Rarely, it’s a mid-rally challenge at the net, but I haven’t had one of those yet. In watching the play, you should know what’s going to be challenged. VT: I was waiting for you to use that phrase. In an ideal world, the techs or producers are volleyball savvy. Then the producer talks to the camera people and asking for feeds. In most cases like that, you’re not working the editor’s wheel, you’re talking to a producer over a headset. In some cases, I’ll be at the monitor for 30-40 seconds not looking at anything yet, just waiting on the tech to get to where the challenge occurred. All I have to do is adjust the frame-by-frame. When I receive a challenge and I go to the monitor, a really good replay tech already has the situation cued up on the monitor behind me, and we can be done in 30 seconds. How good the tech is is really important, because it speeds up the process. Some techs cue at every third contact, some cue every time the ball crosses the net, some just start the film when the whistle blows and lets it run until the end of the play and you have to search. The Big Ten has someone who sits at the monitor. In terms of replay techs, that varies tremendously from school to school. Luckily, I haven’t had to deal with that. I have heard of other cases in other matches where coaches will say, “Hey, do I have any timeouts left? No? OK, I guess I’ll challenge that. I personally, to address the delay part of the question, I’ve not had a coach challenge something purely as a delay tactic. VT: Have you seen changes (from school to school) in the ways some replay techs work with you? Are coaches from conference to conference using the CRS as a delay tactic? ![]() Some of the schools in the ACC have used it on matches I’ve had. VT: How many different conferences do you see CRS being implemented? All of the calls that they are challenging, I’m there mentally as well, questioning the call, almost wanting them to challenge. ![]() ![]() In terms of the purpose of the CRS, it’s not always been positive on how coaches react and how coaches challenge a call. For me, I see it as an opportunity for coaches and officials to have more interactions and discuss things. Some of the other officials were worried that we’d be wrong, and I think it’s more important to get the call right. How has it been for you as an official?īT: I’ve really enjoyed it. VM: For some conferences, this is the first implementation of CRS full-time. We hit him up with some questions of what we’ve seen, what’s on the horizon, and what possible improvements could come. We interviewed Bill Thornburgh, double national referee (PAVO National and USAV National referee) and FIVB official who has had multiple CRS calls to monitor in different conferences and has seen every possible positive and negative outcome of the CRS. So, us volleynerds at VolleyMob decided to go to the source. This presents a few issues not only with teams that might challenge a call, but for referees responsible for using the CRS in the manner in which it was intended. ![]() However, for the conferences that do include CRS, there are a maximum of six cameras with an independent monitoring crew assigned to the match that may or may not have knowledge of what they are looking for, let alone knowledge of the game and its possible actions. Obviously, this involves a heavy investment that no NCAA program has yet to implement. Additionally, both the second and first referees have small touch screen monitors mounted to each pole to see what the CRS sees. The FIVB has already had CRS for some time at the professional and international level, which includes up 12 high definition cameras with a full CRS review team seated behind the scorer’s table specifically monitored by the second referee. For those of us that study the minutiae of the game, the Challenge Review System, or CRS, has been an integral part of match management, coaching strategy and the need to “get it right”, similar to many other sports.
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