Two steps forward; one step back (Rookie Rant)

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Maybe I'm odd, but it seems to me that ball handling would be one of "the finer points" and stuff like IA and back row attacks to be pretty basic stuff.

Well, you're odd. I just finished my first season as well. The ball handling stuff has been very easy for me, with the sole exception of double hits on a "sidewise" set. I don't see that very well. The rest of the ballhandling stuff (for me) is ridiculously easy.

As far as IA -- I don't even know what that stands for. And I can't keep track of back row stuff even when I try. Some of the alignments that teams use before the serve, I can't even begin to figure out how they're legal. Most of the time I can; but sometimes I'm convinced it's wrong, I blow the whistle for the overlap and the coach points out that no, it's legal because see this person. . . .

Originally Posted by mbyron

Some of my fellow rookies around here ignore what they call "the finer points," (like IA's, back-row fouls, etc.) and focus on ball handling and net fouls. Same people who talk about "free money."

I ignore all the back row stuff. I try to catch overlaps, but I'm not very good. When I'm R1, I focus on hits. When I'm R2, I focus on the net and the table stuff. That's more than enough for me to handle.

Honestly, it hasn't been very fun at all for me to do this. The hard stuff has been so hard, that I barely bother with it. And the easy stuff isn't interesting enough to hold my attention. All the alignment and back row stuff doesn't even seem like officiating to me. It's just memorizing the lineup. I may try boys' volleyball in the spring, just to see if it's any more interesting. I haven't decided yet. I don't want to be one of those "free money" refs.