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Refer your colleagues...
vawils, Refer your colleagues to the following two rules:
* 9-8 "ART. 1 . . . A replay is the act of putting the ball in play without awarding a a loss of rally/point and without a rotation for the serve. A replay may be declared when:
...c. A player unintentionally serves the ball prior to the first referee's signal to serve;"
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* 8-2 "ART. 5 . . . A serve is illegal and the ball remains dead if the server:
...e. Deliberately serves before the first referee's signal to begin the serve; (Unsporting Conduct)"
As you can see, unless you judged the server to have done it deliberately, you made the right call.
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Jan G. Filip - San Jose, CA
EBVOA Rules Interpreter Emeritus
NCS Volleyball Officials Coordinating Committee Recorder
CIF State Volleyball State Championships Referee (2005), Scorekeeper (2006-2007) & Libero Tracker (2010)
PAVO State Referee (2014) / PAVO Certified Scorekeeper (2014) / PAVO Certified Line Judge (2012)
USAV Junior National Referee (resigned 2013) / USAV National Scorekeeper (2014)
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