VOLLEYBALL CLINIC. AUGUST 14, 2006. JIM BEYER. USAV NATIONA

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VOLLEYBALL CLINIC AUGUST 14, 2006
JIM BEYER USAV NATIONAL REFEREE
COORDINATOR OF WOMENS VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS

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AGENDA REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES FRO
M 2005 RULE CHANGES 2006 TECHNIQUE EMPHASIS
POINTS OF EMPHASIS
2005 REVIEW
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REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES FROM 2005
THE MATCH TIME IS ESTABLISHED WHEN THE R1 DIRECTS
PLAY TO BEGIN. IF A TEAM ARRIVES LATE WITHOUT PR
IOR NOTICE AND AT LEAST ONE GAME IS FORFEITED,
THE WARM-UP PERIOD FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT GAME WILL
BE THE REMAINDER OF THE 10-MINUTE INTERVAL THAT
STARTED WITH THE FORFEIT. EACH TEAM WILL BE
ALLOWED ONE-HALF OF THAT WARM-UP PERIOD FOR
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE COURT. WHEN ONE TEAM HAS EXC
LUSIVE USE OF THE COURT DURING THE WARM-UP
PERIOD, THE OPPOSING TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE AT
THEIR BENCH OR OUT OF THE PLAYING AREA. WARM-UP
ACTIVITIES ON THE PLAYING SURFACE WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED.
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REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES 2005
IF BOTH COACHES AGREE, THE SHARED COURT PORTION
OF THE WARM-UP PERIOD MAY BE REDUCED FROM 41
MINUTES TO 10 MINUTES WHEN A SCHOOL HOSTS
MULTIPLE EVENTS (FOR EXAMPLE A VOLLEYBALL MATCH
FOLLOWED BY A NON-VOLLEYBALL MATCH.
WHEN POINTS ARE REMOVED BECAUSE OF A POSITION FA
ULT OR WRONG SERVER, TIMEOUTS TAKEN BY THE TEAM
AT FAULT DURING THAT SPAN OF POINTS WILL NOT BE
REMOVED. WHAT WILL BE REMOVED? TIMEOUTS TAKEN BY
THE TEAM NOT AT FAULT SUBSTITUTIONS LIBERO REPL
ACEMENTS TEAM SANCTIONS
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REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES 2005
EACH TEAM WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF 15 SUBSTI
TUTIONS PER GAME. NOTIFY THE COACH ON 12TH, 13TH,
14TH AND 15TH SUBSTITUTIONS WHEN A SUBSTITUTIO
N REQUEST IS GRANTED, BUT THE COACH DECIDES TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTIONS, A TEAM DELAY
SANCTION WILL ONLY BE ASSESSED IF A DELAY
OCCURS. A PLAYER WHO ATTACKS A SERVED BALL WHIL
E THE BALL IS ENTIRELY ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF THE
NET IS ONLY ILLEGAL IF THE BALL IS IN THE FRONT
ZONE.
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REVIEW SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGES 2005
9. IF ANY BACK ROW PLAYER IS IN THE ATTACK
ZONE AND CONTACTS THE BALL THAT IS
COMPLETELY ABOVE THE HEIGHT OF THE NET,
AND THAT BALL ENTERS THE PLANE OF THE NET
AND IS SUBSEQUENTLY LEGALLY TOUCHED BY
AN OPPONENT, THE BACK ROW PLAYER HAS
COMMITED AN ATTACK FAULT.
10. THE R2 WILL WHISTLE TO STOP PLAY WHEN
HE/SHE CLEARLY SEES THE BALL CONTACT THE
FLOOR AND THE R1 IS UNABLE TO MAKE
THAT DETERMINATION. RULE CHANGES 2006

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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 1-1-1, PAGE 12 SECONDARY
COURT SURFACE THE RULE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ALLO
W THE SECONDARY SURFACE TO BE ½ INCH LOWER (NOT
HIGHER) THAN THE PRIMARY SURFACE.
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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 1-1-2, PAGE 12 OVERHEAD C
LEARANCE A MINIMUM OVERHEAD CLEARANCE OF 25 FEE
T WILL BE REQUIRED FOR NEW FACILITIES USED AFTER
THE 2006 SEASON.
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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 1-2-2-c, PAGE 13 ATTACK L
INE THE ATTACK LINE SHALL BE EXTENDED BEYOND TH
E 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).
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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 1-3-4, PAGE 18 RULE 4-2-4
, PAGE 24 RULE 5-2-2-a, PAGE 25
WARM UP AREA THE WARM-UP AREA WILL BE REDEFINED T
O 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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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 6-1-2-d, PAGE 30 DISQUALI
FICATION A DISQUALIFIED PLAYER WILL NOT BE ALLO
WED 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.
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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 8-4-2-b, PAGE 45 TEAM D
ELAY IF A TEAM IS NOT READY TO PLAY AT THE STA
RT 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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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 9-1-2-d, PAGE 48 WARM-UPS
ANY NON-PLAYABLE AREA SHOULD BE EQUITABLY AVAI
LABLE TO BOTH TEAMS DURING THE WARM-UP PERIOD.

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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 9-1-3, PAGE 48 COIN TOSS
ANY TEAM REPRESENTATIVE CAN BE PRESENT AT THE
PRE-MATCH COIN TOSS.

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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 11-2-5-a, PAGE 59 EXCEPTI
ONAL SUBSTITUTION AN EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION DOE
S NOT COUNT AS TEAM SUBSTITUTION.

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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 15-2-1, PAGE 77 NET CONTA
CT A PLAYER WHO CONTACTS THE NET IS ONLY GUILTY O
F 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 ACTIONS CAN BE CONSIDER
ED 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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RULE CHANGES 2006 RULE 18-5-2-2, PAGE 93 LINE JU
DGE POSITION THE POSITION OF THE LINE JUDGE WHE
N 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.
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TECHNIQUE EMPHASIS
NET HEIGHT GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE NOTIFY COACH
ES OF ANY SIGNIFICANT VARIANCE
PLAY THE MATCH COACHES POSITION DURING PLAY MU
ST NOT INTERFERE WITH OFFICIALS DUTIES
ONE BENCH ONE VOICE TOWELS IN SHORTS A TOWEL
ON THE COURT MAY RESULT IN TEAM DELAY
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SCREENING NON-DISCREET AWARENESS NOTIFICATION R1
TO CAPTAIN R2 TO COACH LINE JUDGE INTERACTION
COACHES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT REFEREES NOT HAV
ING A STRONGER PRESENCE HAVE AN OPINION ON EVERY
CALL OVERRULE NOT REPLAY
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POINTS OF EMPHASIS PROFESSIONALISM WHAT OFFICIAL
S DO ON/OFF THE COURT THAT
CREATES PROBLEMS? BALL HANDLING CONSISTENCY AMO
NG OFFICIALS NOT REALISTIC SET A LINE AND MAINTAI
N THROUGHOUT MATCH DONT ALLOW COACH(S) TO SET YO
UR LINE COACHES OKAY WITH PLAY EXTENDED? CALL TH
E OBVIOUS IF UNSURE DONT CALL
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