Rules Discussion

From Julia.....

My recollection from years of playing in refereed matches, is that a block is also considered an attack. If any part of the active player is above the top of the net, or "broken the plane of the net" and that body part above the net causes the ball to go over the net, has "attacked" the ball.

Remember the other rule discussion? Rob, in a back row position, had come up in front of the 10 ft line and jumped, breaking the plane of the net, and sent the ball over. This is called a back row attack. Back row players also cannot block by this same rule. So Brent was not breaking the rule because he did not send the ball over the net (even though it was on the serve), and Rob did (even though it was the 3rd hit).