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Virginia Volleyball Officials Association
Play of the Week (You Make
the Call)
October 5, 2009
Situation: A player who is serving the ball drops it and kicks
the ball over the net for an ‘ace’. Is this allowed now that players are
allowed to play the ball with any body part?
Ruling: Per Rule 8-1-1, “The server
shall hit the ball wit one hand, fist, or arm while the ball is held, or after it is released by the server”. Therefore,
kicking a serve is still illegal.
Last Week’s Play
Situation: After
a loss of rally point, the Libero on the new serving team rotates from the Back
Left position to the serving position and the player that the Libero originally
replaced goes to the Front Left position [Proper Replacement]. However, the
player for whom the Libero is serving fails to leave the court, staying in the
Right Back position on the court. There are now seven (7) players on the
serving side (six on the court plus the serving Libero).
As the R1, you recognize the infraction either (a)
before or (b) after the signal for serve. What will be the proper call and
penalty?
Note: This really happened
in
Ruling: Still waiting on
the official ruling from FL.
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