Over the Net Violations

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

If you were trying to describe the difference to a new official, how would you do so? (The good news is that I think I've made most of these calls correctly -- given my judgment that the ball was in the plane of the net -- a judgment some coaches have disagreed with. The bad news is I know some of these hits over the net have been "attacks" and I've let them go -- with not much objection, surprisingly.)

Well, *most* of the time, I would say if there's a question if it's an attack vs. a block, lean toward block. Directional blocks might look like attacks because they're kinda intentionally directed, but we're told to call those blocks.

A long time ago on another forum, a poster used a good rule of thumb..."If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck..."

Clear as mud, I know.