Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sand Volleyball by Dibbs

Indoor volleyball and beach volleyball are much different. You can't just assume that you can play beach volleyball because you play indoor volleyball.

1. The serve is the best place to start with our rules. A tossed ball that isn't contacted is a lost point.

2. You don't stay on one side of the net for the whole game. When playing outside there are factors like the sun and wind which give one an advantage over the other. When going to 21 you switch sides every 7 points.

3. If you shank a ball and it goes way out on the other side of the net you can go get it. As long as the ball was outside the antenna.

4. A beach volleyball is not an indoor volleyball. Beach volleyballs are much softer because the psi is always below 4 psi.

5. A hard driven ball is allowed to be doubled with you hands. This means that you can slightly grab the ball for a second.

6. You can not set the serve in beach volleyball. A serve is never allowed to be doubled in any way.

7. Indoor volleyball players have the hardest time learning how to set the ball properly in beach volleyball. The ball should leave your hands with no spin and should be pretty silent.

8. You must be perpendicular to the ball if you set the ball over the net. The only exception is if you set your partner and the wind takes it over the net.

9. The block counts as a hit in beach volleyball. So if you touch the ball on the block you have 2 more hits to get it back over the net.

Cade is an expert in women's beach volleyball and sand volleyball

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