Quote:
Originally posted by Homer
Judgment call. Did the player make "intentional contact"? And did it interfere with an attempt to play the ball.
See rule 9-6-7.d.2.
Most of the time, it won't be an issue with an attack which goes into the net - the attack is the third hit and there can be no interference with an attempt to play the ball as the attacking team has no more hits left. Then, the only question
is whether the "force of the ball push(ed) the net or net cables into the player". If so, no violation. If not, net violation on defensive player. Rule 9-6-7.a.
If the attacking team still has a hit left, then it's a judgment call as to whether the contact was intentional and whether it interfered with an attempt to play the ball.
-Homer-
|
Yep!
Had a real fun one at a tournament last Saturday.....
1.Team A returns the ball with a long arcing bump towards the net on the 3rd hit, but it doesn't have quite enough energy to make it over.
2.Player from team B jumps up to block & reaches over the net trying to get to the ball, but can't quite get to it.
3.The ball goes into the net at about mid height, knocking net it into blocker B, then rebounding into A's court.
4.When coming down from the attempted block, blocker B doesn't get her hands back quickly enough and makes downward contact on the top of the net before the rebounding ball hits the floor.
My ruling: Net violation on B - point to team A.
Coach B of course went slightly nuts, claiming the ball into the net caused the contact. I told her she was correct about the net contact to the body caused by the ball, but the second contact was caused solely by her player reaching across the net to try to block and not getting back in time, and because the ball was still live when she contacted the net(hadn't hit the ground yet and no foul had occurred) it was a net violation.