Receive Rotation 4

An easy out of alignment call for us. The outside, #23, is standing off the court.





Now this alignment, called a stack, can be difficult to call. In this rotation, #3 is the CF. That means #23 has to have the right most foot of the group, and #12 has to have the left most foot. Except that ties go to the runner, if the feet are even, that is not an illegal alignment.

Now, what often happens is that they are constantly either very close, or just barely out. Some officials, if they are mad at the coach about something, will sit there all day and call the alignments, which are bound to occur. This is not who we want to be.

What is going to happen is that the setter is going to leave early. She cannot pick up her back foot without creating an illegal alignment. If she is taking advantage, you need to call that. Once. Early. She will stop.

If we are technical, it also appears that #3 is closer to the right sideline than #23, which would be illegal. The question is: do we want to call something that small, especially if the match is big? Generally, my answer is no. But part of being a C.A.T. is situational awareness. How tight we call does depend on the match, and its particular situation. You cannot be tighter on one team than on the other, and you cannot ignore violations on one side if you do not do so to the other.



Now, look at the picture and tell me who the next server is, and what positions our setter and our opposite need to be in on the next slide!

Go On To Our Fifth Serve.