RULE DIFFERENCES:BEACH VS'INDOOR

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RULE DIFFERENCESBEACH VS.INDOOR
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COURT SIZE SCORING

• Beach court 8mX16m
• Match is best 2 out of 3 first 2 sets played to
  21 and the third set to 15. Rally Point scoring
• Time Outs one time out per game plus a technical
  time-out when the score reaches 21
• Switch sides every 7 points this is due to
  weather conditions (ie.sun,wind) every 5 points
  during the third set if need be.

• Indoor court 9mX18m
• Match is best of 5 sets sets played to 25 with
  the fifth set played to 15. Rally point scoring
• Time outs 2 time-outs plus a technical time out
  when the score reaches 16
• Switch court sides ever set. Flip a coin for the
  fifth set.

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THE BALL

• The beach ball has a lower ball pressure.
• This allows for longer rallies and the ball is
  more adaptable to the outdoor conditions.

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THE CENTRELINE

• There is no center-line on the beach. You can
  penetrate under the net provided you do not
  interfere with your opponent

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SERVE RECEPTION

• It is illegal to double contact the first ball.
  You can not take the serve with your hands you
  must use the underarm forepass.
• Serve Reception The basic way to teach SR is to
  have the athletes pass in front of them. I
  always say you pass where you want to hit (ie.
  As a right side hitter I want to stay on the
  right side, this will open up all my
  shots/angles. If I pass more to the middle of
  the court then my angles have diminished . Bring
  the setter to your side of the court this will
  create a relationship rhythm to your attack.

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SETTING OVER THE NETFREE BALL

• Indoors there is no restriction to this action
  however the outdoor rule requires the set-over
  to be perpendicular to your body the path of
  the ball.
• An exception is made for sets to a teammate that
  happen to get blown over the net by weather
  conditions

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THE SET

• The Set much greater hold on the ball vs. what
  you can see in the indoor game. Setting is still
  very difficult to master as the ball must come
  out perfectly clean without any spin on the ball.
• Women are still having difficulty using their
  hands on a regular basis internationally. So many
  of the women are bump setting because they just
  dont want to chance having the referee calling
  them which would be an unforced error, resulting
  in a point.
• Need to re-enforce this at an early age!
• It very important to establish the relationship
• with setter and hitter and by using your
• hands you can establish this earlier at the
• younger age groups.

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THE ATTACK

• There is no open hand tipping on the beach

• What Athletes may use

• Roll Shot-High Line/Cut shot
• Pokey
• Cobra

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THE BLOCK

• The block counts as the first contact leaving
  2 remaining contacts before the ball must be
  played over the net whereas the indoor game
  allows 3 more contacts .
• Blocking Responsibilities
• Hand signals
• Line
• Cross court
• Take the ball
• Not blocking
• Blocking Responsibilities affects the Defender
• I formation
• Locked In Defense
• Swing Block

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HARD DRIVEN ATTACK

• It is legal to momentarily lift or push a hard
  driven ball on first contact.
• This type of contact allows for overhand beach
  digs that would be ruled as a lift indoors.
• The spirit of this rule is to keep
• the ball in play longer

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SUBSITUTIONS

• There are NONE on the beach.
• Team Chemistry is very important in this sport.
  It is very easy for young athletes to fall into
  the trap of the blame game.
• I dont get served so it my teammate that let
  the team down
• The Americans are the kings and queens of
  this...with that said they have a large body of
  players to chose from where in Canada we dont.
• As coaches it is very important that we keep it
  real for the athletes.

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COACHING

• Depending upon the country you live determines
  whether you can coach on the side line
• Canada at the youth level U21 you are able to
  coach during time outs and btwn sets.
• FIVB does not allow coaching during the match
• With this said it is very interesting how coaches
  still yell out in their foreign tongue ques .
  Also signals are often used by coaches on the
  sideline.

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COACHING TIPS

• At the younger age groups
• -Just give the kids an opportunity to play in a
  beach VB tournament and have a practise once in
  awhile to get the kids interested
• -As coachs you will be amazed with the new
  found energy in both yourself and the athletes
  just from a change. If you are really anti-beach
  then think of it as cross-training.
• -Important to start with movement patterns in
  the sand. (ie. Cross-over, side to side movt,
  forward and back). Need to establish the sand
  legs early.
• -Drills should be athlete driven as much as
  possible. I know that at the younger age it may
  be difficult at times but its important if the
  coach is needed that many of the athletes are
  involved in the drill. There is no rest time for
  a beach athlete so its important that you keep
  the athletes moving as much as possible.
• -Drills should be progressive
  setting..pass-set,pass-set-hit, pass
  set-hit-cover

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THANK YOU

• To finish with, I leave you with the dancing
  girls that entertain the fans at time-outs and
  during sets. Isnt this sport great...they think
  of everything!
• Thank you
• Kathy Tough