Color of jersey?

Question

I was watching Nebraska's vollyball team and one of the players for each team wore a different colored jersey. All of the nebraska players wore white except for Rachel Schwartz who wore red and all the tenn. girls wore orange except for one girl who wore blue. Why is this?

Answer 1

the person in the different colored jersey is the libero. The libero can go in at any time without having the referee do a sub-change.

Answer 2

Libero Player-

In 1998 the libero player was introduced internationally, the term meaning free in Italian; the NCAA introduced the libero in 2002.[8] The libero is a player specialized in defensive skills: the libero must wear a contrasting jersey color from his or her teammates and cannot block or attack the ball when it is entirely above net height. When the ball is not in play, the libero can replace any back-row player, without prior notice to the officials. This replacement does not count against the substitution limit each team is allowed per set, although the libero may be replaced only by the player whom they replaced. The libero may function as a setter only under certain restrictions. If she/he makes an overhand set, she/he must be standing behind (and not stepping on) the 3-meter line; otherwise, the ball cannot be attacked above the net in front of the 3-meter line. An underhand pass is allowed from any part of the court.

The libero is the most skilled defensive player on the team. There is also a libero tracking sheet, where the referees or officiating team must keep track of who the libero subs in and out for. There may only be one libero per set (game), although there may be a different libero in the beginning of any new set (game).

Furthermore, a libero is not allowed to serve, according to international rules, with the exception of the NCAA women's volleyball games, where a 2004 rule change allows the libero to serve, but only in a specific rotation. That is, the libero can only serve for one person, not for all of the people for whom she goes in.

Answer 3

And that is pronounced LEE' be ro

I hope you are getting to watch the match tonight too.  UCLA vs Nebraska at 1 game apiece.

I have seen UCLA play at the USAV Open championships.  They are good and they are solid.  No glaring weaknesses.

Answer 4

its the libero she can play back row for any player that is back row w/out having to sub in

Answer 5

it's the libero:

They stay in the back row the whole time and dig.  They never hit, and can't go in front of the 10 foot line to assist or to attack.  They wear a different colored jersey because they are supposed to get the ball no matter what, and the other players need to know where they are at all times.  I met Rachel, she is a really good libero.

Answer 6

there is one player who is a back row specialtist called a libero and they switch out for any back row player when ever and pass the ball to the setter...they cant play front row so thats why there always switching in and out of the game and they where a different color shirt to be identifyed as the libero so they can make sure that any two players arent just randomly switching without a substituion which a libero doesnt have to substitute