basket-volley-pinball

[rainmaker]

I was reffing an 8th grade volleyball game yesterday afternoon. The gym was small, and the baskets were fixed not movable. A server stepped back, gave the ball a good solid overhand whack, and the ball went sailing up into the basket supports, pinged around like a pinball and then dropped straight down onto the server's head. It happened so fast she didn't even have time to get out of the way. Either that or she was young and naive enough that she didn't have the sense to get out of the way. Once it was determined that she wasn't hurt, everyone laughed.