OFFICIALS BULLETIN

DECEMBER 2007

Volume 1 Issue 5

Welcome to the officials bulletin! Please let us know if you wish to be removed from the list. If there is something you would like to add please let us know as soon as possible. Please contact Cara Bartolic at cara@ncrusav.org or 800-657-6967/952-831-9150 ext. 16.

Announcements

Please check out North Country Region new website www.ncrusav.org
North Country Region Advanced Clinic Training dates are posted.
If interested in becoming a junior clinician, please check out web page for details. Current clinicians you must take the test and correct it before you will get paid for your clinics!
Check your Official Certification Status for 2008 here
THE UPDATED OFFICIALS STRUCTURE OF NCR can be found on our website.
Travis Karlin has been named the NCR Officials Chair-he will be working with all Provisional, Regional, Junior National and National Officials. Please email him with concerns.

Officiating Opportunities

Please mark your calendar to officiate at the 18th Annual Presidents' Day Festival (2/17/08). Sign up with Cara 800-657-6967/952-831-9150 ext. 16 or e-mail to cara@ncrusav.org.
Qualified officials needed for the Molten Wisconsin Boys Fest in Waukesha, WI on Feb 2nd and 3rd. Hotel rooms are provided. Please send an email to Julie Voeck, Officials Chair for Badger region, at jvoeck@attglobal.net before December 1st to confirm your spot.
USAV Girls National Qualifier events start March 8th. A complete list of events can be found at: http://www.usavolleyball.org/Juniors/08juniorQualDates.asp You should be a Regional or higher rated official to work at these events. There are limited opportunities for Provisional officials based on need.
Qualified officials needed for the Badger Region Championships (Boys & Girls) in Milwaukee, WI April 4th-6th, 2008. Hotel rooms will be provided. Please send an email to Julie Voeck, Officials Chair for Badger region, at jvoeck@attglobal.net before December 1st to confirm your spot.
USAV Girls JO National Championships will be held June 26th-July 5th in Dallas, TX. You must register for this event on the USAV/PAVO Database page: https://www.pavo.org/onlinedb/ You should be a Junior National or higher rated official to work at this event. There are limited opportunities for Regional officials based on need.
USAV Boys JO National Championships will be held July 2nd-9th in Sandy, UT. You must register for this event on the USAV/PAVO Database page: https://www.pavo.org/onlinedb/ You should be a Junior National or higher rated official to work at this event. There are limited opportunities for Regional officials based on need.
Check out Officials Opportunities on web page! Other opportunities

Clinic Notes - This is from the Advanced Clinic:

A Net Violation only occurs when a player is in the act of playing the ball.

During a deciding game change of sides players must stay on the court and can NOT go to the bench to grab anything - including water bottle. It gives that team an unfair advantage.

Officials (provisional and regional) get together with a partner or small group to take the test, that way you can look up the answerers together and also correct them as well. Sometimes it is much easier that way. Your score doesn’t matter, just correct it and send it back to be completed.

To get certified, you need to take the exam A online, and then correct it to 100% and return it to travis.karlin@ncrusav.org. Until you do that, you have not completed the exam.

It is not a USAV technique to have the line judge move to the side when a server is near that LJ's position. They should step back behind the server, inline with the sideline extention. Having them step to the side is sometimes used in NCAA when the R1 is having difficulty seeing the end line on a jump serve. When a server takes position within 1-2 meters of the LJ, the LJ must step behind the server along the sideline extension. (DCR, Points of Emphasis, page 148)

A ball may only be retrieved beyond the playing area (i.e. off the sport court) if the area is clear on all sides. This will rarely be the case if there are spectator chairs on any side of the sport court. This does not include the team benches or scorers table. (DCR, Points of Emphasis, page 148)

Officiating Reminders

Provisional and Regional ratings expire on Oct 31st. Check out your status, are you where you want to be? Please check the expiration date of your rating on the web site.

YOU MUST PRE REGISTER TO BE RATED AS AN OFFICIAL, UPCOMMING DATES, JANUARY 12, 13, 20 AND 27^TH. All rating dates will start at 1:30 PM. Please register through Candy at candyk@ncrusav.org. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE WEB PAGE FOR PLACES, CANDY WILL LET YOU KNOW YOUR TIME FOR YOUR RATINGS.

USAV Advanced Officials Training dates: January 13, 2008 Moorhead. February 17, Metro. Check out the web page for more to come. Regional and higher officials need to be certified as Regional Scorekeepers. If you are not certified, you will need to take the exam online (http://www.ncrusav.org/officials_howto_onlinetest.html) and complete a rating at one of the rating sites. If you are currently certified, then you just need to complete the test and correct it to 100%. (http://www.ncrusav.org/resources/07OfficialRankings.pdf)

Recognition within the Region

MSHSL State Tournament: Jim Sunquist, Tim Harlow, Jessica Dangson, Rollie Cleveland, Doug Lothenbach.

NDHSAA State Tournament: Tom Stokke, Tanya Janich