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DATE: Wed 8/27/2008 4:04 PM
FROM:
Christopher J.
Saunders
CIF-SS/High School
Representative
Southern California Volleyball Officials
Association
Diane Cranor and I have been conversing almost on a
daily basis following our meeting trying to get a
few things hashed out and clarified further. Listed
below are the conclusions we have come up with thus
far:
For purposes of risk minimization, any
individual actively taking part in team warm-ups
must be in proper attire and free from electronic
devices such as cell phone, and music devices. If
the coach has a cell phone with blue tooth on, or a
music device, it needs to be removed. The coach is
allowed to wear jewelry. What about shoes? What
happens if she is wearing high heels or flip flops?
I would ask the coach to remove the high heels (
damage to the floor). The coach is the one person
that would be allowed to wear flip flops. I would
not expect a coach to be actively working with a
setter in flop flops at the net, or in high heels,
if they are tossing the balls from the center or
side of the court, then I would allow the flip
flops.
JV players are not required to remove their
jewelry, but they would not be allowed to have a
cell phone, or music device. They need proper
footwear to be on the court shagging or receiving
the balls from the varsity. If a team supporter (JV
player, friend, little brother/sister, parent) is
assisting in the warm-up, ask the individual to
remove the cell phone, blue tooth, or music device.
Proper footwear should be worn (athletic shoes,
crocs, rubber soled sl ippers (lambskin as an
example). Flip flops or bare feet are not
acceptable footwear for the team supporter.
Line Judges need to wear proper footwear,
bare feet and flip flops are not acceptable on
lines.
Flags are only a recommendation. Their
use is in no way required.
The following contradicts what I sent out in a
previous email and I apologize for that. It took
Diane and I a while to come to this conclusion.
This is to be the accept ruling:
Case book page 11, rule 3.3.1
situation The host team fails to
provide a current score sheet that included the 18
team substitutions. The visiting scorer has an
appropriate score sheet. Ruling no
penalty The first referee may designate
the official scorer. The first referee may choose
the visiting team's scorer or ask that a copy of
the visitor's score sheet be given to the host
team.
I put this situation in to remind officials that
not everything has a penalty. The host site is
required to provide a timer, scorekeeper and the
libero tracker. Failure to provide the libero
tracker does not have a penalty, however without
the tracker neither team can use the position. The
timer can be designated as the libero tracker. The
visitor can provide the libero tracker. If the host
school does not provide a tracker, let your
assigner know, so the school administration can be
notified that all three positions need to be filed
at the scoring ta ble. Sometimes we need to be
creative in finding all personnel needed for the
match, but we don't penalize if a school does not
provide a score sheet or an individual that is
competent as a scorekeeper, why would we penalize
if they don't have a tracker? Our job is to
facilitate the game and help make it happen. Again,
if the home team fails to provide a libero tracker,
there is NO PENALTY ASSESSED at game time. Notify
your area liaison and any penalty shall be assessed
through CIF. (This obviously does not apply to a
rule adoption for LA City Section).
For further clarification:
A net violation must include the accepted signal
for a net found in the rule book followed by the
awarding of a point to the opposite team. The
officiating crew should provide the coach with the
number of the offending player (either using the
PAVO technique of net, number, point or by the R2
showing the coach the offending player's number
using proper hand signals in front of his/her body
or by verbalizing the number to the coach). I hope
that clears this up.
Please let me know if you have any further
questions.
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