before and after the match.
From Brian Whitney
In correspondence John had with Brian, two subjects were discussed
recently. John joked with Brian that the down referees, who are not
calling enough net violations, should have a quota per game. The
following are alternative ideas from coach Whitney.
Dear John,
Quotas are dangerous with anything in volleyball officiating, especially nets. For things like hands calls, "standards" are important. However, with nets, the officials should call every net violation and no more and no less. Since you are big with softball officiating, it is the equivalent to calling foul balls. You call every ball that is hit foul and every ball that is hit fair, you let them play on. No official should ever call anything otherwise and if they aren't watching the foul line, they can't make the call! :) If your officials are reminded that their primary responsibility is not to follow the ball, but to watch the defensive side of the net, they'll make the calls.
If you want to improve hands violations, Vance has a very good way of calling games and I see most good
officials do this: Start off the match calling a little tighter. This establishes a standard right away and not at match point in game 5! He typically will let the players decide the match a little more as the match rolls on and he will loosen up. Here is the biggest thing though.... always call the match to the level of the better setter (for varsity only). The only exception is if the opposing setter is so bad that you would have to call every set (If there is that much disparity, the official won't ever decide the outcome of the match and they can loosen up a little). The reason for doing this is that these players work very hard on their techniques and to get the ball to come out cleanly. What does it say to them when officials let the weaker setter gaff, throw, and double-hit the ball all match long. They say "that isn't fair" and "why should I do it this way when she is allowed to do it however she wants?" The weaker setter needs to set her goals on learning to set better like the opposing, stronger setter.
On a side note. Is Vance still with you? Haven't seen him at a match since the scrimmage.
Brian
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