Puget Sound Region 2013/2014 Team Officials Clinic For those new to USAV Officiating

Clinic Agenda Welcome (5 minutes) Reffing as competitive advantage ( 5 minutes) Definition of a well played and well officiated match (5 minutes) Lines person skills (5 minutes) Score keeper skills (25 minutes) R2 skills (15 minutes) SK, ASK and R2 team exercise (30 minutes) dismiss

Reffing as competitive advantage You and your team gain a competitive advantage by: 1.Knowing the rules of the game 2.Being a good team when you officiate. This helps be a good team when you play. 3.Having players work in reffing positions that help their game skills Libero being linesperson.

What is a well played and well officiated match? There are 3 principles, in order of importance, they are: Safe Fair Play Moves Along

Safe Physical safety is the state when the court is free of hazards at the start of, and during play Don’t begin play, or if started, stop play, when a hazard comes onto the court –person comes on court, the court gets wet, a ball on the court presents risk, etc Stop play when a player has stopped playing due to a potential injury. This allows aid to be given quickly if needed.

Safe Emotional safety is the state when all participants behave respectfully towards each other. –OK for participants and parents to respectfully disagree with a call. –OK for the captain/coach to respectfully question why something was or wasn’t called. –Not OK when the remarks are persistent, overly dramatic, insults a person’s ability/effort/attributes, etc When this line is crossed, apply sanctions.

Fair Rules are applied consistently. The officials strive to know and apply all the rules. The officiating crew sets and maintains the match tempo. When there is a question about the rules, use the rule book. If there is still doubt, bring in the Day Official.

Play Moves Along All TO’s and between set breaks are timed. –TO’s are 30 seconds –3 minutes between sets, whistle to get on the court at 2 minutes and 30 seconds Substitutions and line up checks are handled quickly. Questions by the captain, and when allowed by rule, the coach, are handled quickly. Other match interruptions, like ‘ball on court’, potentially injured player are handled quickly.

What are the three principles, in order of importance?

New rules and techniques To be added

Position of Officials BENCH SCOREKEEPER TABLE BENCH LP LP R1 R2 SK, ASK, Flip

Lines person skills Key duties are SPLAT Service Pancake/Pursuit Lines Antenna Touch

Lines Person Exercise Stand up - When the clinician calls out a situation, give the correct hand signal(s) –Correctly –Quickly –Held briefly

Three principles review Which of the principles does the lines person affect? Give an example.

Score Keeping Review We will quickly review –Heading information –Recording lineups –Check mark at serve contact at the beginning of each new term of service What to do when there is a wrong server –Running score and exit score –Subs –Time outs –Deciding set differences –Closing information

Score Keeping Review We will not cover this season –Score at time of sub –Sanctions

Crimson Vs Gray Event is held at Seattle University on Court 3 It is scheduled for today at 2 pm It is a girls U14 match, match C The first referee (R1) is Al Right The second referee (R2) is Nevah Wrong You are the scorekeeper and your team is helping.

Libero Tracking

Scorekeeper duties and libero tracker duties Both record starting lineups, in service order. Both record libero numbers Both record substitutions If libero serves, both track which spot in the service order it occurs

Practice game Animals and Beasts, girls U13 teams, are playing at Seattle U. today at 2 pm. It’s match 4 on Court 2. The R1 is your coach, the R2 is your clinician. You are SK, your team is helping. The Animals win the coin toss, and elect to receive. The Beasts choose the left side of the court.

Set begins R1 beckons for serve, at 2:06 pm, to start the set, #12, of Animals, on left, is serving Beasts #12 contacts ball for service Beasts (on left) win point. Beasts win another point. Animals (on right) win the next rally. R1 beckons #16, of Animals to serve She contacts the ball Beasts win the rally

Set continues-1 Beasts #8 subs out, #16 goes in R1 beckons, and Beasts #16 contacts ball for service Beasts win point. Beasts win another point. Animals (on right) call time out. After time out ends, Beasts win another point. Animals win the next rally. R1 beckons #1, of Animals to serve #1 contacts the ball. Beasts win the rally.

Set continues-2 Beasts #2 is in service spot R1 beckons, and Beasts #2 contacts ball for service Beasts #16 contacts ball for service R1 beckons, and Animals #15 contacts ball for service. Animals win next point. Animals win another point. Beasts (on left) call time out. After time out ends, Beasts win the rally. Beasts sub #3 out, #9 in – Animals sub out #2, #10 in. R1 beckons #2, of Beasts, to serve #2 contacts the ball, and Beasts win the rally. #2 serves for 3 more points, and Animals call time out

Set continues-3 After the time out, #2 Beasts serves, Animals win the rally R1 beckons, and Animals #7 contacts ball for service Animals #7 serves for 2 more points. Beasts sub #9 out, #11 in Animals #7 serves for another point. Beasts win next rally. R1 beckons #11, of Beasts, to serve. #11 contacts the ball Animals win the rally. R1 beckons, and Animals #4c contacts ball for service Beasts win the rally

Set continues-4 R1 beckons, and Beasts #12c contacts ball for service Animals win the rally. Beasts sub #11 out, #3 in – Animals sub out #10, #2 in. R1 beckons #2, of Animals, to serve, #2 contacts the ball Beasts win the rally. R1 beckons, and Beasts #16 contacts ball for service Beasts #16 serves 5 straight points Animals sub #7 out, #12 in. Beasts #16 serves the set out. Set finishes at 2:32 pm.

Deciding set actions What are the differences for a deciding set?

Three principles review Which of the principles does the score keeper affect? Give an example for each.

R2 duties The R2’s prime roles, supporting all three principles, are: Check lineups to start match –OK’s libero to enter Call faults on the defensive side (blocking) –center line faults, net faults, ball touching antenna or net outside antenna. Helps R1 with touches and ball hitting floor (pancakes) Manage the benches –Calls TO’s, manages substitutions, do line-up checks when asked

Center line exercise Take the right action, based on the picture that follows

R2 Net Fault Exercise Add several photos here, and for the next several slides

R2 substitution exercise Divide into groups of 4. Rotate though each role –Player coming in –Player leaving –R2 –SK

Three Principles Review Which of the principles does the R2 affect? Give an example for each.

Team exercise Divide into groups of 5. Rotate though each role, using score sheet and libero tracking sheet –Player coming in/replacement coming in use paddles to show uniform # or libero –Player leaving/replacement leaving use paddles to show uniform # or libero –R2 –SK –ASK

Exercise Script SK and ASK write down lineups from Crimson and Grey sheets. Crimson serving from left. Sub enters sub zone from the left (Crimson) with score 3-3. After the sub, that team on left scores two points. They lose the next rally to Grey. The player who subbed out earlier assumes a new identity (paddle), as the libero, and replaces the earlier sub. Document a point on the right. Then have sub replace libero. Rotate roles and repeat script.

R1 duties R1’s call the offensive side of the court. –Serving side, hitting side They make the final call, WITH INPUT, from the rest of their team. R1’s use all three principles to officiate the match

Conclusion Any questions? Reminder to take Form C test – open book Thank you!!!!