Liberos

For starters, liberos are the ones with the different color jersey. That is usually the most popular question about volleyball. They wear a different color jersey because they are the only ones who can go in for someone without using up a substitution. You usually use a libero for a certain position the whole time, and not just once in a while. They know for sure that the libero will be going in all of the time for the same two people every time, but you can change who they go in for. The reason why they can go in without using a substitution is because they are constantly going in and out so they would take up a ton of subs. This would be a problem because you get a limited amount of substitutions. Even though they can just run in without using a sub, that doesn't mean they can just do whatever they want. There are rules to being a libero, and there is even a designated ref called the libero tracker keeping track of when and who the libero for each team goes in for. One of the rules is that when the libero goes in for someone, that same person has to go back in for the libero when the libero comes out. Another rule is that the libero can only serve for one person, for example if she served for the first middle, she cannot also serve for the second middle. There is another rule about the libero setting, and it's kind of complicated. If the libero sets a hitter, she must be behind the ten foot line when she sets the ball, otherwise the hitter can't jump and hit it. If she does hit it when the libero sets in front of the ten foot line, then the ref calls, but if the hitter sees that the libero set in front of he ten foot line, the could stay down(not jump) and hit it over. Another option, and one that a lot of liberos do, is to just pass set the ball with their platform instead of actually setting, that way they don't have to worry about being in front of the ten foot line. The liberos are suppose to be the best passer on the team, which makes sense because they usually on the court all the time. They are the defensive leaders who also should be one of the ones who communicate the most on the court.