BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Safety Equipment Rules and Expectations
DO ~ Play under control, play your position, call the ball, talk and be aware of your surroundings, use safe hits, tie your sneakers, return the ball to the other court in a safe manner, be ready and alert at all times.\
DON’T ~ Hang or pull on the nets, abuse the poles, kick, punch, or fist the volleyball, wear a hat while playing, chew gum in class, abuse your classmates or hog the ball, don’t interfere with other games, throw the ball over the net, and don’t use vulgar language.
1. Ready Position – basic position with knees flexed and hands ready
2. Overhead Pass – finger tip passes are used for control and accuracy – a set pass cannot be blocked
3. Forearm Pass – (bump, dig) point of contact is the inside of the forearms
4. Emergency Pass – (one handed dig) used when a player must react quickly
5. The Serve – used to put the ball in play (overhand, underhand, sideways, with 1 or 2 hands)
6. Net Recovery – term used when the ball is played as it rebounds from the net
7. The Spike – powerful one hand shot used to gain points
8. The Dink – skill used as a counter to tap the ball around the blocker
9. The Block – Defensive player intercepts a spiked ball by blocking with arms and hands above net
10. Line Rotation – entire team must rotate when possession is won
11. Pancake – a one handed defensive technique where the hand is extended and slid along the floor, palm down, so the ball rebounds off the back of the hand rather than the floor
12. Side Out – change of service when a serving team has lost the serve
RULES FOR OUTDOOR VOLLEYBALL
ON GRASS OR SAND
1. The ball may contact any part of the body.
2. A ball that comes to rest on a player’s body is considered to be a held ball and is a fault.
3. When receiving a serve or defending a hard-driven ball, a player may have multiple contacts with the ball, provided it is done in ONE ATTEMPT to play the ball.
4. When two or more players from the same team simultaneously contact the ball, it shall be considered one team contact and any player may make next contact.
5. A player may cross the centerline below the net to play a ball provided it has no effect on the sequence of play.
6. Service must rotate.
7. Rotating of positions is not required.
8. The blocking of a ball at the net is not considered one of the three team contacts nor is simultaneous contact by the opposing players. Any player including the blocker may make next contact.
9. The ball is in when, its first contact with the ground is on the playing court or a boundary line or when it causes a boundary line to move.
10. It is a fault for a player to touch any part of the net.
11. When a ball is driven into the net causing the net to touch a player, no fault is committed.