FIVB heldur áfram að prufa nýjar reglubreytingar og nú í sumar eru 11 breytingar til skoðunar. Breytingarnar eru til skoðunar í öllum FIVB og CEV keppnum í sumar.
Eftirfarandi breytingar á reglunum eru til skoðunar:
1. Rotation & positions on serve/receive
- The receiving team must still be in correct rotational order at the referee’s whistle.
- Once the server begins the serving motion, receivers may move freely, even if they momentarily leave their exact rotational position (for example, front–back overlap).
- Purpose: fewer minor “overlap” faults and more freedom to organize reception.
Leikmenn móttöku liðs mega fara úr stöðu um leið og uppgjafari byrjar sína hreyfingu í uppgjöfinni.
- ATH! Leikmenn móttökuliðs verða enn að vera innan síns leikvallar þangað til uppgjafari slær boltann.
2. Substitutions
- Substitutions per set increased from 6 to 8.
- This allows more tactical changes and specialist use during a set.
3. Libero & rosters
- In FIVB events, teams can register 12–14 players, and must have at least one libero.
- Teams may nominate up to two liberos from that roster up to one hour before the match.
4. Ball hitting the ceiling / venue infrastructure
- If the first or second team contact hits the ceiling or infrastructure above the court and comes back to the same side, the rally continues.
- If it hits the ceiling and goes over to the opponents’ side, it is a fault.
- Contact with a spider cam or crane cam inside the court area still results in a replay.
5. Attack contacts & “soft” plays (Rule 9.2.2 emphasis)
- Rule 9.2.2 will be applied more strictly to attacks.
- The ball must not be caught or thrown.
- These actions will not be permitted as attack contacts:
- changes of direction with the ball “carried”
- two‑handed attacks
- pushes
- open‑hand block‑outs
- “carry” type contacts
- Only a short, clean tipping action with very brief contact is allowed.
- Goal: make attacking contacts cleaner, closer to traditional hitting or quick tipping, and reduce “held” balls.
6. Video Challenge & bookmarking system
- Teams can “mark” (bookmark) any potential challenge action during a rally using the tablet system.
- After the rally ends, if they lost the rally, they may choose ONE of the bookmarked actions to challenge.
- A mid‑rally action cannot be challenged if it was not bookmarked.
- If both teams bookmark in the same rally, the replay sequence is checked and the first fault seen prevails.
- Bookmarking is linked to the “start rally” button to speed up reviews.
7. New challengeable contacts (touches in defence/serve receive)
- Video challenge is expanded to include touches in defence and serve receive (not only blocks).
- To overturn the call, the replay must show a clear, visible contact.
- If there is no clear video evidence, the original call stands.
8. Timeout after challenge restriction
- After a challenge result is communicated, the team that requested the challenge cannot immediately call a timeout before the next rally.
- The other team still may call a timeout.
- Applies to both end‑of‑rally and mid‑rally challenges.
9. Use of the whistle on obvious balls
- For very clear situations (ball clearly in or out, serve obviously not crossing the net, clear block touch directly out), the referee will not blow the whistle to end the rally.
- Aim: smoother flow and less unnecessary sound signalling.
10. Coach–referee interaction
- The head coach may approach the first referee (In VNL court layout) to:
- clarify or confirm the type of challenge requested
- seek clarification about a decision
- Formal complaints and protests are still not allowed.
- The head coach may approach the second referee (In CEV court layout) to:
- clarify or confirm the type of challenge requested
- seek clarification about a decision
- Formal complaints and protests are still not allowed.
11. Warm‑up protocol (serving)
- A new 90‑second separate serving warm‑up is added.
