Overruling of Points

Overview

An overrule happens when an umpire disagrees with a line judge on a call. It is occasionally linked with 'Point Replayed' - See 'Point Replayed' section for when they are used in conjunction with Point Replays.

Scenario A

• Player A hits the ball wide down the line. It is really close, so the line judge calls it in. The umpire disagrees and overrules the line judge's decision and calls the ball out. The point goes to player B.

Scenario B A line judge may call a ball out. The players stop playing as a result. The umpire disagrees that the ball was out and overrules the line judge's decision. As the players stopped playing the point, the point needs to be replayed.

Packets

Generally, an overrule packet will come after a 'Point Started' packet, and before the Point packet.

For example, using Scenario A from above:

• Receive 'Point Started' packet

• Point plays through

• Umpire and line judge disagree, umpire overrules line judge

• Receive Point Packet

• Receive 'Overrule' packet, e.g.:

• Overrule JSON

{
  "server": {
    "team": "TeamB"
  },
  "timestamp": "2022-06-20T15:04:36.883Z",
  "numOverrules": 6,
  "nextServer": {
    "team": "TeamB"
  },
  "score": {
    "currentSetScore": {
      "gamesA": 4,
      "gamesB": 4
    },
    "overallSetScore": {
      "setsA": 1,
      "setsB": 1
    },
    "currentGameScore": {
      "pointsA": "30",
      "pointsB": "15",
      "gameType": "StandardGame"
    },
    "previousSetsScore": [
      {
        "gamesA": 2,
        "gamesB": 6
      },
      {
        "gamesA": 6,
        "gamesB": 4
      }
    ]
  },
  "eventElementType": "Overrule",
  "matchTime": "01:48:08",
  "seqNum": 504
}