How To Play Beach Volleyball
- June 11, 2009
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Batting a ball back and forth while you’re barefoot on the beach is a fun way to get some exercise. Get started with these basic rules.
You Will Need
- A beach or beach volleyball court
- A volleyball
- A volleyball net
- At least four players
- A coin
Step 1: Have a court
Find a sand court divided by a net. If you’re setting up your own court by putting down a net, decide the side line and end line boundaries. Official beach volleyball courts are 52 feet long by 26 feet wide.
Net height depends on the gender of the players: Women’s nets are about seven and a half feet and men’s nets are about eight feet high.
Step 2: Get players
Have between four and twelve players, and divide into two teams
Step 3: Know the object of the game
Know the object of the game, which is to send the volleyball over the net. Each team is allowed to hit the ball a maximum of three times before it must sail over the net. The ball can never touch the ground.
Smashing the ball down into your opponent’s court with the heel of your hand is called a “spike.”
Step 4: Toss a coin
Flip a coin to decide who will serve first.
Step 5: Know the score
Know how to score: A point is awarded to the opposing team each time a player lets the ball drop on the ground, sends it out of bounds, or fails to return it within three hits. If the team that wins the point served, it also continues to serve. If the winning side didn’t serve, they now gain the right to do so.
Professional beach volleyball players use hand signals to indicate the type of block they intend to make to thwart their opponents.
Step 6: Play to win
A team wins a set when it scores 21 points with a minimum lead of two points. In the case of a 20-20 tie, play continues until a two-point lead is reached.
A player who is good at setting up shots for teammates is called a “setter.”
Step 7: End the game
The team that wins two sets wins the match. In the case of a 1-to-1 set tie, the third and deciding set is played to 15 points with a minimum lead of two points.
Six-foot-three beach volleyball champion Gabrielle Reece was already five feet tall by the age of seven.
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Comments (3)
estes videos que vocês nos enviam são ótimos,pena que sejam todos em inglês apesar de estarmos no brasil.eles são muito bem recebidos mas teriam mais audiência na lingua portuguesa.porque não fazem isso? na era da informática isso seria facilimo ,bom para vocês e para nós todos que apreciamos seu trabalho.fica aqui minha humilde opinião.este trabalho sobre volei(bem aportuguesado de propósito) foi exelente.prabéns ou se quiserem para não pensarem que sou radical ,congratulations(será que escrevi certo).
over 2 years ago by fac143
very interesting
over 2 years ago by mobile
interesting,
I love this sport
over 2 years ago by mobile
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