When you're officiating a volleyball match, communication is king!
That's why we have reminders in VolleyWrite to help scorers of any level of expertise/ experience know when to communicate to the other officials.
And now we've taken it a step further:
Introducing the VolleyWrite Buddy app! The Buddy is an iOS app for your iPad that is available in the App store for a one-time fee of $0.99. You can have one copy for the R2 and one copy for the R1 if you would like. VolleyWrite sends information to the Buddy (or Buddies) via bluetooth. This information includes team names, sets won, points, timeout counts, sub counts and possibly challenge counts.
A Buddy displays the information in a format similar to the Officials' Combo external display option as shown below.
As of April of 2025, the bluetooth communication software been added to the Windows version of VolleyWrite. The Resources page has Version 8.0.0 which includes an updated Rules tab with a Connections page to enter licenses and manage the Buddy and other integrations. We expect to add this feature to the iPad version of VolleyWrite as well.
There is a low-cost add-on license to communicate to a Buddy. We kept it separate from standard VolleyWrite licenses because we don't want anyone who has no desire to use a Buddy to pay for this feature. You will see the offerings on the Shop page. A Season license is $9.99 and a year license is $18.99. This operates on top of a standard scoring license, meaning that if your VolleyWrite license expires (as shown on the Welcome tab), you will not be able to score matches and send the information.
Search for the VolleyWrite Buddy app in the App store on your iPad for more information.
