In Reply to: No biggie posted by WestwoodSoul on April 18, 2004 at 16:49:30
I agree, If the service team can't serve a ball over the net, there should be a penalty. But that is no reason why this kind of sport has to adopt ping pong rules of play for service. Offensive and defensive scoring is not a new concept. It was being used 15 years before the FIVB introduced it in 1994/95. Before the FIVB fumbled it up with their version rallypoint scoring,there was a balance of challange; the service team had the scoring advantage and the receiving team worked against the score for the advantages of the serve. There is no reason to abandon this unique system.
The how to: Penalize the team responsible for not being able to activate the game. When the service team fails to serve the ball over the net on the first serve, penalize the service team one point and they also lose the serve.
But, only the first serve is to be penalized. Any subsequent serves when after the first serve is good, the team loses the serve. Keep the the balance of challenge. The service team has the first three hit option off a served ball. The receiving team only has two hits on a served ball to send it back over the net, After the ball has crossed over the net the third time, both teams have the three hit option of play. (NO LET SERVES) Incorporate the two point ace and give "closure" back to the service team and we are back to a balance of challenges. Rallypoint is not an example of offensive and defensive scoring, it is just ping pong made into a team sport and displaced onto a volleyball court.....And, statements like "rallypoint point scoring improves the game because it makes the serving team more effective, or the players improve their set/bump and spiking skills are baseless". And, rallypoint scoring has not made the kind of progress predicted in so far as getting better media coverage either.