Sub request during serve

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by FMadera

Did you deny the sub? Did you try to get them out of the sub zone?

Yes, and yes.

By rule, not acknowledging the sub means the serving team can serve, and whatever happens after that happens.

Right. But by doing that, I'm most likely gifting the serving team a point.

You also could have whistled it, denied it, and then issued the delay.

This is actually what I did.

The reason I did it this way is because during my women's season, I had a situation as R1 where I beckoned for serve and then the server went to sub out. My R2 tried to wave her back, but they didn't get it. They just didn't understand what was happening. I ended up calling an 8-second violation. My mentor said that, as an assignor, he would prefer me to call the delay warning and not gift a free point to the opponent.