volleyball officials hand signals printable

This new rule allows one assistant coach to communicate with players during a dead-ball. One assistant coach may stand within the coaching zone during dead-ball situations.

The expanded coaching zone and assistant coach privileges created an opportunity for the committee to emphasize the rules related to coaching privileges. It is important for both coaches and officials to understand the privileges coaches have when instructing their teams and what actions could jeopardize such privileges.

Second referees still learning the complexities of different rotations must use the card to build confidence in recognizing such infractions while continuing to study the nuances of the sport.

Experienced officials who study and understand rotations will be able to anticipate the potential alignment issues based upon a team’s offense and use the card to reinforce their understanding. The more knowledgeable a second referee becomes of the game, the less they will be dependent upon the lineup card to recognize infractions such as illegal alignment, improper server, and improper substitutions. If using a lineup card between plays, the second referee should be efficient and work to expedite their recordings. The second referee should not hinder the tempo and pace of the match.

Refrain from giving the ready signal to your partner if you are still recording information, and continue recording, as the first referee will authorize the serve and you will not be prepared to observe potential illegal alignment.

Get to the receiving team’s side, finish recording quickly, put the lineup card/pencil away and give the game back to the first referee.

While recording, look over your shoulder to ensure that the scorer has the entry/entries. If you record the substitution on the lineup card, take the card and pencil out of your pocket and allow the substitute to enter.

During a substitution, the second referee whistles two short blasts and signals once a substitution has been requested.

Refrain from signaling with a lineup card and pencil in your hand(s).

If the first referee ends play, many second referees get to the fault side and mimic their partner’s signals.

If the second referee whistles a fault, step to the side at fault and signal the fault, then mimic the first referee’s point signal.

Upon contact of the serve, move immediately to the blocking team’s team side of the net and continue to transition as the rally continues.

This process should not be a distraction.

Some second referees are very quick and smooth recording information, and immediately return their card/pencil to their pocket.

Take the ready position on the receiving team’s side, face the court with shoulders parallel, make eye contact with the first referee and signal “ready” by extending the arm farthest from the net toward your partner.

Place your lineup card and writing utensil in your pocket.

Quickly scan both benches to ensure that all practice balls are secure, and the playing surface is safe.

Retrieve the game ball from the officials’ table and toss the ball to the first server.

Repeat the protocol while checking the serving team from their sideline. If a libero is being used, authorize the libero by using the authorization signal. Identify the captain for the first referee. Avoid pointing at each player while verifying their order.

From the sideline, check the lineup of the receiving team, leaving the game ball at the officials’ table.

Encourage the scorer to check each team’s lineup as you verify the player’s positions.

Use or create a succinct lineup card for checking the team’s starting positions prior to each set.

Information to be kept on the lineup card may include serving order, substitutions, time-outs, captain, player identification (like circling the back-row setter) and yellow/red cards. If the lineup is recorded in serving order, the second referee must remember that the receiving team’s first server will begin in the right front position.” Early in the season, while checking the lineup for each set, the second referee can ask the receiving team’s Right Front, “You are your team’s first server, correct?” The lineup card is to be used to record the starting lineup and verify each team’s lineup at the start of the set.

Speech, Debate & Theatre Directors & JudgesĪccording to the NFHS Volleyball Case Book and Officials Manual, “The lineup card is a tool to assist the second referee.

Volleyball officials hand signals printable