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The Referees
The Bendigo Volleyball Association has established a Referee's Commission capably chaired by Mr Murray Mansfield.


Referees Tip #1
From The BVA Referee's Commission Murray Mansfield.

THE LIBERO
Numerous teams in the local competition are now using a Libero player, and in some cases, they do not fully abide by the rules of the game applying to this position. The major restrictions on a Libero are well understood.
Libero's are not permitted to:
- serve; - play as a front row player; - block or attempt to block; - play the ball over the net from ANYWHERE in the playing area if the ball is higher then the net at the time of contact.
Furthermore, no player (front or back row) is permitted to complete an attack hit from higher than the top of the net if the ball is set up by a Libero using the overhead finger pass whilst the Libero is in the front zone of the court.
However, there are a number of other restrictions teams are not too familiar with.
Myth #1 - Libero players are meant to wear a contrasting shirt which is numbered front and back. Contrasting means the referee should be able to notice a libero easily during congested and fast passages of play. Some libero uniforms being worn are not sufficiently contrasting to satisfy this requirement and some libero shirts are not numbered.
Myth #2 - Libero's must enter/exit the court via the SIDELINE behind the attack line at any time the ball is dead. Entering/exiting the court via the baseline is NOT permitted. Neither is entering/exiting the court in front of the attack line (the normal substitution zone) permitted.
Myth #3 - If a libero changes over AFTER the referee has blown their whistle to serve, but the ball has not yet been served, the referee should allow it the first time, issuing a verbal warning to the captain at the end of the rally. Subsequent late replacements are then penalized with a delay penalty.
Myth #4 - If a libero is injured, a new libero may be designated from any player on the bench. The injured libero cannot take the court for the remainder of the match. An appropriate remark should be entered in the comments section of the scoresheet.
Myth #5 - Finally, because locally we allow different libero's to be designated for each set, when a normal player is injured during a set, and the only player on the bench is a libero (or a player temporarily replaced by a libero), then the team should be required to complete the set with five players on the court. At the end of the set, the libero can be re-designated as a normal player and the team can start the next set with six players and no libero. Hopefully this clears up most points relating to the use of a libero.
If you want to know more about The Libero, contact Murray Mansfield.

Attention Teams and Players: We would love to have additional information for the website. If you would like to have any social notes or photos included we would be only too happy to have them included. Sometimes there is information that we are unaware of that needs to be passed on to other players.
If your team has competed in other tournaments we would also like to include results or photos from those events.
Contact Tom or Geoff if you can be of assistance.