Front row libero

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I understand why this is a violation, but it seems silly to call it a delay. She didn't delay the game at all. All the players were back on the court and ready to begin play when the time-out ended. The replacement is illegal, obviously. Just strange to call it a delay.

Scrapper:

The delay is for the delay in resumption of play in having to address it and make them do it properly. Of course, with NFHS rules mandating this as a timeout/LOR, it's a pretty steep penalty.

Further reason I'm in support of the delay warning/penalty structure.

[refnrev]

I assume this was a HS game. I've never seen a L in the front row. That would be a first!
BT

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by FMadera

Scrapper:

The delay is for the delay in resumption of play in having to address it and make them do it properly.

Yeah, that is pretty clearly the rationale; just seems counter-intuitive at first. Of course, there's plenty of counter-intuitive things in the rules (in basketball, too), so that in itself shouldn't have surprised me

[Rick Brown]

Actually, there are, unfortunately, occasional mistakes even in the Division I NCAA college women's volleyball where I've seen the libero rotate to position 4. Sometimes, the libero tracker has not caught it and a mess ensues. Any time the libero is in position 5 for the receiving team, the libero tracker should be prepared to see a libero exchange when this team wins the rally and rotates to serve. Frequently, the libero will move from this on-court position to position 1 to serve the next rally but, otherwise, she has to exit the court for at least one rally before returning. Curiously, in high school matches, I've seen fewer problems.