The libero — Italian for “free” — is a defensive specialist position adopted by the NCAA in 2002. The libero wears a different color jersey than the rest of the team because she can enter and leave the lineup freely, without counting against the team’s 15 allotted substitutions per set.

Although you can hit the ball with a closed fist, for overhand serving, the best way to serve is with an open hand. The server should start by holding the ball at shoulder level. The basic overhand serve causes the ball float and gyrate over the net into the other court—almost like a knuckle ball in baseball.

You can spike with a closed fist, it is legal, but not recommended. When you hit with a closed fist, you don’t have as much control over the ball. When you’re hitting with an open hand you have a much larger flat surface to work with in making contact with the ball.

But their ban on liberos serving as team captains is something of a mystery. One reason could be that, since the libero is continually rotating on and off the court, it would be a hassle to designate a floor captain each time the libero leaves the court.

The libero is restricted to performing as a back-row player and is not allowed to complete an attack hit from anywhere (including playing court and free zone) if at the moment of contact the ball is entirely above the top of the net.

The libero remains in the game at all times and is the only player that is not limited by the regular rules of rotation. Usually the libero usually the middle blocker position when they rotate to the back row and never rotates to the front row.

What should you do if a libero rotates to front row? Notify the second ref as soon as occurs. The server is allowed to serve ball directly out of hand. Although the libero can only enter the court for a back row player, the libero is still allowed to rotate a front row position.

Ruling: Even when there are two Liberos on a team, the Libero(s) can only serve in one position on the scoresheet. The Scorer and Assistant Scorer should wait until the Libero contacts the ball for service, and then notify the second referee that a rotation fault has occurred.

The libero may not block or attempt to block. The libero may overhead set the ball freely while behind the ten-foot line. If the libero overhead sets the ball while in front of the ten-foot line, the attack is illegal if hit while the ball is entirely higher than the net.

Most of the time, the libero is used in the rotation of middle blockers on a team. When one middle rotates to the back row, the other middle will enter the match for the libero and be in the front row. When Gray served, Gorrell entered for White, since she is the only player that can replace the libero.

The libero remains in the game at all times and is the only player who is not limited by the regular rules of rotation. The libero usually replaces the middle blocker position when that player rotates to the back row, but the libero never rotates to the front row.

Would be a sight to behold :D. I mean a jump set dump. I didn’t explain it well. A libero is not allowed to do this if their hand or the ball is above the net.