ILLEGAL ALLIGNMENT

DEFINITION Rule 6-4-3-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.

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

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

Rule 6-4-3-b All players, including the libero, shall be in the correct serving order.

Rule 6-4-3-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 6-4-3-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 6-4-3-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.

Rule 6-4-3-c AFTER the ball is contacted for the serve, players may move from their respective positions.

Penalty for Illegal Alignment Loss of rally/point is awarded to the opponent for: 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 SET 1 SERVE ORDER PLAYER NUMBER I __(First server)__ _____II___ _ III IV V VI SERVE RECEIVE LIBERO #:____

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

SAMPLE LINE-UP SHEET SET 1 SERVE ORDER PLAYER NUMBER X I 9 SERVE II_ 4 III 6 IV 12 V 14 VI 18 SERVE X RECEIVE LIBERO #:__2___

LINE-UP CARD FROM SUBMITTED LINE-UPS SERVE ORDER PLAYER NUMBER I 9 II_ 4 III 6 IV 12 V 14 VI 18 SERVE ORDER PLAYER NUMBER I 22 II_ . 13 III . . 12 IV 8 V 5 VI 1

COMPLETED LINE-UP SHEET FOR USE WITH THE NEXT SLIDES SET 1 SERVE ORDER PLAYER NUMBER I 10 II_ 13 III 4 IV 21 V 8 VI 1 SERVE x RECEIVE LIBERO #:__15_

Standard Lineup NET

Position at contact for serve Overlapping?—Serving Team NET LEGAL! The CB on the serving team is closer to the right side line and to the net than the RF.

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

Contact of serve is at the sound Overlapping? NET LEGAL! ILLEGAL! The LF, CF, & RF on the receiving team are standing in a group at the center of the court, close to the net. The LF & RF are holding hands and pull each other to switch sides, as the ball is being tossed into the air for serve.

Position at the contact for serve ILLEGAL or LEGAL? NET LEGAL! The CB (who is being “hidden”) on the receiving team, is standing on the back line (not across) and the coach has pulled the RF back to stand in front of the CB. The RF is standing in front of the RB and closer to the right side line than the CF. Back Line

Position at the contact for serve Overlapping? NET LEGAL! The receiving team is having trouble with the jump serve from the serving team. The coach pulls the LF back so that they have four players receiving the ball. The back row players are all equal distance from the net. The LF is slightly in front of the LB and is between the CB & RB, but closer to the left side line than the CF.

Contact for serve is at the sound Overlapping? NET LEGAL! The LB (the setter) on the serving team is standing next to the CB. As the ball is tossed into the air for serve, the LB & the CB take off running towards the net to get behind the RF. At the moment of contact the CB has not crossed the RB.

ILLEGAL ALIGNMENT? NO CALL NET NO CALL The RB on the receiving team is standing with one foot completely outside of the end line. After the play is over the line judge gets the R1’s attention, and informs the R1 that the RB was outside of the court at the moment of serve. 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)

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.

Alignment Situation 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

Correct Answer to Alignment Situation The R1 should declare a replay