LIBERO REPLACEMENT CLARIFICATIONS
Rule 6-3-Penalty 2 added, "an illegal
replacement found in the game," to the rule
and the language in the penalty. When an
illegal replacement is found in the game the
offending team is assessed the penalty for
illegal alignment resulting in a loss of
rally/point being awarded as soon as the
illegal replacement is discovered and
verified.
The term 'libero replacement' was added
to the list of requests that are not to be
granted once the referee's signal for
re-serve has been given.
Rule 10-4-2c states that the replacement
may only take place while the ball is out of
play and before the whistle/signal for serve
rather than at contact of serve. A re-serve
is considered as one attempt to serve the
ball.
Rule 10-4-3 adds the statement that a
replacement can occur after a time-out when
all players have returned to the court
provided the replacement sits out one
rally/dead ball. The restriction prohibits
the replacement from taking place during the
time-out when the team(s) are not on the
court.