First time in my career: the double violation

[JugglingReferee]

Any guesses before I say how it happened?


More background: I was selected to work my provincial VB tournament. This was a quarter-final game. Both teams were very strong, and I'm guessing both teams really wanted the first possession.

[bainsey]

Just for clarity, does this have anything to do with fouls? (In the NFHS rule set, violations and fouls are mutually exclusive.)

[Toren]

Both players in the center, tried to steal the tip. Tweet, Tweet. Double Violation.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Toren

Both players in the center, tried to steal the tip. Tweet, Tweet. Double Violation.

Yup. Both players simultaneously hit the ball on the upward flight.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Yup. Both players simultaneously hit the ball on the upward flight.

Did you remember to reset the clock back to 8:00 (assuming the timer had incorrectly started the clock)?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Did you remember to reset the clock back to 8:00 (assuming the timer had incorrectly started the clock)?

I checked and it still read 8:00.

I assumed that this make of timing device, which I'd never encountered before, didn't internally have "7:59.99999999" in its memory banks, while displaying 8:00. Resetting it to 8:00 "just in case" would be OOO, and I'm sure my evaluator would have laughed. And not with me.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I checked and it still read 8:00.

Wow. Great timekeeper. Bring him with you to your next game. Was it chseagle, or SoCalScorekeeper?

Speaking of which, where is cheseagle. We haven't heard from him for a while.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Did you remember to reset the clock back to 8:00 (assuming the timer had incorrectly started the clock)?

Also to include: that I, as the U, didn't mistakenly start the clock, which would give justification for the timer to start the clock.

Thankfully, I did not improperly start the clock.