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Sorry, Scrapper, but on this one, you're not even in the ballpark!
Basketball refs judge the pressure by bouncing it because a properly inflated basketball will bounce the same height in any gym at any time (I used to be a b-ball ref, so I am very familiar with the bounce test).
In volleyball, we do NOT bounce the ball off the floor because we don't play any bounces off the floor. We gauge the ball so that it meets the pressure standards of being between 4.3 and 4.6 PSI. We are concerned with how a ball meets that requirement so that it can be handled properly by the players...never with how it bounces off the floor since a volleyball bouncing off the floor becomes a dead ball ending the rally.
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Jan G. Filip - San Jose, CA
EBVOA Rules Interpreter Emeritus
NCS Volleyball Officials Coordinating Committee Recorder
CIF State Volleyball State Championships Referee (2005), Scorekeeper (2006-2007) & Libero Tracker (2010)
PAVO State Referee (2014) / PAVO Certified Scorekeeper (2014) / PAVO Certified Line Judge (2012)
USAV Junior National Referee (resigned 2013) / USAV National Scorekeeper (2014)
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