Beach Volleyball Net Height and Court Dimensions

Here we will cover the height of the net for men and women in sand volleyball as well as how big the court size is for both indoor and beach volleyball. Beach volleyball is played with only 2 people on each side of the net so it makes sense that the court size is much smaller in sand volleyball.

But about 9 years ago the beach volleyball court size and the indoor size was the same. This gave an advantage for the smaller beach players because they could shoot the ball into the deep corners where it was almost impossible to dig. But people quickly realized that a large court size favored the worse players because they could make more mistakes while having the ball still land in. So the FIVB and AVP changed their court dimensions from the indoor size of 9 meters by 18 meters to what it is today at 8 meters by 16 meters.
The smaller court size makes for longer rallies because there are more digs and it produces better volleyball players. The small court should be used in all level of play if you only have 2 people on each side of the net, whether you are playing in sand or on grass.
The beach volleyball net height is the same as indoor for both men and women. This means that for men it is 7'11" and 5/8 and for women it is 7'4" and 1/8. This is measured with the sand smoothed out and from the top of the sand in the middle of the court.

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