1. SCORING HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL
Special thanks to Bob Boese for the development and sharing of these materials.
Adapted by Glenn Freed.

2. SCORING CLINIC PREFACE
This is a PowerPoint to help high school & junior high scorers comply with NFHS scoring procedures.
First, text on this screen describes happenings on the court. Try to make the correct entries on the scoresheet.
Then, a sample scoresheet on the next slide shows how to correctly score what happened.

3. BLANK TYPICAL SCORESHEET
SYMBOLS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN THIS CORNER
1ST REFEREE
2ND REFEREE

4. VOLLEYBALL SCORING SAMPLE MATCH 2010
This is a match between Adams High School and Madison High School played at Madison Gym on October 3rd 2010.
The scorer is Teresa Jones, the first referee is Bob Boese and the second referee is Sam Breaux.
The scorer should be at the table 20 minutes before the first set starts.

5. Basic Information Write in Schools Names (at the very top)
Date and time
Location
SET number (There are 3 to 5 sets in a match. First team to win 3 sets wins the match. OR, 2 of 3 sets in the match.)
Your name
Officials’ names (R1 is the up official and R2 is the down official.)
10 minutes before the start of the first set each team should give the scorer a roster of the members of the team. The scorer doesn’t have to do anything with this roster until lineups are provided. BUT tell the R2 if a roster wasn’t turned in.

6. 5:00 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux Madison High Adams High 10-03-2007
Madison Gym
5:00
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

7. Put in the school names again -- on the side of the sheet that matches the side of the court where each team will be playing.
Add line-ups from line-up sheets provided by the coaches.
Mark which team has first serve (the R2 should tell you who has it).

8. Lineup Sheet
ADAMS 42 X 1 3 5 7 9 11

9. REMEMBER
If you haven’t gotten the lineup for both teams when 2 minutes are left in the warm-up period, tell this to the R2.
If a number appears on the lineup sheet that isn’t on the team roster (remember, you should have gotten this when 10 minutes were left in the warmup period) – tell this to the R2.

10. 5:00 Adams X Madison T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

11. Double Check
Compare your scoresheet to the Libero Tracking Sheet to make sure they are the same, with numbers listed in serving order.
LIBERO TRACKING SHEET
ADAMS 42
Madison 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

12. REMEMBER
If a team has not written down a libero number on their lineup sheet, they will not have a libero for that set.
Ask the R2 to double-check with that team.
NO LIBERO LISTED = NO LIBERO
They may still have one for another set – but only if they write down a libero number on the lineup for that set.

13. First Server
Madison scores two points (points 1 and 2) on #2's serve then they lose the rally
The loss of rally sign looks like this

14. 5:00 Adams X Madison T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

15. Adams scores one point (point 1) on Madison #2's serve
Put this point in a box
and put a box around the point in the running score
Adams scores three more points (points 2, 3 and 4) on #1's serve
then they lose the rally

16. 5:00 Adams X Madison 1 2 3 4 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

17. Madison scores one point (point 3) on Adams #1’s serve (put this in a box)
then scores two more points (points 4 and 5)
then they lose the rally

18. 5:00 Adams X Madison T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

19. Adams scores one point (point 5) on Madison #4's serve (put this in a box)

20. 5:00 Adams X Madison T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 4 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

21. Adams’ libero (#42) comes in to serve for #3
Adams’ libero (#42) comes in to serve for #3. (This is not a substitution and only shows up on the Libero Tracking Sheet.)
Put a triangle around serving position 2 to show that is the only place the libero can serve in the rotation.
Adams’ libero scores three more points (points 6, 7 and 8).
Put a triangle around every point the libero scores in both the boxes and running score.
then they lose the rally

22. 5:00 Adams X Madison T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

23. SCORING IS DEMANDING
Scoring correctly is very demanding and will take all of your concentration.
It is particularly important that you have an accurate scoresheet that contains all of the necessary information.
Try to be quick and efficient, but don’t hesitate to tell your R2 if you need something explained or need more time.

24. TRY TO BE NEAT
The scoresheet will start to get crowded with numbers and squares and triangles
The scoresheet will get more crowded with substitutions and time-outs
TRY TO BE NEAT
IT IS BETTER TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND TELL THE R2 YOU ARE NOT READY YET, THAN TO BE SLOPPY

25. Madison scores one point (point 6) on Adams #42’s serve (put this in a box)
Madison substitutes #58 for #6

26. REMEMBER
Mark the scoresheet in three (3) places for every substitution:
1 - player number (add the new number)
2 - box score (put S or Sx and player numbers)
3 - substitutions (put a hash mark)

27. 5:00 Adams X Madison T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 7 8 4 3 4 5 6 5
6, 58 6 s 58 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

28. 6 58 S
You can also use separate boxes to show substitutions. You will often need to do this for multiple substitutions 6 58 S

29. Madison scores two points (7 and 8) on #58's serve then they lose the rally
Adams scores one point (point 9) on Madison #58’s serve (put this in a box)

30. 5:00 Adams X Madison 8-9 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 9
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
8-9
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

