Libero setting

[gair-z]

Thanks for the reply.
The assumption is correct. She smashed the ball straight down.
I know its an illegal play...just dont know what the right call as a referee would be.

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by gair-z

Thanks for the reply.
The assumption is correct. She smashed the ball straight down.
I know its an illegal play...just dont know what the right call as a referee would be.

"Hit" in the rules refers to contacts, not necessarily attacks. This would be an illegal attack since the hit (the contact itself) was executed legally.

[chapmaja]

The correct ruling on this play is illegal attack. The issue with this being the correct call is that the call makes it appear as if the attacking player did something illegal (back row player in front of 10 foot line, ect), when in fact the mistake was made by the libero who set the ball.

What we have been instructed to do is signal the back row attack, then point to the libero as an indication that the fault was her setting location, rather than the actions of the attacking player.

I have made this call three times in my career, and the first time resulted in the coach being red carded for arguing (and dropping an F-bomb) about the attacking player not being a back row player and not listening to the R2 who clearly stated the set was from the libero who was at the net when she set the ball.

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by chapmaja

The correct ruling on this play is illegal attack. The issue with this being the correct call is that the call makes it appear as if the attacking player did something illegal (back row player in front of 10 foot line, ect), when in fact the mistake was made by the libero who set the ball.

What we have been instructed to do is signal the back row attack, then point to the libero as an indication that the fault was her setting location, rather than the actions of the attacking player.

Or, to play devil's advocate, the attacker needs to know what he/she can do when the libero sets the ball, particularly when the libero hand sets the first ball, which is where the majority of these violations occur.