Libero setting

[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.