Congratulations to our newest group of
Provisional Referees: Jennifer Banks, Kerri Bishop, Kevin Brooks,
Jennifer Dorsch, Jim Dorsch, Pat Fisher, Shelly Gibson, Don Girodo, Kim
Hayes, Maria Honorio, Colin Horner, Stephen Kee, Darron Kenley, John
Kessenich, Jason Kirkhart, Nason Kowalski, Andrew Kung, Courtney
Lawson, Kenneth McClendon, Chris Nicholson, Arlene Pineda, Kathleen
Raver, John Rutter, Nora Ryan, Joan Ryan, Larry Spieler, Allison Suggs,
Ian Walton, and Chris White.
Congratulations to Hieu Tang,
Fred Mehl, Don Hinton, Angie Rutledge, Lynn Habicht, and Harry Collins,
for becoming our newest Regional Referees.
CERTIFIED REFEREE LISTING
Go to the CHRVA Officials’ WebPages to view the latest complete (I
hope) listing. If your name is not on the Certified Referees list, then
you are not certified for one reason or another, and you need to find
out why. Working in sanctioned competition as an uncertified official
puts your team at risk of being fined!! Contact me via email at Referee.Chair@chrva.org with any questions you may have.
CHRVA OFFICIALS WEBPAGE Continue to look at the Officials Webpage (http://www.vballlife.org/officials/index.cfm) for the latest information about clinics, fellowships, the rating/certification process, and officiating opportunities.
OFFICIATING OPPORTUNITIES
I want to remind you of the opportunities to work as a paid referee in
the various recreational leagues and the CHRVA-sanctioned events to
which the Officials’ Division provides officiating services. The
Officials’ Division assigns certified referees to many adult
recreational volleyball leagues in both the Virginia and Maryland
suburbs and is looking for certified referees to assist the leagues. We
have two recreation league assignors, one in the Virginia suburbs (Jeff
Himm at himmjfh@aol.com and 703-818-2419) and one in the Maryland-DC suburbs (Ray Lowman at h2okoiboi@aol.com
and 410-263-7128). I highly recommend and encourage each of you to
contact either Jeff or Ray and make yourself available to officiate for
at least one night a month in a recreational league. We all
benefit—you can gain some experience on the ladder (while making some
money), the leagues have certified volleyball officials, and the
assignors have additional resources to utilize.
Tracy Shadle, our CHRVA assignor, makes assignments to all of the
Region’s sanctioned tournaments (weekend competitions); he can be
reached via email at Tracy.Shadle@chrva.org
and 703-461-3086. We have a need for non-playing referees in the
next several months, especially since the junior girls and boys
continue their competitive seasons past the Regional Championships.
REFEREE (RE)CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Just as a reminder to our referees: next Fall, ALL certified referees
will again be required to attend an annual USAV or USAV/PAVO referee
clinic and pass the USAV exam (80 is passing for Provisional and
Regional; Junior National and US National must achieve 90%). Also next
Fall, ALL USAV EXAMS must be taken using the online Internet-based
process. In addition, All certified referees will continue to be
required to be dually-certified as a scorekeeper (Provisional,
Regional, or National) so that you are proficient in the use of the
USAV scoresheet. Make sure that you look at the Officials’ WebPages
(http://www.vball-life.org/officials/index.cfm) for the clinic dates
and locations during the summer months of this year.
Those of you who are currently Provisional Scorekeepers must
reecertify/upgrade to Regional Scorekeeper next Fall. See Dixie
Collins’ column or the Officials Web Pages regarding the upgrade
process.
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
All Regional and National referees are required to work at least one of
our Regional Championships. We welcome any of our Provisional referees
who want to contribute to these Championships by working. Contact
either Tracy Shadle or Larry Liden to volunteer.
CONGRATULATIONS
to Phyllis Coleman for being nominated as the Chesapeake Region’s
candidate for Junior National Referee certification. Phyllis will be
attending one of the USAV Juniors Qualifiers for her rating session.
Mark Nash will be attending the 2004 NIRSA Championships in Charlotte,
North Carolina as a USA National Referee candidate.
RULES, MECHANICS, AND CLARIFICATIONS The current competition season has again created some questions about “typical” issues.
Coin Toss for Third Games:
There seems to be some confusion regarding the protocol for conducting
(or not conducting) a coin toss for three-game matches. So we are all
on the same page on this issue, please read the following and implement
the third game protocol immediately.
CHRVA Implementation: CHRVA
has always (or at least since I became a certified referee in 1979),
treated the third game of a three game match as a deciding game, with a
coin toss to determine service/receive/side in the third game and with
the teams switching courts at the midpoint of the match. It does not
matter when the coin toss is conducted, but, for consistency we should
be conducting the coin toss after the second game. Always have the teams switch sides at the midpoint of the third (or deciding) game. Always use the deciding game scoresheet for the third game.
RULE 8. PREPARATION FOR THE MATCH
2. In matches consisting of three games, regardless of outcome, who serves to start the third game of the match?
RULING: Although this is an option of the tournament organizer, in the interest of consistency, a coin toss should be held as though the third game were the deciding game of the match.
Since the third game will be played, referees may conduct the coin toss
for the third game at the prematch conference to determine who will
serve the third game. The choice of courts is withheld until conclusion
of the second game. (8.1)
Warm-up Period:
In ALL competitions, the interval between matches will be 10 minutes,
no more and no less. The warm-up period for adults will again consist
of four minutes of shared non-hitting followed by six minutes of shared
hitting, unless the team captains do not agree to share the hitting
time, in which case each team will have three minutes of hitting alone.
The warm-up period for juniors will consist of two minutes of shared
non-hitting, followed by four minutes of non-shared hitting by the
serving team and then four minutes of non-shared hitting by the
receiving team. (Clarification: If the serving team just worked the
previous match, then the warmup sequence is to be reversed.) Team
Referees, please do your best to get the captains meeting finished and
the warm-ups started immediately after you play.
Libero Uniform:
The Libero player’s jersey/shirt must be a contrasting color compared
to the other team jersey/shirts. The Libero player’s team jersey must
have a legal number on it. However, the Libero may wear another jersey,
shirt, or jacket that is of contrasting color, over his or her team
uniform such that the uniform number is obscured. It is more important
to be able to quickly and easily identify the Libero player, rather
than to be able to identify the Libero’s uniform number. In all cases
of uniform conformance to the USA Rules, the Tournament Head Referee is
the sole authority to make that decision.
Held Ball:
If the ball stops or comes to rest on any part of a player on any team
contact, then the fault indicated should be “HELD BALL.” Many referees
mistakenly signal a “two-hit fault” for a ball that was held.
Multiple Contacts on second or third team hits are FAULTS and should
continue to be called. Again, the fault should be properly identified
as a “Double Hit” and NOT as a “Held Ball,” unless the ball actually
stops.
— Larry Liden
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