11.1 REACHING BEYOND THE NET - for '05-'06

[MCBear]

How say if the ball was blocked right back into the attacker?
1. into the attacker’s hand that’s over the opponent’s court
2. into the attacker on the attacker’s side of the court
2a. Would that be treated as a block?
2b. If not a block, would that be treated as one of the team’s three contact.
2c. Or the contact is invalid and ball is out of play?

1. Contact with the attacker is considered as a block since the player's hand is above the top of the net - play on!
2. Same thing - considered to be a block with three hits remaining.
2a. Absolutely.
2b. Nope, see 2 and 2a.
2c. There is no such thing as an invalid contact - it is either play on because we have a legal contact or a loss of rally because we have a fault.