Beach Volleyball Rules
Here are the basic beach volleyball rules that you need to know:
Not Allowed:
Open-hand tips
Setting the serve
Doubling the set
Side setting over the net
The most common mistake of new players is the setting. They set the ball with their hands too often and in times when it is illegal. There are sometimes that a set is okay but only if it is perfect, like on a free ball that is not hard driven. It is not against the rules to set a ball that comes over net but you have to do it with more perfection than a normal set that your partner passes to you. This means that if you don’t have perfect nectar hands, don’t ever set the ball with your hands when playing outdoor volleyball. You need to just arm set until you practice enough to have clean sets with no spin.
When blocking, if you touch the ball it counts as 1 of your 3 hits. This is not like indoor where you get 3 more touches after the block. This is another big difference to get used to.
You may go under the net all you want as long as it doesn’t interfere with the players on the opposing team.
Other than those rules most of the other rules still apply. You always do rally scoring but you go to 21 and then the 3rd game is to 15.
There are side switches every 7 points so that nobody is stuck with the bad wind side or the sun in their faces for a whole game.
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