🏐 Jim McLaughlin's Masterclass + VNL Rules 2023

We want even more new rules, test everything out...

June 11, 2023

Welcome to The VolleyBrains Weekly. Dropping into your mailbox like....😎

Here's what we've got this week

  • Jim McLaughlin’s Masterclass is incoming.

  • NEW VNL Rules in 2023

  • Hawk-Eye took a break

  • Dani Busboom Kelly’s advice

Jim McLaughlin’s Masterclass is coming up.

We had a 2-hour+ long video call with AVCA’s Hall of Fame coach, Jim McLaughlin a short while ago.

Coach McLaughlin’s complete Masterclass is nearly finalized and will be online next week. Look out and get ready for that one…

A sneak peek below or on our Instagram.

I got new rules, I count 'em.

Personally, I’m loving the ‘fake’ hardwood floor style of the VNL court that was introduced in last year’s VNL.

The same thing goes for the team’s benches positioned at the same side as the ref’s chair, the crowd sitting close by and the coach interviews in between sets 2 and 3.

Very NBA-esque of VolleyballWorld to introduce all of this. 

I’m a big fan of testing stuff out, in case that wasn’t clear to you yet. 😅

What’s new this year?

  1. No more IN/OUT challenges: the main ref has a straight feed to the Hawk-Eye system for every single action.

  2. Limited court rotation: Teams only rotate every 2 sets instead of every set, and there is no court rotation during an eventual tie-breaker

And during the VNL Final Eight…there will be 2 more:

  1. Referee Verbal Announcement: the main ref will be mic’ed up and has the ability to explain the call to the spectators.

  2. Fair Play Moment: To get rid of useless ‘challenge breaks’ a green card will be introduced. A player admitting to a ball touch will get a green card, thus eliminating the ‘Hawk Eye break’. The team that stacks up the most green cards during the VNL Final Eight will get a 30.000 dollar bonus.

How accurate do you want it?

Gotta love these edge cases. Only funny when the render below isn’t your side of the court though…😀

Did you know that the statistical margin of error for the Hawk-Eye system is 3.6 mm? Now you know!

TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET…

Coach Busboom Kelly is on the money here. Click here to read and watch her Masterclass.

Yeah, yeah…this was a shameless plug pointing you to a VolleyBrains membership. 😀

See you next week!

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That's a wrap. Have a great week!

Matias