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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
I had this very thing happen 5-6 years ago. I was lead, A1 from a trap at baseline/corner on my side threw the ball by out to the top of the key. It went WAY over the intended recipients head and into the backcourt where A3 retrieved the ball unhindered. It was a very obvious backcourt call to everyone in the gym except my partner. He didn't know where or how the ball got there or who had touched it last since he was not watching my corner. I mentally debated whether I should call it or not. I chose to not call it.
I was being evaluated by someone I trusted. We talked about it after the game. His take was that I should have called it....as was my partner's. This was a call that requires knowledge from both officials primaries to get right but one official (the trail) was the only person in the gym that wouldn't have the needed info if they're working proper mechanics....and my partner was.
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This is, indeed, a tough position. I think the best thing would be to have excellent communication between the two officials in the form of eye contact and perhaps a gesture or something. But not too many of us pre-game this in a way that's really useful. In volleyball, there are little signals that the partners can make to each other that help the other decide whether or not to call something. What little signal might there be that would let the trail know that this needs to be called? If the trail is paying attention, he'll know that he needs help, and should look at the lead for help. How could the lead let trail know which way to go? Assuming everyone is working together and trying to communicate well to get the call right...