This happened last night at a V-Boys game. The L is about to give the ball to A1 for the second of two free throws. B1 walks over to talk to the coach and asks for a drink. The coach hands him a Gatorade bottle. The L who was administering the free throws hit B1 with a T. The explanation given to the coach was that there was a new rule this year that you can't have drinks on the floor. I haven’t heard of this one. I know if he had stepped off the floor you could whack him for that. I can't find it in the rule book. Has anyone else heard of this rule?



[Edited by gostars on Jan 15th, 2005 at 09:15 PM]

There is no such rule, new or otherwise.

No. This sounds like maybe it's an <b> extreme </b> misinterpretation of the emphasis on keeping players in their bench area (RE: a player leaves the bench area to go to the end of the gym to get a drink from the fountain).

Z

There's an old volleyball rule about water not being on the floor during time-outs, but even that one was changed to say, "water spilled on the floor during a time out must be cleaned up before the time out ends." Maybe he's harking back to that old one.

If he thinks he's at a volleyball game, years ago, then he's got bigger problems than just missing this call. :)