Volleyball Line Judge Training
Line judge signals for calling lines
Volleyball line judge techniques.
Tips for Junior Line Judges
Introduce yourself to the referee.
Ask the referee where he/she is from. It's best to take the initiative and step right up and start talking to the referee.
Tell the referee where you are from.
Inform the referee of your experience as a volleyball line judge.
If you are working only one set, make sure everyone else who will be calling lines is with you.
The referee only wants to go over the line judge duties one time, so make sure all the line judges are present during the discussion.
Watch the line, not the ball.
Every time the ball lands near a line that you are responsible for, you should be making a signal. When the ball lands on the ground inside the court, you will signal "in".
If the ball contacts the ground outside the court and hasn't been touch by a player on that side of the court, you will signal "out".
The court boundary lines are part of the court, so if the ball lands on the line, the correct signal will be "in".
It's important to be watching the ball, not the line. If you are watching the ball and not the line, there's a chance you could get the call wrong. This is because you won't have much time to focus on the line as the ball hits the ground.