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Larry Liden, Referee Chair
7913 Delmont Station Road
Severn, MD 21144
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Well folks, get ready for the regular season,
because it is here already. New rules, new mechanics, new scoresheets.
We got off to a “ruff” beginning in the clinics, but we WILL manage through
the rest of the season. Please pay particular attention to the sections
regarding CLINICS, and SANCTIONS below. They contain some reminders for
all referees and scorekeepers.
CLINICS: I hope that all of you took the opportunity to
attend one of the many weekday night or weekend clinics that were offered
last fall or in January to ALL referees and ALL scorekeepers.
Please be mindful that
ALL REFEREES are required to (re)certify as scorekeepers this
season! We will be checking those who are or should be dually-certified,
to ensure that all referees have completed their scorekeeper recertification.
If you were unable to attend a clinic last fall or during January, you
will have to wait until next fall to (re)certify.
PLAYER REFEREES: Remember to check in with the Head Referee
at each tournament in which your team may be playing. Schedules can change
at a moment's notice, so be prepared to begin working as soon as you arrive
at the playing venue. The referee work schedule should be posted conspicuously
near the Head Referee's corner.
THANKS to Raters: I want to extend a personal THANKS!!!!!
to the many officials, both referees and scorekeepers who assisted in the
training of new referee and scorekeeper candidates in our Fall Fellowship
tournaments: They all deserve a BIG round of applause:
Diane Abood, Rodney Anderson, Kelli Auletta, Bob Aylward, Jan Bowser,
Julie Briggs, Emmanuel Bruno, Steve Burinsky, Sergio Cafarelli, Mike Cerny,
Dixie Collins, Monica Deckers, Karen Daukantas-Jones, Morris Davis, Pat
Duggan, Corny Galdones, Arlene Geppi, Steve Hall, Peggy Henderson, Jim
Holcomb, Johnny Hsiung, Shang Hsiung, Gary Hughes, William Hughes, Shari
Jennings, Rick Johnson, Craig Keiki, Jim Kriebel, Neil Kurland, Robin Lamott,
Erico Latham, Kip Lornell, Jim Mason, Keith McMorris, Laurie Mulford, Duncan
Munro, Mark Nash, Debbie Reed, JoAnn Peters, Jill Pflug, Mary Price, Glenn
Reid, Amy Rodeffer, Brant Scalan, Tracy Shadle, Scott Shipley, Dean Shumway,
Ernie Siegrist, Kevin Sippel, Richard Smith, Bryan Strong, Tim Stubbs,
Stacey Weitzel, Todd Wyatt, and Diana Zabetakis.
CONGRATULATIONS to eight new Regional referees who were promoted
in January: Margaret Booth, Caroline Gaulke, George Hayn, Beverly Himm,
Ray Lowman, Diane Paterline, Scott Shipley, and Barbara Thomas.
CONGRATULATIONS to three of Chesapeake’s Regional Referees who
will be travelling to Tampa Florida to seek their Junior National Referee
rating: Steve Burinsky, Mark Nash and JoAnn Peters. Good luck to
all!!
NEW RULES: As a reminder, there are several new rules
for this season, in addition to rally scoring for all games. Don’t blink,
but there will be more changes for next season (stay tuned).
SUBSTITUTIONS: In all divisions other than Open, teams will
have 15 team subs, and each player has unlimited entries, not to exceed
the team maximum.
EXECUTION OF THE SERVICE: The server must contact the ball within
8 seconds after the first referee authorizes the service. The server may
make only one toss for serve (except for 14 and under juniors, who will
continue to have “one free toss”).
SANCTION ADMINISTRATION: Administration of individual sanctions
now requires that the First Referee call the offending player over to the
referee stand and verbally tell the player why he/she is being warned or
sanctioned. Bench personnel warnings/sanctions are communicated by the
First Referee to the team captain. Make sure we are letting the players
know that they are being warned or sanctioned. This procedure will also
ensure that the Second referee and Scorekeeper are aware of something going
on that they should be part of. Just a reminder, penalty sanctions are
now signaled by the showing of the yellow card and continues to result
in a loss of rally (point to opponents). Expulsion is now signaled by the
display of the red card (no further penalty). Disqualification is now signaled
by both yellow and red cards displayed together.
WARM-UP PERIOD: We will ALWAYS have a ten-minute interval between
matches. However, the warm-up protocols will be different for adults and
juniors:
Adults will have SHARED use of the entire court for the entire
10-minute period, including hitting, unless the captains do not agree to
share, in which case the remaining time after the captains meeting will
be equally divided for NON-SHARED hitting.
JUNIORS will have 2 minutes of non-hitting activity, with two
4-minute periods of NON-SHARED hitting, the first for the serving and the
second for the receiving team (in that order). If there is not 8 minutes
remaining in the 10-minute interval, then the remaining time will be divided
between the two teams.
SHARED HITTING: All referees should ensure that adult teams
that are warming up with shared hitting are NOT hitting over the opponent’s
setter. Rather, make sure that the teams are hitting more or less “down
the line”.
SIGNALS: Remember that the First Referee should be signaling
to whom the ball goes to, followed by the fault that caused the loss of
rally. If the Second Referee whistles, he or she should indicate the fault,
the team/player and to whom the ball goes; the First Referee would only
be signaling to whom the ball goes.
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