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

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 2

No you cant. That would be counted as a foul. Better you don,t do that.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

no you cant...only if its an accident but not deliberatly

Answer 5

I dont think the ref would let the ball play if you delibrately hit the ball with your foot...but im really not sure...ive only seen it happen by accident!!!

Answer 6

its possible and legal

on fiva, if the ball hits on any body part once, it is consider as one strike

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

It is not legal.

Answer 9

in volleyball you can used your leg once time . it will be accepted

Answer 10

you can do it, but it won't be legal

how do i know?

the other day at a game, my friend was running to get the ball (close to the net) and it hit her foot...THAT was legal, since she didn't do it on purpose (we were all laughing, AND we got the point...it was SOO funny!!)

the next day at practice, she did it on PURPOSE, and the coach told her that in a game, she wouldn't be able to do that and the other team would get the point..

hope that helped!!

so don't listen to Platlander's advice...or w/e his name is

Answer 11

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 12

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 13

no no no

Answer 14

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 15

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 16

it is legal. but most refs are stupid and will call it

Answer 17

yes you can

Answer 18

Yep totally legal.  h**l 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 *** 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 19

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 20

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.