Middle School Volleyball Pre-season Meeting Minutes
September 28, 2010
- Attendees
Lynn Ross, Chestermere Lake
Chloe Guidinger, Beiseker
Susanne Moskal, Langdon
Leah McDonald, Langdon
Diana Stapor, WG Murdoch
Bruce Kaufman, WG Murdoch
Craig Churchill, Banded Peak
Lawrence Lee, Mitford
Roger Mitchell, Mitford
Amber Mrak, Meadowbrook
Jason Nail, Meadowbrook
Deb Austin, Meadowbrook
Marc Barber, Ecole Airdrie
Jacquie Mirtle, RVS
Raylene Kennedy, Ecole Airdrie
Chris Lowe, Muriel Clayton
Darryl Zimmer, Prince of Peace
Deona Ward, Prince of Peace
Michele Ross, Langdon
Terri Burris, Indus
Natasha McDonald, Langdon
Jeff Shaw, Ralph McCall
Regrets: Westbrook
- Commissioner
Thank you to Lawrence Lee for continuing on as commissioner.
- Jr. A Schedule
Host schools were asked to bring their gym calendars so we could assign venues to the following dates:
Oct. 15
Oct 29
Nov 5
Nov 19
Not all schools had their calendars so JM asked them to book all dates and then drop what we don't need after the schedule is done. Chestermere Lake has requested Girls tournament 2 and divisionals and Boys tournament 3.
Ran through the reformat of Jr. A Volleyball and venues were assigned. Note: Chestermere Lake is not using grade 9s in Jr. A this year. Schedules will be posted at:
http://www.rockyviewsports.com/Volleyball/jr_a_boys/schedule.html
http://www.rockyviewsports.com/Volleyball/jr_a_girls/schedule.html
- Jr. B Schedule
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Declaration deadline is Friday, November 12. No late submissions will be accepted this year.
Again, as gym calendars weren't available, host schools were asked to book all dates. JM will assign venues.
http://www.rockyviewsports.com/Volleyball/jr_b/schedule.html
- Gr. 6 Schedule - Tournament is Fri, Oct. 22
Declaration deadline is Friday, October 8. No late submissions will be accepted this year.
See notes above re: venues
http://www.rockyviewsports.com/Grade_6/volleyball_schedule.html
ADs are to please tell their coaches that I can't draft schedules until after the declaration deadline. Thanks!
- Results
The host school is to email results to Jacquie who will post them at www.rockyviewsports.com. No records are kept for Jr. B. Please use this results form (click).
Note: At the seeding tournament at Genesis Place, please turn in your score sheets to Lawrence Lee. For the last few boys games of the day, can Chestermere Lake please collect them?
- Officials
Action: JM to see if CVOA will assign our games.
- Code of Conduct
ACTION: The Code of Conduct Form for Players and the Code of Conduct Form for Coaches are to be signed and submitted to your administrator by Friday, October 15.
- Respect in Sport
Coaches are also reminded that completion of the Respect in Sport program is mandatory and must be completed by the start of your season.This applies to teacher and community coaches. Thank you for your compliance.
- Athletic Travel Form
Can be accessed by clicking on this link.
- Awards
Jr. 3A, 2A and 1A championship medallions, fourth place ribbons and banners will be awarded.
- League Fees
Schools will be invoiced for their participation at the end of the school year. Fees will be aproximately:
$400 per Jr. A team
$200 per Jr. B team
$75 per Gr. 6 team
- Host Reimbursement
A hosting budget of $250 per tournament has been incorporated into middle school plug-in fees to cover the cost of the volunteer room, a half-day sub, scorekeeper honoraria and wear-and-tear on equipment. Action: JM to update form and send it to schools.
- Volunteer T-shirts
JM to order more t-shirts. Adult medium and large.
- Notable Rule Changes (Thank you to Marc Barber for preparing the following information)
* Contact with the Net:
In the past, contact with the net was a fault when it is made during the action of playing the ball or if it interferes with the play.
The new rule states that contact with the net is a fault ONLY if it interferes with the play.
Interference with the play could include:
-‐ Touching the top band of the net or the top 80 cm of the antennae during his/her action of playing the ball, or
-‐ Taking support from the net simultaneously with playing the ball, or
-‐ Creating an advantage over the opponent, or
-‐ Making actions which hinder an opponent’s legitimate attempt to play the ball
It is strongly recommended for all officials to observe the posted video to gain understanding of this new rule: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZAHDIgRUE
* Penetration Under the Net:
• It is permitted to penetrate into the space under the net, provided that this does not interfere with the play.
• to touch the opponent's court with a foot (feet) is permitted, provided that some part of the penetrating foot (feet) remains either in contact with or directly above the centre line
• to touch the opponent’s court with any part of the body above the feet is permitted provided that it does not interfere with the opponent’s play
• A player may enter the opponent’s court after the ball goes out of play.
• Players may penetrate into the opponent’s free zone provided that they do not interfere with the opponent’s play.
Proposed RSVA Volleyball Rule Modification (Action: JM to include in our rule modifications.
Serve Receive Rule:
Currently, the Volleyball Canada rule for 16U and younger competitions does not permit a player to receive a serve using an overhand pass with the fingers (volleying/setting the serve). According to this rule, regardless of the quality of the contact, the referee will use the double-hit signal to indicate an infraction each time a serve is received in this manner.
It was proposed at the MS VB Coaches meeting that for both RVSA Jr. A and Jr. B Leagues that players be permitted to contact the ball off a serve as they are permitted for any hard-driven attack which would make it legal to momentarily lift or push a hard-driven ball (or in our case, a serve) on the first contact.
Rational: to increase contacts and encourage more rallies. Jr. A and B volleyball rules should encourage rally play. Many athletes at this age lack the spatial awareness to respond to a hard-driven serve in time to position themselves in a balanced, stable forearm passing position. As a result, too many potential rallies are killed by a whistle requiring technical abilities beyond the developmental ability of some athletes. Kids want to play, we want them to enjoy the game. This rule would achieve both.
- Triple Ball
Thanks to Jeff Shaw at Ralph McCall for hosting the meeting in order to do a Triple Ball demonstration. And thank you to Marc Barb for demonstrating. Please go to Coaches' Corner for three documents explaining Triple Ball. You can also watch a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZAHDIgRUE
- Next meeting
There is no specific post-season volleyball meeting. Coaches are asked to note comments and bring them to the general post-season sports meeting on Thursday, May 5.