Level One Referee Course Revised July 2019

Level One Referee Course Revised July 2019

Introductions • Introduction of clinicians • Volleyball background • Introduction of candidates • Name • Volleyball background • What you want to take from the clinic

Overview • Safe Sport • Facilities and Equipment • Referee Corps and Participants • Playing Formats • Playing Actions • Interruption and Delays • Sanctions • Writing a Score Sheet

Objectives For the new referee to gain working knowledge in three areas of the game: • Rules and their applications • Operating mechanisms and procedures • Referees equipment and associated functions

Safe Sport • New initiative launched in March of 2019 • National toll-free helpline offering assistance to victims or witnesses of harassment, abuse or discrimination • Anonymous, confidential, independent and bilingual service • Allows victims or witnesses to share and validate concerns, obtain guidance on required next steps and/or be referred to other resources for follow up

Safe Sport • Users have a choice of communicating via toll-free phone line, email or text in the official language of their choice • 0800 – 2000 (EST), seven (7) days a week • 1-888-83SPORT( 77678) • info@abuse-free-sport.ca • www.abuse-free-sport.ca

Facilities and Equipment

The Five Necessary Pieces • The Playing Area • Net • Posts • Sidebands and Antennae • Volleyball

The Playing Area • Includes two different regions: • Playing court • Free zone • Playing court: • Rectangular • Measuring 18 x 9 meters • Divided into zones by lines

The Playing Area • Free zone: • Minimum of 3 m wide on all sides • Free of all obstructions • Free playing space: • Minimum of 7 m in height • Free of all obstructions

Lines on the Court All lines on the court are 5 cm wide • Boundary Lines: • Two sidelines • Two end lines • Drawn inside the dimensions of the playing court

Lines on the Court • Centre Line • Divides the court into 9 m x 9 m segments • Extends from sideline to sideline • Attack Lines • 3 meters back from the axis of the centre line • Extended by five (5) 15 cm segments drawn 20 cm apart

Zones and Areas • Six zones/areas exists in the playing area: • Front zone • Service zone • Substitution zone • Libero Replacement zone • Warm-up area • Penalty area

Zones and Areas • Front Zone: • Limited by • Axis of the centre line • Rear edge of the attack line • Extends to the end of the free zone • Substitution Zone: • Limited by the extension of both attack lines, the sideline and the scorer’s table

Zones and Areas • Service Zone: • 9 m wide area behind the end line • Limited laterally by two short lines, each 15 cm long drawn 20 cm behind the end line as an extension of the sidelines • In depth, extends to the end of the free zone • Libero Replacement Zone • Part of the free zone on the side of the team benches • Limited by the extension of the attack line and the end line

Zones and Areas • Warm-up Area: • 3 m x 3 m area located in both bench-side corners • Outside of the free zone • Penalty Area: • 1 m x 1 m area located outside the prolongation of each end line • May be limited by a 5 cm wide red line

The Net • Width of 1 m • Length of 9.5 m – 10 m • Comprised of 10 cm square black mesh • At the top is a 7 cm wide canvas band • At the bottom is a 5 cm wide canvas band

Net Heights • Measured in two locations: • Centre of the playing court • At both sidelines (can exceed by up to 2 cm)

Posts • 2.55 m in height • Adjustable • Located 0.50 m – 1.00 m outside the side lines and must be padded

Sidebands • 1 m long and 5 cm wide • Attached to the net directly above the sidelines • Considered as part of the net

Antennae • 1.80 m long and 10 mm in diameter • Top 80 cm extends above the net and is marked with 10 cm stripes, preferably red and white • Fastened on opposite sides of the net at the outer edge of each side band

Design of the Net

The Volleyball

Referee Corps and Participants

Participants • Two groups comprise the participants • Refereeing Corps • The Teams

The Referee Corps • 5 - 8 individuals make up the Refereeing Team • First Referee • Second Referee • Scorer/Assistant Scorer • Two (Four) Line Judges

First Referee • Location: • Carries out functions from the referee’s stand • Approximately 50 cm above the net • Authority: • Directs the match from start to finish • Able to decide on any matter in the match • Determines that the playing area, equipment and conditions are acceptable

First Referee • Prior to the Match: • Inspects the conditions of the playing area, balls and other equipment • Performs thetoss with the team captains • Controls the teams’ warm-up

First Referee - Responsibilities • During the match, the first referee decides upon: • The faults of the server and of the positions of the serving team, including the screen • The faults in playing the ball • The faults above the net, and the faulty contact of the player with the net, primarily on the attacker’s side • The attack hit faults of the Libero and back-row players

