Basic Rules of
Volleyball – Double Contact on Setting
This rules of volleyball page explains one commonly mistaken rule –
double contact on volleyball setting.
Case: Double
Contact on Setting
One
junior volleyball player sent us a question about the double hit. She
had
been called for the double contact when setting the ball (on the second
contact).
Referee told her “there was too much spin on the ball”.
This player went and examined the rule book
and was confused because she didn’t find anything about the spin on it.
Basic Rules of
Volleyball – Double Contact - Bad Call or Good Call?
This was
absolutely a false call from a referee. (It is quite
common that
referees incorrectly call off the set, when there is too much spin on
it.)
There is no rule in indoor volleyball about the "spin on the ball."
What
referee
should call?
"Setter has committed to a double contact only, if setter's hands do
not touch the ball simultaneously."
What
referee
should not call?
In indoor volleyball, if referee doesn’t see a double contact, referee
shouldn’t call it.
Referee should not call a bad technique. (Even if it looks bad, referee
should not call it, unless there is an actual double contact.)
In other words it doesn’t matter..
- what direction the ball leaves the setter's
hands..,
- how much there is a spin on the ball..,
- how bad the sound is... as long as the hands
touch the ball
simultaneously (there is no double contact.)
In reality referees call those balls fairly often
- and probably even
the players feel they have committed a fault – even if according to the
rules they haven’t.
Basic Volleyball Rules - Double Hit in General
Double hit is ALLOWED on the first contact, when
- Serve receiving, or
- Digging
Conclusion
When player serve receives the ball overhead, the double contact is
allowed. BUT it is NOT ALLOWED on the second contact when the player is
setting the ball!
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