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Larry Liden, Referee Chair
7913 Delmont Station Road
Severn, MD 21144
410-787-5107 (w), 410-551-4799 (h)
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Get ready folks, the coming preseason is going
to be full of activity, with MANY clinics for both referees and scorekeepers
(ALL referees must maintain their scorekeeping certification).
Referee Certification Requirements
Clinics - All certified referees will be required
to attend the scorekeeper recertification clinic THIS SEASON, to familiarize
you with the new scoresheet and rally scorekeeping. While those who are
simply scorekeepers have the option to attend/renew this year or next,
ALL referees must be proficient in the use of the new international scoresheet
for the upcoming season. This will require you referees to attend for an
entire clinic day. Juniors’ referees are especially encouraged to attend
any of the fall clinics for recertification or to become certified as a
new Provisional referee or Provisional scorekeeper (remember to attend
the scorekeeper clinic as well). Attendance at one of the fall clinics
satisfies the clinic requirement. Existing referees who are unable to attend
one of the many pre-season recert clinics will be able to attend one of
the junior’s clinics, but will not be authorized to referee until they
have attended the clinic.
New Referees
New referees must attend both a new referee AND a new scorekeeper
clinic, successfully pass both exams and attend one or more Fellowship
Tournaments to successfully pass the practical “on-the-job” evaluations
(ratings) as a first referee (three ratings) and as a scorekeeper (two
ratings). See the Clinics Chart to see when
you need to arrive at clinics, and what to expect.
Fellowships
We have scheduled several fellowship tournaments already for November.
We anticipate that there will be several other fellowships sponsored by
other clubs/teams. Our goal will be to have all fellowships used as training-certification
tournaments. The fellowship season will be challenging since there will
be a new scoresheet for everyone to become familiar with, as well as major
changes in refereeing mechanics that will need to be practiced. The full
information about fellowships will be discussed at clinics and on the CHRVA
Officials Webpage. I encourage everyone to take advantage of
these training/practice tournaments to become familiar with the new “look”
of volleyball officiating.
Regional Championships (Thanks)
I want to extend a personal THANKS!!!!! to the many referees
who worked the 1999 Regional Championships. We were able to completely
staff each tournament with non-playing referees. These individuals, some
of whom worked more than one day, and some of whom are Provisional referees
deserve a BIG round of applause: Rodney Anderson, Kelli Auletta, David
Baskin, Maggie Booth, Marty Bosse, Julie Briggs, Emmanuel Bruno, Carla
Bunner, Steve Burinsky, Bruce Burris, Kevin Buter, Sergio Cafarelli, Mary
Camp, Michael Cerny, Stacey Collins, Joe Cornett, Wil Creech, Bill DeVuono,
Monica Deckers, Pat Duggan, Sue Ebbitt, Charles Ezigbo, Andres Filippi,
Corny Galdones, Arlene Geppi, Steve Hall, Margaret Henderson, Eric Hoffman,
Jim Holcolm, Cindy Hollies, Gary Hughes, William Hughes, Mary Anne Hughes-Creech,
Shari Jennings, Craig Keiki, Joseph Konrade, Jim Kriebel, Neil Kurland,
Robin Lamott, Rico Latham, Steve Lenderman, Larry Liden, Pam Liebsch, Terri
Looney, Kip Lornell, Chuck Markus, Jim Mason, Ken Matz, Jeff Mazerski,
Sherry Morgan, Duncan Munro, Tom O’Connor, Gary Oncale, Jo Ann Peters,
Jill Pflug, Rudy Quinones, Glenn Reid, David Reidenbach, Amy Rodeffer,
Gwen Sanford, Brant Scalan, Tracy Shadle, Dean Shumway, Kevin Sippel, Azam
Smith, Richard Smith, Kenneth Spriggs, Bryan Strong, Tim Stubbs, Jim Teramani,
Guy Wainio-Oato, Sue Wainio-Oato, Stacey Weitzel, Todd Wyatt, and Diana
Zabetakis.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Stacey Weitzel, Tracy Shadle and Brian Strong for
completing their Junior National certification in New Orleans. Congratulations
also to Diana Zabetakis and Glenn Reid for being invited to next year’s
US Open Championships as USA National candidates.
New Rules
There are several new rules for this season, in addition to rally scoring
for all games. We will be discussing all new changes in detail at the fall
clinics. Come prepared to ask lots of questions.
Substitutions: In all divisions other than Open, teams
will have 15 team subs, and each player has unlimited entries not to exceed
the team sub 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”).
Sanctions: Administration of individual sanctions has
now changed to allow for verbal warning(s) without the display of a yellow
card by the first referee. Penalty sanctions are now signaled by the showing
of the yellow card and results in a loss of rally. 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.
Libero: Don’t get your hopes up folks!! The libero is
only authorized for Open division competitions. It will NOT be used in
other divisions, although it would be interesting and make for a lot of
confusion among the officiating crews who might not be familiar with the
zipping in and out of the libero/player combinations.
Rally Scoring
Rally scoring is with us. It is just as exciting as “regular” volleyball
scoring, but will present a challenge to both referees and scorekeepers
to keep up with the flow of the game. First referees are going to have
to be especially watchful of scoreboard flippers to ensure that the visible
score changes after every rally. Likewise, the scorekeeping crew will have
to be on their toes to keep up with the awarding of a point each and every
rally.
First and second referees will no longer be signaling “point”, only
“sideout”. This may require a curtailment of involved conversations at
the scorekeepers’ table. Non-deciding games are won by
one team scoring twenty five points, with a margin of two. Games no
longer have point caps.
Deciding games in 2/3 or 3/5 matches are won with 15 points and a margin
of two.
CHRVA Officials Webpage
Continue to look at the Officials Webpage (http://www.vball-life.org/officials)
for the latest information about clinics, fellowships, the rating/certification
process officiating opportunities, etc.
— Larry Liden
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