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View webinar video to understand new rules and interpretations for 2025-26

If you want to better understand changes to the Rules of the Game, as well as the new rule interpretations, being used by Volleyball England during the new 2025-26 season, you can now watch an explanatory video that explains the full details.

While the last set of FIVB Rules of Game were updated on 1st January 2025, since then there have been some significant developments within the world of volleyball – and Volleyball England has adopted these interpretations from 1st September 2025.

An at-a-glance guide to these changes, produced by the West Midlands Volleyball Association, has been posted on Volleyball England’s social media channels to help individuals’ understanding of what is being introduced.

It follows recent meetings, open to all NVL referees and coaches, where Officials Working Group Lead, Nick Heckford, explained in detail the changes that will come into force.

To view those explanations in full, you can now view a recording of one of those meetings by logging into or signing up to Volleyball England Learning. Once logged in or registered, navigate to the webinar section of the platform. Under featured webinars, you will find both the referee and coach briefing delivered by Nick Heckford (Officials Working Group Lead) on 2nd and 3rd September.

You will see the below once logged in:

The PowerPoint version of the presentation will be shared in due course.

Volleyball England would like to thank all those who attended the sessions. Coaches are asked to disseminate key information to their teams ahead of the new season.

Any questions or clarifications should be sent to refereeing@volleyballengland.org.

Below are detailed the main points covered.

New Rules of the Game, introduced in January 2025