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Originally Posted by dvtaylor
From the coach of my 5th/6th grade team (i.e., 12&Under):
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We had an issue in a match. Player A tossed for an overhand
serve and intentionally let it drop. She then tossed and executed
a good serve. On her next attempt she tossed and let it drop,
then tossed and executed a good serve. The opponent called a
time out and the ref took the opportunity to address me. He said
there is only one drop per service rotation. I questioned the rule
and said that by USAV rules you got one drop per service attempt.
He then said that if she intentionally tossed and dropped a service
attempt that he would call a delay of game penalty. He really took
an attitude about it.
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Was the ref correct and NFHS differs from USAV?
Doug
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It seems to me that NFHS rules do allow for a delay penalty to be assessed for excessive use of the reserve rule. 9-9-1 does not limit the assessment of unnecessary delay to only the listed offenses ("Unnecessary delay includes,
but is not limited to when:"). I could see the continual use of a reserve as grounds for assessing unnecessary delay, it's akin to making excessive serving order requests (9-9-1-C); of course each situation needs to be assessed upon it's own merits.
But even so, there is a specific NFHS conduct rule that addresses this very situation. Rule 12-2-9-i), abusing the reserving rule, is an unsporting act.