CRS bundle window

[IK13]

Reading Ryan's email "National Coordinator - Notes - Early Season Rules/Protocols Reminders"

CRS - Remember the bundle
In the clinic, the timing of when a bundle begins and ends was defined. The bundle:

• Begins with the last contact that sends the ball over the net

• And ends with a defensive touch (a dig or block coverage), or if the ball hits the floor, or goes out of play

• It includes any net fault, block touch, defensive touch, or ball landing in/out during
  this window of time

• We do not go back in time to look for other faults, i.e.:
  • If the setter contacted the net while setting the ball to the attacker
  • A blocker touching the net earlier in the rally, but not part of the bundle window

• The whole rally should not be reviewed, just the actions that occur during that specific
  window of time

It seems to me that by this definition (the first two bullet points), a setter contacting the net won't ever fit in the "window" - if the window began when the other team sent the ball over and ended when the receiving team passed it (to the setter). Doesn't seem quite right.

[IK13]

I got a clarification on this from a CRS veteran. Basically the bundle window only applies from the attack hit to the first play on the ball by the defending team (or dead ball - whichever comes first). So yes - a net challenge in the middle of play will never be in a bundle window.

[FMadera]

Unless the net contact is part of the rally ending play, it would not be considered part of the bundle.

[IK13]

I wish NCAA would put it that simple. It seems to me that often when they try to “clarify”, the result is the opposite. Like this year’s “assignment” thing for net calls.

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by IK13

I wish NCAA would put it that simple. It seems to me that often when they try to “clarify”, the result is the opposite. Like this year’s “assignment” thing for net calls.

My other name is Cliff Noetz.