Can You Open Hand Tip in Beach Volleyball?
One of the most common mistakes that players make when making the transition to beach volleyball from indoor volleyball is assuming that the rules are the same. The fact is that beach volleyball rules and indoor volleyball rules vary in almost every aspect other than allowing three hits on each side.
Can you open hand tip the volleyball in beach volleyball?
No! I don’t know why this one is so hard for indoor players to understand. It doesn’t mean that you are not allowed to shoot the ball or dink it barely over the net, you just can’t do so with an open hand and direct where the ball will go with your fingers.
A shot is done with an open hand but the ball goes off your palm. You can also do the beach volleyball cameltoe or huff, this means that you hit it with your first 2 knuckles. You aren’t actually hitting the ball with your knuckle joint, you are hitting it on the flat part of the finger between the first and second joints on the finger.
You could also do the poky, this is when you hit the tip the ball from the tip of your fingers. Your fingers stay straight and your simply poke the ball. This is dangerous because if someone attacks the ball while you are attempting the poke you could get your fingers broken.
I would suggest that before you try to play some true beach volleyball you learn the rules. If you want to know how to play beach volleyball you will have to understand all the hits that are allowed and more importantly the ones that are not allowed.
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