The server's teammate must not prevent the opponents, through screening, from seeing the server or the path of the ball. It is illegal to move the court boundaries during the serving motion, even if the movement is caused by sand. A player may only have one toss per serve attempt. Recently changed, beach rules now require the server to clearly release or toss the ball before contacting it for serve. Side-setting is allowed when attempting to set your partner. When using a setting motion to send the ball into the opponent's court it must be released in the direction in which the shoulders of the player are facing either front or back. Both indoors and outdoors, the ball can be played with all parts of the body. A touch on the block will now count as one of the three contacts allowed per team. The tradition of the beach game does not allow the double hit on the first contact as does the indoor game. If you receive the serve open handed (the serve is never considered a hard-driven spike regardless of its velocity), expect it to be called illegal. With the exception of the hard-driven spike or block, you can never double-hit the first contact. When digging a hard-driven spike it can be double-hit and momentarily lifted. Ball must be cleanly hit or 'pop' off the hand.
Soft dink (open hand, finger tip) is not allowed.
The 'let' serve is now played on the beach (new for 2005.) B. You may go completely under the net into your opponent's court to play a ball as long as there is no interference with the opponent.Ī ball can be played back to one's side of the net if it has crossed over the net, under the net, or outside the antenna as long as a team has one or more contacts left and the ball is played back under the net or outside the antenna (new for 2005). Special thanks to Steve Lawton and Mark Hull. Here is a great online volleyball game for you - Rule The Beach Volleyball! Nice beach volleyball game with awesome graphics! Trust your partner and try to smash the.īeach Volleyball Rules (Revised for 2011) The following is based upon the California Beach Volleyball Association's (CBVA) rules of play for beach volleyball. 2015-2017 BEACH DOMESTIC COMPETITION REGULATIONS.