Rules changes for next year

[FMadera]

Libero serving among changes for next year.

[MCBear]

The specific rules changes can be viewed here: 2007-08 Volleyball Rules Changes.

As is currently being discussed on another board, most of the changes are very good and there are only a couple of them that are even slightly questionable. On the whole, the volleyball rules committee did a very good job this year.

NOW, if we can just get the misprints and errors corrected that never seem to get changed in the Case Book/Manual as well as the rules book.

[refnrev]

Two or three years ago I went to a rules meeting. We took the first 20 + minutes just correcting the mistakes in the book. It's been better since then, but that was ridiculous!

[MCBear]

rev, you didn't spend the time going over both the rules book and Case Book/Manual that Rick, Ken, Felix, Ed & I did. There were more screw-ups and errors last year than in the previous two years combined because NF corrected the errors two years ago, but neglected to change the incorrect text that was printed in the book! As a result, the same errors were published last year with new ones thrown in from the rules that changed.

We have volunteered to proof their text, but no one wants to take us up on it. Oh, well, c'est la vie.

[blueump]

Been doing the libero serving here in Michigan this season without any problems. It basically means the libero can be in the floor all the time - except for 1/2 a rotation when they need to sit out.

The hardest part to get used to is when the libero heads from the RB to the LB to serve. The two players that exchange in the libero zone are neither liberos! If makes you cringe the first time you see it, but you get used to it quickly. You also need an assistant score-keeper (libero tracker) that knows what they are doing.

[blueump]

Official's Mechanics Signal #17-Point: The mechanics and point signal are changed to indicate point and team to have next serve to extending the arm in the direction of the team that will serve, palm perpendicular to the floor. (Whistle, signal violation, point)

Rationale: With rally scoring there is no longer a need to signal point. Each end of rally results in a point for the team being awarded the next serve. The revised signal will indicate the team to serve next which is also the team to receive the point.

This is interesting...if I read it correctly there is no need to signal a point. You simple make the call (example: down ball) and then extend the arm to the side that will serve.

This may get sticky since the new rule for the timing of the coach sitting down is at the extention of the arm. You must extend the arm to the serving side, put the arm back down, then extend the arm again to prepare for the serve. Anybody else doing this yet?

I also saw a Division 1 game on TV this year where the official would show the point first, then the signal of how the point was given followed. That seemed quite different as well.

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by blueump

Been doing the libero serving here in Michigan this season without any problems. It basically means the libero can be in the floor all the time - except for 1/2 a rotation when they need to sit out.

The hardest part to get used to is when the libero heads from the RB to the LB to serve. The two players that exchange in the libero zone are neither liberos! If makes you cringe the first time you see it, but you get used to it quickly. You also need an assistant score-keeper (libero tracker) that knows what they are doing.

We were also one of the experimental states last year, and it was really no big deal. As blueump said, the tracker really needs to pay attention. I found that if as the U I took the time to explain it to them before the match, then the first time it happened turned to the table and said "did you get that" it really helped.

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by blueump

The hardest part to get used to is when the libero heads from the RB to the LB to serve.

I hope you meant LB to RB.