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Originally posted by Vb Scrub
Are there any other sports in high school where the rules require the coach to remain seated during competition? Sorry I am not up on many rules of sports other than volleyball. It seems there are rules that get applied to vb but not other sports, I mean besides the obvious game play rules. Another one: in other HS sports are coaches allowed to question a ref's call without losing a time out? Refs are not so infoulable (sp) that they don't make mistakes and it seems in HS VB that a coach can't even question a rule interpetation without being threatened with a card or have to protest it and lose a timeout.
I don't ref HS but am around quite a bit of HS VB. It may be that there is just a poor pool of refs around here but many don't even know the rules of the game, don't know how to ref VB or have been doing it the same for years and years and refuse to officiate using the new rules of the game. They have no exposure to the game except going and doing their match and going home. There just seems to be some antiquated rules and styles in VB that keep sticking around no matter the changes in the game.
Sorry for going off on a tangent, one thing lead to another.
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Volleyball is somewhat unique (tennis is also) in that the teams of players are separated by a net and do not intermingle on the court/field as with other sports.
I officiate both basketball and volleyball at the high school level, so my comments are relative to NFHS rules.
1. In neither sport may a coach question an official's ruling on a judgement call.
2. In both sports, a coach may request a timeout to address either a correctable error as specifically defined, or incorrect/misapplication of a rule. If coach is correct, timeout is not charged, if not, it is charged.
3. In basketball, coaches must remain seated at bench with similar exceptions as in volleyball. If the state association has adopted the use of the coaching box, which is allowed in basketball, then the head coach may stand within that box to coach during the game. A technical foul charged to the head coach, either direct or indirect, results in loss of the use of the coaching box and they must then remain seated on the bench.
4. Basketball does not use the card system for penalties, but the results are roughly equivalent:
YC in
VB = verbal warning in BB
RC in
VB (point/LR) = 1st Technical foul in BB (free throws)
YRC in
VB(point/LR, DQ = 2nd tech in BB (free throws, DQ)
In addition, both sports allow the official to go directly to penalty or ejection if warranted by the nature of the conduct.