SAOA VOLLEYBALL TRAINING ILLEGAL ALLIGNMENT

DEFINITION Rule a At the moment of serve all players, except the server, shall be within the team’s playing court and may be in contact with the boundary lines or center lines, but may not have any part of the body touching the floor outside those lines.

NET Standard Lineup This is a LEGAL lineup. The RF is on the sideline, but is not touching outside the sideline.

NET Standard Lineup This is an ILLEGAL ALIGNMENT if, at the contact for serve, the RF is touching outside the sideline.

All players, including the libero, shall be in the correct serving order. Rule b

Each right side player shall have at least part of one foot touching the floor closer to the right sideline than both feet of the center player in the corresponding row (Except the server and the center back of the serving team). Rule b

Each left side player shall have at least part of one foot touching the floor closer to the left sideline than both feet of the center player in the corresponding row.

Rule b Each front row player shall have at least part of one foot touching the floor closer to the center line than both feet of the corresponding back row player.

AFTER the ball is contacted for the serve, players may move from their respective positions. Rule c

Penalty for Illegal Alignment Loss of rally/point is awarded to the opponent for: legal serve Penalty 1-a: Overlapping by players other than the server at the moment a legal serve occurs.

Penalty for Illegal Alignment Loss of rally/point is awarded to the opponent for: Penalty 1-b: Positioning, at the moment of a legal serve of any player, other than the server, outside the boundaries of the playing area.

SIGNAL

HOW TO TRACK??? It is the duty of both the R1 and R2 to track alignment of players. R1 tracks the serving team by noting the position of the players on the court and making sure everyone is within the court at the moment of serve. R2 tracks the receiving team in the same manner.

ATTENTION R2’s Use of the Lineup Card is NOT optional!

SAMPLE LINE-UP SHEET BLANK SERVE ORDERPLAYER NUMBER I__( First server )__ _____II___ _ III IV V VI SET 1 LIBERO #:____ SERVE RECEIVE

Sample Line-up Card Index card--Folded or Full

SAMPLE LINE-UP SHEET SERVE ORDERPLAYER NUMBER I9 II_ 4 III6 IV12 V14 VI18 SET 1 LIBERO #:__2___ SERVE RECEIVE X

LINE-UP CARD FROM SUBMITTED LINE-UPS SERVE ORDERPLAYER NUMBER I9 II_ 4 III6 IV12 V14 VI18 SERVE ORDERPLAYER NUMBER I22 II_. 13 III.. 12 IV8 V5 VI1

COMPLETED LINE-UP SHEET FOR USE WITH THE NEXT SLIDES SERVE ORDERPLAYER NUMBER I10 II_ 13 III4 IV21 V8 VI1 SET 1 LIBERO #:__15_ SERVE RECEIVE x

NET Standard Lineup

NET Position at contact for serve Overlapping?—Serving Team LEGAL!

NET Position at contact for serve Overlapping? ILLEGAL!LEGAL!

NET Contact of serve is at the sound Overlapping? ILLEGAL!LEGAL!

NET Position at the contact for serve ILLEGAL or LEGAL? Back Line LEGAL!

NET Position at the contact for serve Overlapping? LEGAL!

NET Contact for serve is at the sound Overlapping? LEGAL!

NET ILLEGAL ALIGNMENT? After the play is over, the Line Judge informs the R1 that the RB on the receiving team was outside the court at the moment of serve.(as illustrated in the slide) NO CALL

Serve Situation #1 The RF & the CF on the receiving team are overlapping at the moment of serve. The R2 blows the whistle and signals illegal alignment. At the moment of contact for serve, the line judge signals foot fault and informs the R1 that the server stepped on the line. The R1 did not see the foot fault, because the R1 was watching for illegal alignment by the setter. What should the call be? _____ Foot Fault by server _____ Illegal alignment by receiving team _____ Replay

Correct Answer to Serve Situation __X__ Foot Fault by the server Because of the foot fault, the serve was not legal and illegal alignment cannot be called. Rule 6-4-Penalty 1-a For illegal alignment, loss of rally/point is awarded to the opponent for overlapping by players other than the server at the moment a legal serve occurs.

At the moment of the serve, the R1 calls illegal alignment on player #5 who had just replaced the libero. The R1 believed that player #5 was still a back row player, but was in the LF position. The coach informed the R1 that player #5 had rotated to the front row. After taking a closer look, the R1 realizes that the coach is correct. What is the call? ____ Illegal Alignment ____ Replay ____ Ignore the coach Alignment Situation

Correct Answer to Alignment Situation The R1 should declare a replay