Volleyball reffing jobs

     At a volleyball tournament when you are not one of the two teams playing, you are either working, also known as reffing, or you have an hour off.  When you are reffing there are six different jobs but seven people have to work, I will explain later.  

1- Score flipper

This job is the easiest of all of the jobs.  All you have to do is keep score by flipping a little piece of plastic that displays the score.                                     

2- Scoresheet keeper

This job is tied for the hardest job with up ref, a job I will talk about later.  This job involves a very complicated sheet of paper that has a lot of different components.  On this sheet you write down who subs for who, the score, the number of timeouts each team has left, how many points each server score,  and the captains on each team.                                                   

3- Down ref

This job is fairly easy but you have to pay attention.  This person blows their whistle when a coach calls a timeout or wants to make a substitution.  This works with the up ref if a person goes under the net ur touches the net because sometimes the up ref doesn’t see it, so the down ref has to call it.  The down ref stands next to the end of the net opposite of the up ref.

4- Up ref

The up ref controls the pace of the game.  The up ref beckons for serve which allows the server to serve.  The up ref says who got the point and why after each volley.  The up ref stands on a little stand so that they have a better view of the court.  They also can stop the play if there are any violations.

                              

5- Libero tracker

This is a very hard job to explain but I will try my best.  Most volleyball teams have a libero; a libero can only play back row and they can substitute whenever they want.  This person has to write down who the libero goes in for and who goes in for them.  The libero is easy to find because they wear a different colored jersey.

6- Line judge

This person has the easiest job out of all the jobs.  They have a flag and the watch 2/4 of the lines and they determine if the ball was in or out when it touches the ground. There are two line judges and they each stand on a corner and watch the lines that connect on the corner they are standing on.