31. 9 Tx Madison calls a timeout.
Mark (Tx) and put the score at the time of the time out (8-9) in the timeouts box – put the score of the team who called the timeout first. 9 Tx

32. 5:00 Adams X Madison 8-9 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 3 4 5 5 9 Tx
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
8-9
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

33. Adams loses the rally
Madison scores one point (point 9) on Adams #5's serve (put this in a box)
Madison’s libero (#23) replaces #8 (not a substitution) to serve.
Put a triangle around serving position 4 to show this is the only place the libero can serve.
Adams substitutes #30 for #7 (Sx)

34. ASK IF YOU NEED TO Ask the R2 “What just happened?” if you don’t know.
Don’t ever guess what happened
If the R2 doesn’t explain what happened and there is a serve, make sure you find out what happened at the next dead ball.
You MUST know what’s going on all the time.

35. REMEMBER
Anything that happens during a player’s term of service is marked in the boxes following that player’s number – even if it is something the other team does.
Substitutions (Sx and the player’s numbers)
Timeouts (Tx)
Penalties (P and the player’s number)

36. 5:00 Adams X Madison S 8-9 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 7 8 4 3 4 5 6 5 9 Tx
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6
7, 30 8 9 Sx 30 7 9 10 11 12
8-9
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

37. Madison loses the rally
Adams scores one point (point 10) on Madison #9’s serve (put this in a box)
Adams scores four more points (points 11 to 14) on #30's serve
Madison calls their 2nd time out (Tx)

38. REMEMBER
Teams almost always call time out when the other team is serving
Mark Tx in the box score
Write in the score at the time of the timeout in the time out box
A team only gets two timeouts per set. Tell the R2 when they have used two. If they call a third timeout, tell the R2.

39. 5:00 Adams X Madison S 8-9 9-14 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 3 4 5 5 9 Tx
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6
7, 30 9 Sx 30 10 11 12 13 14 Tx 8 7 9 10 11 12
8-9
9-14
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

40. Madison subs back #6 for #58
Adams scores four more points (points 15 to 18) then they lose the rally
Madison scores one point (point 10) on Adams #30's serve (put this in a box)
Madison #10 has a Re-serve (RS) – the R2 should tell you this happened
then they lose the rally

41. 5:00 Adams X Madison S 8-9 9-14 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 7 8 4 3 4 5 6 5 9 Tx
6, 58, 6 6 S 58 7 8 6
7, 30 6 9 Sx 30 10 11 12 13 14 Tx Sx 8 58 7 15 16 17 18 9 10 10 RS 11 12
8-9
9-14
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

42. Adams scores one point (point 19) on Madison #10's serve (put this in a box)
Adams scores two more points (20 and 21) then #2 on Madison calls the R1 a “no talent jerk” and gets a red card.
Adams scores point 22 on the red card. Enter this in the Comments section and put Px22 in the running score and hatch 22 in the box score. You will put this notation in the Comments section of the scoresheet of every later set as well.
Adams then scores two more points (points 23 and 24) then loses the rally.

43. 5:00 Adams X Madison S 8-9 9-14 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 9 Tx
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6
7, 30 S 6 8 9 Sx 30 10 11 12 13 14 Tx 58 7 15 16 17 18 9 19 20 21 23 24 10
Px22 10 RS 11 12
8-9
9-14
R #2 (10-21)
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

44. Madison scores one point (point 11) on Adams #9's serve (put this in a box)
then they lose the rally
Adams scores one point (point 25) on Madison #12's serve (put this in a box) and wins the set

45. 5:00 Adams X Madison S 8-9 9-14 T. Jones Bob Boese Sam Breaux
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 7 8 4 3 4 5 6 5 9 Tx
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6
7, 30 S 6 9 Sx 30 10 11 12 13 14 Tx 8 58 7 15 16 17 18 9 19 20 21
Px22 23 24 10 10 RS 11 25 12 11
8-9
9-14
R #2 (10-21)
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

46. Enter the name and score of winning and losing teams
Official(s) will check and sign the scoresheet

47. 5:00 Adams X Madison S 8-9 9-14 Adams 25 Madison 11 T. Jones Bob Boese
Madison High Adams High
Madison Gym
5:00
Adams X
Madison 42 23 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 5 7 8 4 3 4 5 6 5 9 Tx
6, 58 6 S 58 7 8 6
7, 30 S 6 8 9 Sx 30 10 11 12 13 14 Tx 58 7 15 16 17 18 9 19 20 21 23 24 10
PX22 10 RS 11 25 12 11
8-9
9-14
R #2 (10-21)
Adams 25
Madison 11
T. Jones
Bob Boese
1ST REFEREE
Sam Breaux
2ND REFEREE

48. REMEMBER You are the OFFICIAL scorer
You are part of the officiating team with the R1 and R2
Your score is the correct score!
So…
Always do your best and
Ask the R2 for help if you need it.

49. AND ANOTHER THING…
For Set #2 and later, teams are listed on the same side of the scoresheet as the side of the court they are on.
When the libero goes back to serve and doesn’t leave the court there must be a double replacement of other players. This is not a substitution and you don’t have to mark anything unless the replacement player has never been in the game before. Tell that to the R2.