Santa Cruz Volleyball Forum

Do the same rules apply to beach and indoor for touching the net outside of the antennas? I was called for a net foul by my opponents on the beach because I touched the the net outside the antenna while attempting to save a ball. They claimed that while the ball is in play, no part of the net can be touched. It is my understanding that this is not a net foul indoors but is the rule different on the beach? Can anyone straighten us out on this one?

Thanks very much.

Buck

Off the CBVA website

14.3CONTACT WITH THE NET OR POSTS
It is a fault for a player or a player’s clothing to touch any part of the net.
Exceptions are:

• Incidental contact of the net by a player’s hair

• If a player’s hat, visor or glasses fall off during play and then contacts the net

• When a ball is driven into the net and causes the net to touch a player, no
fault is committed. Once a player has contacted the ball, the player may
touch the posts, ropes or any other object outside the total length of the
net, provided that it does not interfere with play.