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Forum: Volleyball Tue Apr 14, 2020, 01:04pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,033
Posted By "Lurker"77
(Qualifiers: I am a primarily a coach. I am...

(Qualifiers: I am a primarily a coach. I am flexible and open to common sense and hear what the above posters as saying. I'll let someone else quote chapter and verse if needed.)

I would error...
Forum: Volleyball Thu Oct 10, 2019, 09:36pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,629
Posted By "Lurker"77
Just an observation to consider: If someone gets...

Just an observation to consider: If someone gets whistled for a five-second violation, I would expect players on both sides to err toward jumping the gun for the rest of the match/day. The...
Forum: Softball Mon Jul 10, 2017, 12:19pm
Replies: 6
Views: 884
Posted By "Lurker"77
In the abstract: If fence fails, the umpire...

In the abstract:

If fence fails, the umpire presumably has to insert best judgement as to where it should have been.

If a cheap, bendable fence bends and is the ground-rule defined boundary,...
Forum: Softball Wed Jun 28, 2017, 10:51am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,687
Posted By "Lurker"77
Can't speak to USA rulebook, but merely from a...

Can't speak to USA rulebook, but merely from a recreational sports angle, shouldn't any ruling treat this guy in his car going to work in the same way that it would treat a player in the restroom...
Forum: Volleyball Tue May 16, 2017, 12:43pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,947
Posted By "Lurker"77
Rules Question: Beyond the fact it shouldn't...

Rules Question:
Beyond the fact it shouldn't happen at all if the table is working, any insight into how a player who is both (1) the originally written legal player who never left the legal line-up...
Forum: Baseball Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:50am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,055
Posted By "Lurker"77
If someone wants filler conversation, help me out...

If someone wants filler conversation, help me out on this:

With MLB adopting a no-pitch walk rule (as other lower-level leagues apparently already have; I have not found text available) and the...
Forum: Basketball Fri Jan 20, 2017, 04:00pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,693
Posted By "Lurker"77
[Curious lurker from other slow sports boards . ....

[Curious lurker from other slow sports boards . . .]

My uneducated take is that basketball benches seem very close to the legal playing surface relative to other sports.

Bench personnel are...
Forum: Baseball Thu Jan 05, 2017, 03:37pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,729
Posted By "Lurker"77
#3 is just pitch selection and location. That...

#3 is just pitch selection and location. That makes more sense than other signs, I guess. Otherwise, our new bunt sign is yelling "Bunt!" and if you react, you are ejected.
Forum: Softball Thu Jan 05, 2017, 03:12pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,897
Posted By "Lurker"77
No argument there. There is no excuse for the...

No argument there. There is no excuse for the batter not running or the coaches missing this initially, but the teachable moment here (and in similar situations) is to infer from silence which isn't...
Forum: Softball Wed Jan 04, 2017, 01:01pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,897
Posted By "Lurker"77
Coaching in a scholastic sub-varsity situation...

Coaching in a scholastic sub-varsity situation (and often in other developmental situations), I never minded truly good officials who took every measure they could to take pity on new and...
Forum: Volleyball Tue Dec 13, 2016, 06:08pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,994
Posted By "Lurker"77
It's the regular gray uniforms of UCLA that are...

It's the regular gray uniforms of UCLA that are at issue, right?

(e.g....
Forum: Volleyball Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:26pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,242
Posted By "Lurker"77
Ages ago in a pre-season rules clinic scrimmage,...

Ages ago in a pre-season rules clinic scrimmage, I had my libero enter to serve and no one came off in order to create this kind of situation. [They asked the two coaches to create havoc if...
Forum: Volleyball Wed Oct 19, 2016, 01:10pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,577
Posted By "Lurker"77
I don't think rule set matters among those that...

I don't think rule set matters among those that allow re-serves -- only NFHS and USAV under-14 allow re-serves currently, no?

In play 2, I would think you have a foot fault, an illegal...
Forum: Volleyball Fri Oct 14, 2016, 11:31pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,176
Posted By "Lurker"77
I think its supposed to be understood from the...

I think its supposed to be understood from the substitution zone definition, but I agree it's technically vague (again, in the outdated versions I had at hand). I would be fine as a participant with...
Forum: Volleyball Fri Oct 14, 2016, 11:56am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,176
Posted By "Lurker"77
Working with an outdated book (and not an...

Working with an outdated book (and not an official, but the forum seems dead), but the language in the substitution zone definition is far less specific than I recalled. Still, the intent is...
Forum: Baseball Sun Jul 31, 2016, 05:49pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,609
Posted By "Lurker"77
Had to fight a bit to grab one too, but here's a...

Had to fight a bit to grab one too, but here's a different angle as well . . .
...
Forum: Volleyball Sat Apr 30, 2016, 04:58pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,188
Posted By "Lurker"77
Thanks. That does clarify the proper remedy to...

Thanks. That does clarify the proper remedy to an R1 with a quick whistle that's not letting a team get ready to play. As to this case, as I mentioned, the official in question sought me out...
Forum: Volleyball Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:11pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,188
Posted By "Lurker"77
Restoring Derailed Communication

I've been a lurker in multiple sports as a fan of sports/officiating/rules -- and appreciate the education/entertainment. This is the only sport I can claim anything close to first-hand experience...
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