Massachusetts Rules Change Home - Al's Volleyball Page
Summary from June 6 MIAA Volleyball Committee Meeting
On June 6 the MIAA Volleyball Committee voted unanimously to continue using NAGWS rules for the 2001-2002 season with the following exceptions.
1) Maintain the use of sideout scoring
2) No let serve
The only major rule change that will be used will be one toss on the serve rather than two. There will be a review of rules after the NCAA has decided how they are going to administer volleyball rules. The NCAA rules committee will probably meet in the fall and the MIAA will review what set of rules to use in their January 2002 meeting.

Thanks to all that contributed and participated! --Al


Massachusetts High School Volleyball Rules Change Proposal

VOLLEYBALL'S ALPHABET SOUP
AVCA: American Volleyball Coaches Association
FIVB: Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
MIAA: Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
NAGWS: National Association of Girls and Women In Sports
NCAA: The National Collegiate Athletic Association
NFHS: National Federation of State High School Associations
PAVO: Professional Association of Volleyball Officials
USAV:  USA Volleyball

INTRODUCTION
Over this past boys' volleyball season there has been great discussion about the proposal to move from NAGWS rules to NFHS. This web site is an attempt to assemble the facts and encourage an informed debate.
   Starting in the 2002-2003 season, NAGWS will no longer publish rules and there is a proposal under consideration at  the NCAA to take over this job.  The NFHS rules are used by a great majority of the high school associations in the United States. Only two states do not use NFHS rules and Massachusetts is one of them.

CONTACT FOR THIS SITE
Send your comments and suggestions for this site to:
Al Morel
Varsity Volleyball Coach
Saint John's High School
Shrewsbury, MA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to those who participated in sharing information to get this web site going:
Marcia Alterman, Anne Marie Carr-Reardon, Jim Crandall, Cynthia Doyle, Tom Fakehany, Brian Grimley, Victor Lindal, Kevin Russell, Wally Hendericks.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Proposal
Start here for a summary of the situation.

NAGWS & NFHS Comparison
This was sent to all volleyball coaches and officials in a recent MIAA mailing.

NFHS 2001-2001 Volleyball Rule Changes
Also sent in the MIAA mailing.

Guestbook
Share comments and ideas about the proposal.

Information from the AVCA
Press releases gleaned from the AVCA site. (I would have just linked to them directly but they use frames to there is no way to find or link to this information easily.) Included are:

Information from the NCAA
Two articles on the proposal at the NCAA and two pieces of legislation.


Links for Officials