The document outlines various hand signals used by referees in volleyball to communicate decisions to players and coaches. It provides images and descriptions of over 20 signals related to rules involving service order, player substitutions, ball contacts, foot faults, delay warnings, end of set/match, net touches, and conduct penalties. The overall purpose is to help students learn to identify, perform, and understand the importance of the standardized signals used by officials to officiate volleyball matches.

1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson the students are
able to:
a. Identify the referee hand signals in
volleyball;
b. Perform the referee hand signals in
volleyball;
c. Appreciate the importance of referee
hand signal in volleyball.

3. Move the hand to
indicate the
direction of
service.
 Means the official
will authorize the
server that he/she
may now serve.

4. Extending the arm to
the side of the team
who’s going to serve.
 Means the official
will signal that
indicate which
team will serve.

5. Raise the forearms front
and back and twist
them around the body.
 Change court happens
between game or
halfway through a
deciding game.

6. Circular motion of the
forearms around each other.
Substitution means the act of
replacing a player or a player
entering the game to occupy
the position of another
player.

7. A double contact is
when one player
makes contact with
the ball twice in a
row.
Extending the arm
with two fingers

8. Raise the forearm with
4 fingers.
Occurs if a team
contacts the ball more
than 3 times without
sending it back over the
net.

9. Make a circular motion
with the forefinger and
indicate the players at
fault.
It occurs when a
player is not relatively
aligned with the players
in adjacent position.

10. Raising 8 fingers
wide open.
Means when the
server doesn’t
contact within 8
seconds.

11. The referee brushes with the
palm of one hand the fingers
of the other, held vertically.
This signal indicates the ball
was touched by the player on
the side the ball went out of
bounds.

12. Raise both arms
vertically, palms
forward.
Means blocking
the opponents
serve.

13. Point the arm and fingers
toward the floor where
the ball landed.
It means the ball
landed inside the
court.

14. Raise both forearms
vertically, palm of
hand facing toward
your body.
Means ball
landed outside the
court.

15. Showing yellow
card for penalty.
Cause by
unsportsmanlike conduct
or showing bad attitude
inside the court.

16. Showing Yellow and
Red card
Repeated rude conduct
or offensive conduct.
 The player will leave
the game and shall play
the rest of the game.

17. Show Red and Yellow
cards separately.
The player must leave the
playing area and his/her team
is declared incomplete for the
match.

18. Place the palm of one
hand over the fingers of
other hand, held
vertically “forming T”.
 Used by a team to stop
the game for a short
period of time every
team.

19. Crossing the forearm
in front of the chest
and hand opens .
Means end of the
rally for the set or
match.

20. Indicating the
respective side of the
players net.
Means if the ball touches
the net the rally still
continues but if the player
touches the net the ball is
dead.

21. Making a downward
motion with the forearm
and hand open.
Occurs if the player
initiate an attack hit
on the ball completely
within the playing of
the opposing team.

22. Pointing the center line or to
the respective line means
penetration into the opponent
court ball crossing the space.
Means if the foot
(feet) of the player
penetrates completely
into the opponents’
court.