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Not clearly contrasting libero uniform and cannot be worn together
USAV rules commission alters libero jersey color rule to clear up confusion
USA VOLLEYBALL PASSED A SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGE regarding the libero and fast-tracked its implementation to immediate status during its Rules Commission Meeting on Feb. 25 in Denver. A motion was made and passed to change the wording of USAV
Rule 19.2 to read as: “The Libero(s) must wear a uniform which clearly contrasts with the rest of the team.” A second motion was passed that made the implementation of the new rule immediate. The new rule replaces the “Solid Color Jersey” rule. Pati Rolf, chair of the USAV Rules Commission, stated that the new
rule was approved in response to the concerns of the membership. “We strongly believe this rule change, which was strongly supported
by the membership, will be less restrictive and more flexible,” Rolf said. One key point in the discussions was to ensure that any team that
currently had legal uniforms would still be able to use those uniforms. Paul Albright, USAV indoor rules interpreter, emphasized that training
USAV club directors
attend best practices forum On the day before the Colorado Crossroads
Qualifier second weekend, some 50 club direc- tors attended a USA Volleyball Sport Develop- ment club best practices session in Denver, while nearly as many viewed the session via live video stream. The session also brought ideas from outside volleyball as two other National Governing Bodies were in attendance to share their club experiences. Kay Rogness, executive director of Front
Range VBC, shared some tournament director observations from running Crossroads and other events. Tom Avischious from USA Swim- ming shared facts and what is taught to over 2,000 swim clubs on running effective clubs – including non-profit, private and facility- based. Ken Martel shared insights into how USA Hockey retains players, grows clubs, using the American Development Model for long-
Clearly contrasting libero uniform and can be worn together
A new rule passed and implemented by the USAV rules commission is “liberos must wear a uniform that clearly contrasts with the rest of the team” like the libero in the photo above.
will start as soon as possible to get that message out to the membership. “Obviously we have a challenge to get the word out, but we already
have people working to update our training materials, including the new jersey gallery on
VolleyballRefTraining.com, to explain the rule change,” Albright said. USA Volleyball will also work to widely distribute the new rule to the clubs and tournament directors as the season is in progress. Any questions regarding the rules change can be directed to the
USAV Rules Interpreter at
vbinterp@usav.org or your local region referee chair.
term athlete programming and more. Loren Anderson of Rise Academy spoke about lessons learned the hard way, as his club went from random gym use for five teams to their own facility for 21 teams in just six years. Tom Pingel and Doug Beal from the USA Volleyball National office discussed the future of junior and international volleyball, and then the participants closed the forum by sharing best practices on “Filling the Down Time” and other topics. Plans are in the works to repeat this event on the East Coast next year. One on-site participant said “Ten minutes into the first pre- sentation, I texted my partner ‘If we had this when we started, we would have not had most of the struggles we went through.’” An online participant wrote in “I wanted to let you know that I found this forum awesome! I have been a club director for 20 years and I learned plenty listening to this program.” Each of the five main presentations were
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video recorded and are available free of charge in the the “Free Webinar” section of USA Vol- leyball Grassroots department.
Believe in Better program helps disadvantaged youth Tayla Woods, a product of No Dinx Mid
Valley 18-Black of the Columbia Empire Vol- leyball Region who later played and graduated from Oregon State University, has created Believe In Better along with three other OSU vol- leyball players (Arica Nassar, Laura Schaudt and Haley Clarke)
to give volleyball playing opportunities to deserving youth from economically challenged families. Believe In Better, a non-profit organization
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