There are probably hundreds of "little" things that go into making a good high school volleyball official. Here are some of the important ones we think every official should know. The problem is, until a new official is faced with certain situations, no matter how much "book learnin'" they have there is no way they can possibly know how to handle it. Here are some tips every official should have in their tool box to make them as successful as possible, and to make sure that all MAVO officials are on the same page.
*Perhaps the lone exception is if there is a scheduled intermission between sets two and three of the varsity match.
Here is a sample of a good pre-match script you can adapt to your own:
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