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Basic
Volleyball Rules – Simple, Easy to Understand
Rules
Explore our section of basic volleyball rules to get simple definitions
of rules. In this section we give you the
basic idea of the volleyball rules.
Volleyball
Rules for Beginning Volleyball Players and Fans
This rule page includes the very basics of volleyball rules for
beginning
volleyball players and fans. To get more complete
explanations about libero and other recent rules changes, be sure to
check out our other rules pages.
In volleyball rules cases section, we
present real volleyball game scenarios, which will help you
to use rules to your advantage and become a better
player.
Very Basic
Volleyball Rules
- Team has 6 players on the court.
- 3 players are front row players and 3 of them
are back row players.
- Team is allowed to use a libero player (back
row player, defensive specialist) who wears different color shirt.
- Each team is allowed to have maximum of three
touches before hitting the ball over the net. (EXCEPTION: block does
not count as a touch)
- Same player can not hit the ball twice in a row
(EXCEPTION I: block doesn’t count a touch.)
- Back row players can not attack the ball front
row. If they attack, they have to perform the jump behind the attack
line (10 feet line, 3 meter line).
- IMPORTANT! The ball has to be completely
above the net for it to be an illegal attack
- It is ALLOWED to play the ball off the net. It
is a fault, if the ball contacts net outside antennas.
- The ball has to travel between the antennas (or
the imagined extensions of them) when flying to the other side of the
net.
- Referee calls the ball “IN”, if any part of it
hits the lines. (Imagine the ball is painted. If the ball left a mark
that touches the lines, the ball is judged IN)
- Ball is ruled OUT, if
- the ball lands outside the boundary lines
(without touching the opponent)
- The ball hits the antenna
- any of the net or cables outside the antennas
- a referee stand or poles or the ceiling
(EXPECTION: in high school, club or college volleyball in United States
it is allowed to play after ball hits the ceiling)
- Players are NOT allowed to catch, hold or throw
the ball.
- Players are NOT allowed to hit or block the
opponents serve.
- Attacking ball which is coming over the net is
ILLEGAL, if it has NOT broken the plane of the net. In other words
player is ALLOWED to swing the ball when it breaks the plane of the
net.
Recently
changed basic volleyball rules
- Let serve is
allowed. In other words the ball can touch the net on the serve.
- Point is
followed after each serve. (Earlier you had a chance to get a
point only after your own
serve).
- One of the
back row players can be substituted to a libero who is a back row
specialist with unlimited subs. Libero can enter and exit the game
between each serve without coach requesting a sub.
- Server is
allowed to serve the ball any place behind the backline. (Earlier there
was a serving area in the corner of the court)
- Players are
ALLOWED to double hit the ball on the first contact, for example when
they
1) serve receive, or 2) dig the ball
(Since this rule change passing overhead
has become commonly used method to pass the ball. Earlier it was often
called a false hit, double hit)
- It is LEGAL
to hit the ball with any part of the body, the foot and leg included.
(Earlier it was a mistake to kick the ball.)
Very Basic Volleyball Rules Violations
- Back row player
performs the attack front
row.
(It is ILLEGAL for back row player to step on the attack line when
hitting.)
- Back row player
blocks the ball (player
having
any part of the body above the net and touching the ball)
- Players double
contact the ball when setting
the ball (you CAN NOT double hit the ball when setting it)
- Player touches
the net while the ball is in
the
play (EXCEPTION: if the ball is hit the net and it pushes the net to
the opposing player)
- Stepping on the
back line when serving the
ball.
- Reaching over
the net to block the ball is
ALLOWED if the other side as used all the three touches. It is a FALSE
if opposing team has not used all the touches (and there is somebody
trying to make a play there.)
How to Use Rules
of Volleyball in the Match
To read about how to use rules to your advantage in the match, click
the following
link. These rules of volleyball give you simple and understandable
descriptions and help you to use rules for your own benefit on the
court.
Rules
of Volleyball - Use Rules to Your Advantage
Basic
Volleyball Rules
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