front row

bbman · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 08:23am

When can/can't a front row player return a serve?

john5396 · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 09:48am

The restriction is that the receiving time may not block a serve, not that the front line cannot return a serve.

So turning to the definition of a block. The player is: 1) close to the net, and 2) is reaching higher than the top of the net.

FMadera · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 04:31pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by john5396

The restriction is that the receiving time may not block a serve, not that the front line cannot return a serve.

So turning to the definition of a block. The player is: 1) close to the net, and 2) is reaching higher than the top of the net.

They also can't complete an attack of a serve that is contacted entirely above the net. USAV/NCAAW have this restriction only if contacted in the attack zone, whereas I don't think NFHS has that caveat.

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