Libero options with one 6 rotation MB

Question
Is it possible for the libero to play in the back row as substitute for 1 MB and either 1 OH or the 1 RH when running a 5-1 offense?  The team has 1 outstanding 6 rotation OH, and the other OH isn't a good back row player.  The team also has 1 outstanding 6 rotation MB (who can smash "pipes"), and it seems to be a waste of talent to have this particular MB sit on the bench for half the game when the other MB is front row.  The one RightSide player is also not a back row player.  Once again, is it possible to somehow combo the libero as much as possible on the court with a 6 rotation OH and 6 rotation MB?  If so, how?  What are the options?  If it matters, I'm talking about High School VB.  Thank you so much for the response.

Answer
Hello Jason and welcome to www.AllExperts.com

My name is Coach Tovar

To make sure that all my readers young and old can understand some of my comments, I have chosen to use simple vocabulary words and interpret any the rules for this sole purpose.

Well Jason I think I know what you would like to happen because of the player talent but unfortunately when they made the libero job more specific back in 1998 and changed it a couple of times from a defensive specialist to a libero they did this so that could now set more restrictions on the defensive specialist.

Unfortunately as you know you can only have one libero per match. There can also be two libero replacements but this would have to be between a rally. Of course you would still have to use that one and only libero for the rest of the match.

You may want to accidently switch another player for the libero pretending you did not keep good records on the substitutions but as you know the assistant score keeper or better known as the libero tracker will be keeping a close eye on that.

There is also the rule 8.5.2.4 Replacement of an injured libero, but that player cannot be on the court when the libero gets hurt. Again if your libero is doing awful they can fake an injury to switch that player with another good defensive player but that would be unsportsmanlike.

I know I gave you some bad habits to try but I would never do them or encourage anyone to do them.

I know this might not be what you would like to hear but the best way to help your team is to always have great defensive practices to help everyone on the team. This would be your best option. This is just something to help you think about. A lot of young coaches focus on their libero to carry a heavy load on serve receive but they should focus more on the whole defensive team.

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