Tips for Officiating Volleyball Tournaments
When working a tournament or quad in volleyball, you'll handle multiple matches with different partners, adjust to quick turnarounds, and communicate effectively. As a crew chief, be proactive, establish schedules, and ensure smooth operations. Remember, flexibility and preparation are key in managing officiating responsibilities.
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Pool A Jonesville Angie Bronson White Coldwater Red What s different if you are working a tournament or Quad? Charged Up G Wins G Losses pt diff Charged Up Jonesville Angie Bronson White Coldwater Red Pool B Jonesville Dawn Bronson Blue Coldwater Blue Acers 12 G Wins G Losses pt diff Jonesville Dawn Bronson Blue Coldwater Blue Acers 12
You will be working several matches and will likely be working with different partners. So be flexible and take advantage of what those different partners can teach you.
Your warm-up format will be different. Perhaps even nonexistent. There may only be 5 minutes between matches so be on your toes.
However be sure you are comfortable and somewhat acquainted with your new partner before you start the match.
Whenever there are multiple matches being played in the same venue, no horns should be used. All interval demarcations are noted with your whistle.
When you are assigned to a tournament, be sure the assigner has designated a crew chief
When you are the Crew Chief; Contact the AD beforehand and; Introduce yourself as the crew chief. Get tournament information so you know what to expect Leave your contact information so they know how to contact you.
There are generally more officials at a tournament site than are needed at any one time to officiate. So some officials will have down time throughout the tournament.
As the crew chief you need to develop a schedule for who will work when and with who. 1. Perhaps as crew chief you should be off to start the tournament to see that everything gets started correctly on each court. 2. You may choose to designate persons who have to travel the farthest to be off for the first match so they don t have to show up quite as early. They do however need to be at the site by first match start time in case someone else had trouble getting there on time.
As the crew chief you need to develop a schedule for who will work when and with who. 1. You need to figure out who is working with whom to start the tournament. 2. You also need to figure out how the officials will be rotating throughout the day. Here are some options:
3 officials per court R1 R2 Off Stay on same court all tournament
1 extra official 2 courts A R1 A R2 B R1 B R2 - Off
2 extra official Officials work in the same pairs all tournament. Off officials replace officials on first court done, take a 15 minute break and replace first court to finish match on different court.
My preference is to not work with the same partner all tournament long. Working with different partners tends to help you grow as an officials because you get different feed back from your different partners
I also am not fond of sitting off for a long time. If you are off for an entire match that could be 30-40 minutes. A way to avoid that is, when you break, take a 10 or 15 minute break, then be ready to move in as the R2 on your new court at the end of the current set, whether it be set 1 or set 2. Changing R2 in the middle of a match has little effect on the match since R1 is setting the tempo and calling the match.
What ever you decide on make it clear before hand what the rotation is to be. I would suggest that it not be up for discussion. Also note that the schedule will likely need to be flexible so that no one officials gets caught working with no breaks or an unequal number of breaks.
Something to consider is, if it is not a huge tournament, consult with the AD or tournament director and have them assign only the number of officials actually need to work the court being used (no extra officials). The money saved by not using extra officials can be used save some on the overall officiating budget and to pay the working officials extra. This needs to be agreed upon by those officials working the tournament. It will also ease the burden on assigners.
The Crew Chief should try to ensure that the best officials are officiating the finals. The teams involved deserve that consideration. Unless OK d by the Crew Chief the entire officiating crew should remain for the entire tournament. Those not officiating toward the end of the day when not as many officials are needed can work as line judges and/or scorers.
Day of tournament Crew Chief Arrive early to find AD and introduce yourself Check to be sure there are no changes to schedule If changes make them Check out playing areas deal with any issues and define any special ground rules. Be sure all officials are using the same set of ground rules.
