What are the 25 referees hands signal?

Answer 1

1. Authorization to Serve:

Move your arm to indicate direction of service.

(Only do this signal when you think the player is ready to serve)

2. Team to Serve:

Extend out your arm to the side that will serve

(Do this signal when the play has finished and indicate the winner of the point is serving)

3. Change of Courts:

Raise your forearms front and back and twist them around your body

(Do this signal after a team has won the set and time to change sides)

4. Time Out:

Place your palm of your hand on top of your other fingers hand

(Only do this action when a coach of one team has asked for a time out)

5. Substitution:

Do a circular motion with your hands

(Only do this when a coach has requested a substitution. Don't do this signal if a Libero is substituting. How do you tell who is a Libero? A Libero is wearing a contrasting jersey to the rest of the team)

6. Misconduct Penalty:

Show a yellow card

(Show this card to the player that is being violent/aggressive/disrespectful etc.)

7. Expulsion:

Show a red card

(Show this card if the player has already received a yellow card but is persisting with anti-social behavior)

8. Disqualification:

Show both cards joined for disqualification

9. End of Set or Match:

Cross your forearms in front of your chest (hands open)

(Do this when a team has won a set or match)

10. Ball not tossed or released at the service hit:

Lift the extended arm upwards

(Do this if the ball was not tossed or released at the service hit)

11. Delay in Service:

Raise 8 fingers

(Only do this when the serving player has taken longer than 8 seconds to serve)

12. Blocking fault or screening:

Raise both arms

(Only do this if a blocking or screening fault is committed)

13. Positional or Rotational fault:

Make a circular motion with your finger

(Do this if there was a positional or rotational fault)

14. Ball IN:

Point the arm and fingers toward the floor

(Do this unless the ball was in)

15. Ball out:

Raise the forearms vertically, hands open, palms towards the body.

(Only call this unless the ball was out)

16. Carry or catch:

Slowly lift the forearm, palm of the hand facing upwards.

(Do this unless the ball was carried or caught)

17. Double contact:

Raise two fingers up

(Only do this unless 1 person touched the ball twice)

18. Four hits:

Raise four fingers up

(Only do this when a player has touched the ball 4 times)

19. Net touched by a player or the serve fails to reach opponents' side

Indicate the respective side of the net.

(Only do this when there is a net touch or the serve fails to reach opponent)

20. Reaching beyond net:

Raise your hand above the net

(Only do this unless a player has reached over the net)

21. Attack Hit fault:

Make a downward motion with your arm

(Only do this if a attack hit fault was committed)

22. Foot fault or player crosses line:

Point your finger downwards

(Only do this when a foot fault or if a player crosses the line)

23. Double fault or Replay:

Bring 2 thumbs up

(Do this if there was a double fault or a replay needs to happen)

24. Ball touched then went out of play:

Brush with the palm of one hand the fingers of the other, held vertically.

(Do this when ball was touched before went out of play)

25. Delay warning or Delay penalty:

Cover the wrist with open hand, palm facing referee (warning) or point to the wrist with yellow card (penalty).

(Only do this when you want to give a delay warning or penalty)