line judge duties

[WilliamK]

Thanks, thats what I needed to know.

Everyone just thought it was sorta odd that he volunteered 1/4". Like you said if he would have just said she was over and left it at that I don't think anyone would have had a problem with the call.

Thanks again

William

[TimTaylor]

What I find interesting is how the line judge could clearly see that minor of a violation from a position behind the server as you described. When I'm the R1, I tell the line judges if they have to move back because the server starts close to their side of the court, that I will be responsible for the foot fault call.

[WilliamK]

That is what had everyone confused. Not that the line judge made the call, but where he was when he made the call. That was the Coach's complaint that the R1 should have made the call because of the location of the line judge. the 1/4 ' reference seemed a little odd to everyone

Thanks
William

[PaREF]

For the second year in a row I attended an NCAA line judge clinic so that I can line judge in some D1 matches. In the video it is clearly stated that when a line judge moves behind the server the R1 is responsible for calling foot faults on the end line since the line judge is in no position to do so.

However, the line judge still is in position to call a foot fault if the server is contacting the floor outside the boundaries of the side line.

[WilliamK]

He was very clear when this happened he was referring to the back line. Oh well... the girls got over it quickly. Just a game, the girls played well and had fun.