First Referee - Responsibilities • During the match, the first referee decides upon: • The completed attack hit made by a player on a ball above the net height coming from an overhand pass with fingers by the Libero in his/her front zone • The ball crossing completely the lower space under the net • The completed block by back row players or the attempted block by the Libero

First Referee - Responsibilities • During the match, the first referee decides upon: • The ball that crosses the net totally or partly outside of the crossing space to the opponent’s court or contacts the antenna on his/her side of the playing court • The served ball and the 3rd hit passing over or outside the antenna on his/her side of the court

First Referee - Responsibilities • During the Match, the first referee is authorized to: • Issue warnings to the teams • Sanction misconducts and delays • At the end of the match: • Checks and signs the scoresheet

Second Referee • Location: • Outside the playing court near the post • On the opposite side facing the first referee • Authority: • Assistant to the first referee • Controls the work of the scorer(s) • Supervises the members on the team benches • Authorizes and controls interruptions

Second Referee - Responsibilities • Prior to the match: • Assists the first referee • Prior to each set: • Checks that the actual positions of the players on the court correspond to those on the line-up sheets

Second Referee - Responsibilities • During the match, the second referee whistles and signals: • Penetration into the opponent’s court, and the space under the net • Positional faults of the receiving team • The faulty contact of the player with the net primarily on the blocker’s side and with the antenna on his/her side of the court • The completed block by back row players or the attempted block by the Libero; or the attack hit fault by back row players or by the Libero

Second Referee - Responsibilities • During the match, the second referee whistles and signals: • The contact of the ball with an outside object • Contact of the ball with the floor when the first referee is not in position to see the contact • The ball that crosses the net totally or partly outside of the crossing space to the opponent court or contacts the antenna on his/her side of the court • The served ball and the 3rd hit passing over or outside the antenna on his/her side of the court • At the end of the match: • Checks and signs the score sheet

Scorer • Location: • Seated at the scorer’s table opposite the first referee • Prior to the match and set, the scorer: • Registers the data of the match and teams • Obtains the signatures of the captains and the coaches • Records the starting line-up for each team (or checks the data submitted electronically)

Scorer • During the match, the scorer: • Records the points scored • Controls the serving order of each team and indicates any error to the referees immediately after the service hit • Is empowered to acknowledge and announce requests for players substitutions by use of the buzzer, controlling their number, and records the substitutions and time-outs, informing the second referee • Notifies the referees of a request for regular game interruption that is out of order

Scorer • During the match, the scorer: • Announces to the referees the ends of the sets and the scoring of the 8th point in the deciding set • Records misconduct warnings, sanctions and improper requests • Records all other events as instructed by the 2nd referee, i.e. exceptional substitutions, recovery time, prolonged interruptions, external interference, re-designation, etc. • Controls the interval between sets

Scorer • At the end of the match, the scorer: • Records the final results • Signs the score sheet • Obtains signatures from the team captains, second referee and first referee • In the case of a protest and with the authorization of the first referee, the scorer: • Writes a statement of the incident or • Permits the captain to write a statement

Assistant Scorer • Location: • Seated beside the Scorer at the scorer’s table • Prior to the match and set, the assistant scorer: • Prepares the Libero control sheet • Prepares the reserve score sheet

Assistant Scorer • During the match, the assistant scorer: • Records the details of the Libero replacements/re-designations • Notifies the referees of any fault of the Libero replacement, by using the buzzer • Starts and endsthe timing of technical time-outs • Operatesthe manual scoreboard on the scorer’s table • Checks that the scoreboards agree • If necessary, updates the reserve score sheet and gives it to the scorer

Assistant Scorer • At the end of the match, the assistant scorer: • Signs and submits the Libero control sheet • Signs the score sheet

Line Judges • Location: • 1 – 2 m diagonally from the corner (if 2 line judges) • 1 – 3 m from the corner (if 4 line judges) • Authority: • To control their respective line(s) and signal the final result

Line Judges • Line judges use flags to signal: • The ball in and ball out whenever the ball lands near their line(s) • The touches of ‘out’ balls by the team receiving the ball • The ball touching the antenna, the served ball and the third hit of the team crossing the net outside the crossing space • Any player (except the server) stepping outsie of his/her playing court at the moment of the service hit

Line Judges • Line judges use flags to signal: • The foot faults of the server • Any contact with the top 80 cm of the antenna on their side of the court by any player during his/her action of playing the ball or interfering with the play • The ball crossing the net outside the crossing space into the opponent’s court or touching the antenna on his/her side of the court

Line Judges Signals Ball In • Point down with flag

Level One Referee Course Revised July 2019