HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION

WORKSHEET on VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS’ HAND SIGNALS

NAME: Partner’s Name/Signature: _

Year & Section: DATE: _

INSTRUCTIONS:
I. Look at the illustrations, read the term/descriptions, and do your best to familiarize with each hand signals
for volleyball referees and line judges.
II. Do the following exercises with your partner. Remember that your honesty and cooperation is expected in
accomplishing this worksheet.

Exercise 1.
1. Give your worksheet to your partner. Your partner will read from the worksheet the term of the hand signal,
and then you have to demonstrate how the hand signal is done.
2. Your partner will put a √ mark in the corresponding box in the Referee’s hand signal and Line judge’s
hand/flag signal column if your answer is correct, otherwise, she will mark it with X if you answered
incorrectly.
3. Change roles once you finish your turn in demonstrating hand signals.

Exercise 2.
1. Get your partner’s worksheet. Demonstrate the hand signal; your partner will try to guess the term for the
hand signal that you demonstrated.
2. Put a √ mark in the corresponding box in the TERM/DESCRIPTION column if your partner answered correctly.
Mark it with X if your partner answered incorrectly.
3. Change roles once your partner finishes her turn in guessing the hand signals you demonstrated.

III. Submit to the teacher at the end of the period.

Referee’s hand signals TERM / DESCRIPTION Referee’s hand signals TERM / DESCRIPTION

TIME OUT

1
 EXPULSION BALL OUT

CATCH

BALL NOT TOSSED OR FOUR HITS

RELEASED AT SERVICE HIT

NET TOUCHED BY PLAYER / SERVED

BALL FAILS TO PASS TO THE
OPPONENT THROUGH CROSSING
SPACE

BLOCKING FAULT OR
SCREENING

POSITIONAL OR ROTATION
FAULT

BALL IN PENETRATION TO OPPONENTS’

COURT / BALL CROSSING THE
LOWER SPACE

2
 DELAY WARNING/DELAY PENALTY

LINE JUDGE’S HAND/FLAG TERM / DESCRIPTION LINE JUDGE’S HAND/FLAG TERM / DESCRIPTION
SIGNALS SIGNALS
BALL IN BALL OUT OR FOOT FAULT BY
ANY PLAYER DURING SERVICE

BALL OUT

Sources:
Rules of the Game. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Refereeing-
Rules/Documents/FIVB.2011-
2012.VB.RulesOfTheGame.Eng.TextfileOnly.2.1.1.pdf
Illustrations for Hand Signals. FIVB Official Volleyball Rules
2005, www.fivb.org

Scoring Rubric for Worksheet:

Criteria 4 3 2 1 0

General Worthy of praise; no With a few smudges & Tolerable; essential Very untidy
Appearance creases nor unnecessary blots; minimal creases; markings/handwriting
marks/print; legible readable handwriting needs improvement
handwriting

Demonstration Was able to Was able to Was able to Was able to Was able to
Skills demonstrate correctly demonstrate correctly demonstrate correctly demonstrate correctly 7 demonstrate correctly 1
25 – 30 items 19 – 24 items 13 – 18 items – 12 items – 6 item/s

Remembering Was able to recall Was able to recall Was able to answer Was not able to answer
Skills correctly 20 – 30 items correctly 10 – 19 items correctly 1- 9 item/s any items at all