I know this occurred in a collegiate setting, but it falls in the category of Things You Don’t See Every Day (and the rule set is irrelevant).
It’s a little hard to see in the clip, but the server stepped on the end line before contacting the ball.
So… What’s the proper call? Foot fault? Illegal service?
Enjoy,
Steve
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by John
10 Nov 2011 at 11:40
I’m a bit late to the party, but if there wasn’t a line violation, the signal would be 8/5 seconds (ruleset), as the player has that time to make a legal attempt at the ball.
by T
14 Feb 2011 at 08:18
Nice clip. That is indeed something don’t see every day.
“Foot fault or Illegal Serivce?” I’d answer: Yes.
A foot fault is an illegal service (the two violations here are both peers in rule 12.4).
What signal? I’d go with a line violation here as we don’t (as far as I know) have a signal to communicate the failure to contact the service with one hand or arm.
by Larry Ruane
28 Oct 2010 at 10:29
Excellent answer, Ryan, but just wondering one thing: She stepped on the service line before legal contact, but is it a violation to do that? I sometimes tell my line judges that the server might have her foot on the end line as she’s tossing the ball but as she swings, she scoots her foot back so it’s not a foot fault. It seems to me there are two violations at the very same instant (moment of contact of the ball), so I’m not sure which takes priority. Especially if this was lower-level or younger players, I would probably tell the player or the captain (or the coach if I was R2) that there were these two violations, just so she can be careful not to do either one next time she serves. (Except that it looks like just a very bad toss, so she probably wouldn’t do this again anyway.)
by Ryan Tighe
26 Oct 2010 at 09:18
Have you ever seen this play before? Have you ever seen a server set the ball over the net instead of pass like this player did. We have to ask ourselves, what violation happened first? Since the server stepped on the service line before legal contact, the correct violation for this situation is foot fault.
What if the player hadn’t committed a foot fault violation? Then, per Rule 12.4.1 The ball shall be hit with one hand or any part of
the arm after being tossed or released from the hand(s)…the violation would be illegal service (Signal 10).
As an R1 this is why we must see every contact of serve. Just because she jump served legally from way behind the service line in the first 2 sets….if we relax and look away too soon after her toss is in the air, but before her contact, we may miss this illegal service. Or foot fault in this case.