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Originally Posted by MCBear

The thing to remember with the directive (NCAA) is that the player has to be making an athletic play on the ball for the minor double to be ignored. If the player catches it or chucks it over the net, it should still be called - we do not ignore the catch or the throw if it occurs.

Additionally, it was made crystal clear at the Big Ten rules meeting (and also at the Great Lakes Regions newest USAV rules meeting... because its coming to USAV as well)... leniency on "athletic plays" is ONLY to be given when the ball is being passed to another team contact (usually setter to attacker). If it´s a double-contact that is deemed an athletic play, but the ball´s next legal contact is by an opponent, then a double-contact fault must be called. It was made clear that the rule is not in place to allow an advantage to that team. So, only possible leniency on 1st contact going to a 2nd contact, or a 2nd contact going to a 3rd contact... never on a ball going over (or more accurately, legally contacted by opposing team). And the leniency should only affect a "tiny percentage" of your judgement calls.