How to play Volleyball: rules and scoring

• Indoor: 6 a side
• Beach: 2 a side

Goal: Ground the ball on the other side and win the sets.

Setup

• A toss decides the serve or the side.

How to play

1. Serve from behind the end line.
2. Each team has up to three touches to send the ball over (a block doesn’t count).
3. No player may touch it twice in a row.
4. The point is yours if the ball lands on their side or they make a fault (touching the net, hitting out, four touches).
5. Indoors, the team that wins the serve rotates clockwise.

Scoring

• Every rally is a point (rally point scoring).
• Indoor sets are to 25 and beach sets to 21, two clear.
• The team that wins the point serves.

Winning

• Indoor matches are best of 5 sets, beach matches best of 3.
• The deciding set is to 15.

Note

• Casual games are often best of 3 or a single set, some to 15 or 21.
• In the app you don’t pick players; you name the two teams.
• You can change the points per set under house rules.
• Tap the side of the team that won the point; on the point that ends a set the app asks “Set over?” first.