AHSAA BALL HANDLING

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AHSAABALL HANDLING
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Ball-Handling

• Ball handling JUDGMENT is perhaps the most
  important officiating skill for a volleyball
  referee.
• Ball handling requires a referee having a grasp
  of ball handling rules and an eye to make
  judgment calls

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Ball-Handing

• Players are allowed to use ANY part of their body
  rather than an implement to play the ball, as
  long as the contact is legal.

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What is Legal Contact?

• Legal Contact can be
• Made with ANY part of the body.
• Must be hit cleanly
• Must NOT be CAUGHT or THROWN
• CANNOT visibly come to rest or involve prolonged
  contact

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Quotes to Remember

• It does not matter what the player or the ball
  does before the contact is made or after contact
  is completed.
• What happens while the player is in contact with
  the ball doesnt matter.
• Remember! UGLY is not a ball handling violation

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• Unorthodox movement
• Poor technique during the contact
• Bad body position
• Contact sound
• And Please not BALL SPINNING
• One must have a grasp of RULE
• REMEMBER NONE OF THESE ARE CRITERIA FOR BALL
  HANDLING VIOLATIONS

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Techniques

• One should IGNORE how the ball handler is
  positioned to the ball.
• ZONE in on ONLY the players body parts making
  actual contact with the ball.
• EVALUATE what happens during the entire contact

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Techniques to Practice

• The Three Rs
• READY!
• READ the ball handling action
• REACT to whistle a violation

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Ball Handling

• Techniques to practice
• Call only what you see.
• Dont guess
• If you get screened from the action, get visual
  help from the second referee (R2).
• The second (R2) DOES NOT whistle ball handling
  FAULTS!
• (Always work as a TEAM)

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CONSISTENCY

• A referee is expected to call violations on all
  blatant or obvious ball handling errors.
• Teams and players will adapt to whether its
  called tight or loose, as long its CONSISTENCY.
• Set your standard to the skill level or
  competition level.
• Whatever STANDARD YOU START the match with
  STICK TO IT for the entire match

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Ball Handling Tips

• Do not follow a moving ball
• ZOOM forward with rapid eye where the next
  contact might occur
• During an attack quickly shift your view from
  attacker to net to defense
• Observe all of the hitters attack

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• When ball passes blocker find defensive player
  who will be playing the ball
• Get there before the ball!

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Review

• Good officials continue to be students of the
  game.
• The importance of knowing and identifying legal
  contact is using your judgment, knowledge,
  techniques, and consistency.
• Officials must understand coaches strategies.

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• Questions to ask YOURSELF
• Was the ball caught or thrown?
• Did the ball have prolonged contact?
• Did the ball visibly come to rest on a body part
  (s)?
• Was the ball over controlled or under controlled?

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Any Questions or Comments?