The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Volleyball

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Sat Aug 16, 2014, 11:10pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 138
Not enough bench, what to do?

I work a facility that has a pretty short bench. With larger teams there is not enough room for everyone to sit down. It is pretty close to the court, but some refs make the kids sit on the floor. The bench ends about 6 or more feet from the end line. It seems to me it would be safer to let them stand at the end of the bench, but this is deemed to be sacrilege. I know the rule says they must be seated on the bench, but.....have you ever had to deal with this situation and how did you resolve it?
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:00am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Menifee,CA
Posts: 860
Haven`t had it yet.I would make them sit and the extra space becomes non playable area.
__________________
Derryl Trujillo
Official Scorekeeper-Woodcrest Christian High School Basketball
Referee-Inland Volleyball Officials Association
The golfing volleyball ref and official scorekeeper
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Sun Aug 17, 2014, 12:25pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 717
Send a message via ICQ to FMadera Send a message via AIM to FMadera Send a message via Yahoo to FMadera
Have them sit on the floor. Better to have them seated (which is the intent of the rule) then try to figure out who gets to stand, which can open up a can of worms.
__________________
Felix A. Madera
USAV Indoor National / Beach Zonal Referee
FIVB Qualified International Scorer
PAVO National Referee / Certified Line Judge/Scorer
WIAA/IHSA Volleyball Referee
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Sun Aug 17, 2014, 01:22pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Menifee,CA
Posts: 860
Felix-I'm right about making the extension of the bench non-playable area correct?
__________________
Derryl Trujillo
Official Scorekeeper-Woodcrest Christian High School Basketball
Referee-Inland Volleyball Officials Association
The golfing volleyball ref and official scorekeeper
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Sun Aug 17, 2014, 02:08pm
Call it as I see it.
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: So.Cal
Posts: 327
Quote:
Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper View Post
Felix-I'm right about making the extension of the bench non-playable area correct?
Yes the extra players will need to be seated on the floor and it will be an extension of the b bench which means it's a non-playable area.
__________________
"I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an umpire." - President of the United States Harry S. Truman
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Sun Aug 17, 2014, 06:23pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 717
Send a message via ICQ to FMadera Send a message via AIM to FMadera Send a message via Yahoo to FMadera
Quote:
Originally Posted by SCalScoreKeeper View Post
Felix-I'm right about making the extension of the bench non-playable area correct?
Correct
__________________
Felix A. Madera
USAV Indoor National / Beach Zonal Referee
FIVB Qualified International Scorer
PAVO National Referee / Certified Line Judge/Scorer
WIAA/IHSA Volleyball Referee
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old Sun Aug 17, 2014, 08:50pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 123
Is the "bench" a set of bleachers? If so, I've had similar situations where the players who couldn't fit in the front row (the bench) would sit directly behind the bench in the second row of the bleachers. Typically they were the second or third stringers.

I've also worked in places where the benches are chairs. When there are more players than chairs I have allowed players to stand behind the bench. May not be allowed by rule but if the benches are close to the court I'd rather not have inattentive players (those who won't see playing time unless the 12 players ahead of them all were injured) sitting on the floor at the end of the bench.
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old Mon Aug 18, 2014, 07:11am
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 177
I saws this happen one time last year. HOME team had more players than chairs.

How can the home team not know how many chairs to set up...

I asked the home coach to get a few more chairs...
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old Tue Aug 26, 2014, 10:04pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,240
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaREF View Post
Is the "bench" a set of bleachers? If so, I've had similar situations where the players who couldn't fit in the front row (the bench) would sit directly behind the bench in the second row of the bleachers. Typically they were the second or third stringers.

I've also worked in places where the benches are chairs. When there are more players than chairs I have allowed players to stand behind the bench. May not be allowed by rule but if the benches are close to the court I'd rather not have inattentive players (those who won't see playing time unless the 12 players ahead of them all were injured) sitting on the floor at the end of the bench.
The chairs for a bench is common where I work. I normally have the host school find more chairs. If not, I have the players behind the chairs (which I do allow for standing)? Why? I would rather have the players standing in a non-playable area than be sitting on the floor in a potentially playable area. The last thing we, as officials, need is to have a player sitting on the floor with a clipboard taking stats (as many bench players do), and a player on the floor chases a ball towards the bench area. A seated player on the bench/chair is at a high enough level to see the bench player and potential avoid them. If the bench player is sitting on the floor, the player may not see them, chase the ball and run into that player, potentially injuring one or both of them. Having the players standing behind the bench is a better option from a liability standpoint.

The other issue with the players sitting at the end of the bench on the floor is creep. They tend to creep forward towards the court, much like standing players will do, when allowed to stand. Having them stand behind the bench puts a barrier (the bench) between them and the court.

Obviously, having the right number of chairs is the best solution.

I have had situations where one team does not have enough chairs, and the other has extra open chairs. We asked the team to take chairs with them so everyone has a chair when they switch sides at the end of the set.

Most places using chairs don't have a problem with the number of chairs though, and if they do initially, they find more.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bench Talking to Opposing Bench VaTerp Basketball 7 Wed Feb 02, 2011 08:33am
Last Second Bench T bob jenkins Basketball 19 Sun Oct 26, 2008 08:01pm
A6 comes off bench APG Basketball 2 Thu Dec 06, 2007 01:05am
bench pkd Volleyball 8 Mon Jan 31, 2005 05:16pm
no bench Ralph Stubenthal Basketball 10 Fri Jan 18, 2002 10:41am


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:54pm.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1