Volleyball Court – The Referee and Her Posse – What Do They Really Do?
As volleyball players many of us can have a love-hate relationship with the people who referee our games. I know I did. I have stories I can tell about how I use to untie the first referee’s shoe laces when I didn’t agree with a call they made. Maybe that’s why a lot of them wear velcro. Once I took referee certification courses i gained a lot more respect for what referees do and the pressure with which they sometimes have to do their job. Below, I’ve defined a few of the various referee responsibilities. First referee – The first referee, the first official or sometimes referred to as the ‘up” referee has the primary responsibility of starting the game and the plays, judging each play for any technical fouls, assigning points and sideouts as they occur to each qualifying team and generally making the final decision for any questionable plays. He or she is called the “up” referee because in official high school, college and international volleyball games the first referee is the one w
