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Originally Posted by FMadera
4. Maybe I'm not understanding this, but it sounds like the R1 was wrong. It's not the position of the ball when it's blocked, it's whether it's contacted by someone who is above the net. The contact itself need not take place above the net. This sounds like it should have been ruled a block.
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Can you elaborate on this please? I see that the definition of "Block" in 9-5-1c does not mention the position of the ball, but it does include the phrase "reaching higher than the top of the net at the moment of contact." If a ball is tipped over the block, the girl is on the way down, and contacts the ball waist high behind her, that's a block if ... what... her head is still above the top of the net?
I'm a second year official and just trying to grasp this. Thanks.