In volleyball can a person deliberately strike the ball with ones foot?

Question

I've been told you can, but have never heard or seen such a thing except when the ball came down and struck the foot popping back up. What say you?

Answer 1

Yep totally legal. Hell if you wanted you could spike with your foot if you felt like it. The term is called a foot dig and has save my a$$ on the volleyball court on more then several occations playing libero on balls that are hit directly down and I had no time to get under it with a pass

NOTE: I played NCVA Volleyball and also have Played NCAA Volleyball

Answer 2

Yes you can according to the rule book. It states:
USAV 10.2.3.2: The first hit of the team in
cludes reception: (a) of the serve; (b) of
an attack-hit by the opponent [this may
be a soft or hard attack-hit]; (c) of a ball
blocked by one s own team and (d) of a
ball blocked by the opponents. During the
team s first hit, successive contacts with
various parts of the player s body are permitted
in a single action of playing the
ball. These include contacts involving finger-
action on the ball and contact with
the FOOT. The ball, however, may not be
caught and/or thrown.

It's not the most accurate way to play a ball but sometimes the only way.

Answer 3

yes, the striking of a volleyball with one's foot is legal. (i play NCAA). it is not the best choice, but in certain situations, it is safer (like a player is down on the ground near the ball, and you can't dive to get it, but stick a foot out to save it, or saving a shanked ball from going into the stands without crashing into the people). pretty much any contact is legal. two exceptions: the ball, if taken with the hands, must be clean (no excessive spin), unless it is the first contact (serve recieve or dig from teh opponent), and onl;y on the first contact can teh playe double contact (in other words, for some reason the ball bouinces from your arms to your face, then your team still has two more contacts left.

Answer 4

The answer should be...It depends on which set of rules you are playing by. I don't believe most high school rules let you use anything below your knee. However as a few have already stated it is legal in collegiate and higher. It is most definitely legal outdoors, has been for some time. Indoors has only changed in the last 10 years or so.

Hope that clarifies things a little more.

Answer 5

I have seen the volleyball kicked deliberately by a player who didn't have the experience of being able to get it over with the hand while serving. This was in an interscholastic game in the middle schools. For more information, you might want to check with the International League on interscholastic games.

Answer 6

You can play the ball with any part of the body as long as the ball is struck, not carried. I have played in a beach league for 7 yrs, that's the rule.

Answer 7

Definitely. It doesn´t matter if you mean to or not. I´ve had that save my *** a few times on defense. The reason I think it´s legal is because it really offers no sort of advantage. You can´t catch on your foot, and if you´ve ever tried to kick a volleyball when it´s coming at you at mach 90, it´s pretty hard to control.

Answer 8

It is legal. I am a Junior Olympic Volleyball ref and it is legal to use ur foot if u cant get to it with ur hands. Serves must be hit with hands though.

Answer 9

You sure can, but the judges will call a sideout and the possession of the ball is given to the other team.

Answer 10

The rules were changed a few years back to allow this.