AVCA Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week

Additional Resources – High School & Club

The American Volleyball Coaches Association has put together a great list of resources for high school and club volleyball on becoming an official, sportsmanship and officials appreciation for use during AVCA Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week and throughout the year.  The AVCA Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week is hosted annually during the fall for girls and women’s volleyball, and in the spring for boys, men’s, beach, club and pro volleyball.

• LEARN MORE about 2025 AVCA Spring Volleyball Officials Appreciation Week (Boys, Men’s, Beach & Pro) and DOWNLOAD the Toolkit
• LEARN MORE about 2024 AVCA Girls and Women’s Volleyball Official’s Appreciation Week and DOWNLOAD the Toolkit
• ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: COLLEGE – Resources for collegiate teams on becoming an official, sportsmanship, and officials appreciation

 

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Good Sportsmanship has the Power to Inspire

#InspireSportsmanship is a new campaign launched March 2024, through the AVCA High School Leadership Council that spotlights stories of girls and boys volleyball players, coaches and teams displaying exceptional sportsmanship. Unsportsmanlike acts spread further and faster than acts of kindness, humility, and corporation. That is why it is more important than ever to teach and spotlight good sportsmanship to inspire others.

As of April 2024, the AVCA is proud to have received 30 stories of inspirational sportsmanship in volleyball from throughout the nation. These stories along with others submitted in the future will be showcased in the Affiliations eNewsletter, AVCA website, and social media in partnership with the AVCA’s Signature Affiliate, Affiliate and Membership Organization high school partner associations.  For more information, please contact Tara McGuire, AVCA Membership & Communications Specialist.

CLICK HERE to submit your story of inspiration sportsmanship in boys and girls volleyball.

IHSAA Free Volleyball Officials Training

Free high school volleyball officials clinic in Indiana sells out at 100 participants

JVA Officials Reward Program

The Junior Volleyball Coaches Association (JVA) Officials Reward Program is designed to recruit, retain and reward officials for working JVA volleyball events. The program is open to all certified Officials, from beginner to most experienced.

JVA Officiating Resources

Videos and outlines to train teams to make sure athletes understand the rules of officiating and scorekeeping

• JVA R2 Ref Training Video
• JVA Scoresheet & Libero Tracking Ref Training Video
• JVA Line Judge Ref Training Video

MSHSAA Initiative: Trade Your Stripes

An initiative by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA), which encourages veterans and active military to become officials

NASO Say Yes to Officiating

There’s and urgent need for sports officials in this nation. Say Yes to Officiating is a collection from the National Association of Sports Officials (NAOS) of free resources designed to help recruit new sports officials, retain the ones already working, instill excellence, and celebrate the officiating experience

• NASO Suggestions for Showing Officials Appreciation
• 2023 National Officiating Survey shows the average age of sports officials is increasing, sportsmanship has gotten worse and the impacts of the pandemic-exacerbated shortage of sports officials continue to be felt
• November 2023, NFHS article, “NASO Survey Indicates Concerns with Sportsmanship, Shortage of Officials”

NFHS: Become a High School Official

Learn more about becoming a HS official, and download the Become a HS Official State Toolkit

• 2023 NFHS Video Voice, “High School Officials are People –They Deserve to be Treated with Respect”

NFHS: Bench Bad Behavior Campaign

When high school athletic events are canceled due to bad behavior, everyone loses, ESPECIALLY our students. The National Federation of State High School Association’s (NFHS) Bench Bad Behavior campaign includes a toolkit and social media post to proactively address bad behavior at high school athletic events

NFHS: National High School Activities Month Resource Kit

National High School Activities Month is hosted annually in October to increase the public’s awareness of the values and needs of interscholastic activity programs

• 2023 NFHS National High School Activities Month Campaign Booklet

The NFHS Playbook: Recruiting and Retaining Officials & Addressing Behavior in Sport

Strategies to address barriers to the recruitment and retainment of officials developed by the NFHS Officials Consortium and NFHS Behavior Summit; such as: assignors and assignments; sportsmanship and work environment; financial issues; mentorship; recruitment; and respect and training for officials

Professional Association of Volleyball Officials (PAVO)

Information from the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials (PAVO) on how to become an official, receive training to become a volleyball official and advance one’s career, and get certified

RefReps Officiating Education System

RefReps providing online officials training plus curriculum for students seeking to become officials in 32 NFHS member state high school associations

• July 2023, article, “NFHS Begins Agreement with RefReps to Assist with Education Content for Officials”
• February 2023, article, “Encouraging High School Students to Enter the Officiating Avocation”

THSCA Officials Appreciation Toolkit

The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) #OfficialsAppreciation with the AVCA Game Kit includes suggested actions, a PA announcement, an event poster, and a video board graphic to help teams recognize hard-working officials and get more information

USA Volleyball: Beach Referees Resources

USAV Beach Volleyball Referee Courses and camps to become a beach referee candidate

Volleyball Coaches Clinics include Officiating

Many high school volleyball coaches clinics hosted by AVCA Signature and Affiliate Partner Associations now include an officiating component. Some associations also recognize an Official of the Year