Archive for February 2016
VolleyWrite: Scoring is Important to Volleyball!
So it turns out that scoring is important to the sport of volleyball. Scoring is an integral part of officiating because it helps to ensure the adherence to substitution and service/rotation rules, and the proper application of penalties. Many coaches stew about points lost to ball handling calls when they also lost a point due…
Read MoreVolleyWrite introduced at Borderline tournament, Ohio
On February 20, 2016, Borderline Volleyball Club in Oxford, Ohio used VolleyWrite in conjunction with Wildfire Sports LLC’s tournament management website. It was a bit of a surprise for the participating teams, but the girls did very well with the quick explanation they received before their matches. One 12-year-old scorer told her mom that she…
Read MoreVolleyWrite adds Predictive Assistance
Now you can be “ahead of the game”! VolleyWrite now offers predictive assistance for scorers of high-level matches. When there is a side-out, VolleyWrite looks through the match to see if any actions occurred in positions 1 and 4 on both sides of the court and alerts you to the action. (See the libero replacement…
Read MoreNovice Scorer Saves the Day
Just wanted to share a story with you: We were at the NVVA in Virginia earlier this year. I noticed the up ref getting off the stand during a match so I went over to see if there was a problem with VolleyWrite. The situation was that the coach of the winning team had tried…
Read MoreVolleyWrite e-mails using Gmail accounts
Google changed its Gmail handling in 2015, and if you are using Gmail for your e-mail, you are probably experiencing a problem. To remedy this, do the following: 1. Sign in to your gmail account. 2. Use the “gear” button in the top right corner and click on Settings in the drop-down list. 3. Under…
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