Monday, January 28, 2013

Beach Volleyball Tips - What the Hand Signals Mean


If you were one of the millions of people that tuned in to watch beach volleyball in the Olympics you probably wondered what the hand signals meant.  Lets take a moment to go over what each hand signal means.  When playing 2 on 2 volleyball you are either the blocker or digger.
Naturally the taller player will be the one that blocks and the shorter player will play defense to dig any ball that make it by the blocker.  Since there is only one blocker he won't be able to block every ball so what he does is block a certain spot of the court so that his teammate knows where to stand.
A hitter can either hit straight, which is called line or across the court at an angle, which is called angle.  So, the blocker is either going to block angle or line.  If the blocker is blocking line than his partner will stand at the hitters angle to dig the spike.  The only person to show signals is the person on offense that is not serving the ball. 
The signs are help behind the back of the person not serving and the right hand represents what he will block on the opposing player to his right and the left hand represents the left player.  One finger extended means he is blocking line on that person.  If he shows 2 fingers extended then he will block that players angle.  An open hand means he is going to try to block the ball no matter where it is hit.  And a fist means he is not going to block so he will just pull off the net and play defense.

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