First hit from back row question

[Vb Scrub]

I see a lot of these calls where I am at. My wife coaches H.S. and she asked one of the refs what he thought of the new rule(a year or two ago whenever it was) that allowed multiple contacts on the first contact and he said the way you get around this is to just call a lift every time. There are at least half the H.S. refs here that call it like that, they don't like the rule, they don't like the overhead pass so they will automatically call it. There are times when they are calling it before the ball is even contacted.

IMO, it takes quite a bit of ego to figure you know more about the game and how it should be than the rest of the world and nearly every governing body. Rules change and as a ref you have to change with them. Don't get me wrong, there are good refs out there but where I am at the only exposure many of these refs have to the game are HS JV matches or small schools where volleyball exposure is limited anyway.