The setter’s action can affect another player
FIVB’s 2025–2028 indoor rules restrict a completed attack entirely above the net when it comes from a libero’s overhand finger pass in the front zone. The same libero action outside that zone has different treatment.
A libero sends an accurate overhand pass to a teammate, who attacks above the net. A viewer watching only the hitter may miss the earlier libero action and location that explain the whistle.
Trace the pass before analysing the hit
Compare two otherwise similar rallies: the libero makes the pass just inside the front zone in one and outside it in the other. The attacker’s visible swing can be identical while the prior condition differs.
The useful camera angle includes both the libero’s position and the passing action. An edited highlight beginning with the hitter’s jump omits part of the rule’s test. This is a specific pass-to-attack restriction, not a claim that liberos may never set or that every pass they make in the front zone is itself automatically a fault. The subsequent completed attack and its height remain part of the situation.
Questions answered
Is the hitter’s swing alone enough to explain it?
No. The prior libero pass matters.
Is every libero set automatically prohibited?
No.
Sources & further reading
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