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Originally Posted by FMadera
Real world answer: every segment of volleyball has its own unique culture. In boy's/men's volleyball, the guys are just stupid, and the bench players are stupid too. Think hockey bench players. Chirping, humorous chants, etc.
As long as it isn't personal, let it go. If you address something that is part of the culture, even the other team is likely to look at you as overofficious.
Find a reasonable line, and stick to it. But make it something that materially affects the match or potentially could cause the match control to be lost.
Just my two cents...
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This is basically what I’ve been adhering to. Not because I’m necessarily ok with what happens, but because I couldn’t back a sanction with a clear objective rule reference. “Unsporting” in this context is IMO too open for interpretations.
Hence my question - where do you draw the line when it is not personal (though what is personal also seems to have plenty of gray areas)?
Potential examples - yelling at specific “key” moments like the contact for serve or attack hit; screaming “out”/“in” when the ball is about to be played (or not) by the opponent; using artificial noisemakers (not addressed specifically in USAV
AFAIK).