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Footvolley

Footvolley is a beach net game in which teams play the ball over the net without hand contact using feet, head, chest or body. The entry remains needsReview because governance varies regionally.

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Classification

Category Ball sport

Family Volleyball Family

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Beach net game without hands using football-style contacts.

Geeignet für Suitable for people with ball touch, beach-sport interest and team rallies.

Cost Low to medium: ball and beach court/net are the main costs. Court time, club, event entry or travel by region. Beach sport venue, footvolley club, national group or community session. Clarify locally which rule set and contact/rotation rules are used.

First progress Simple returns quickly; clean receive and attack take technique.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

sand court
net
ball
partner
local rules

First steps

find court
clarify contact rules
practise foot/chest receive
control set
play short rallies

Footvolley club, beach sport venue, university sport, community group or beach event.

Check sand, warm up, build jumping load gradually and keep net spacing.

Weitere Angaben

Tags team, footvolley, beach, football-technique, net-game, needs-review, ball-sport, volleyball-familie

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Play the ball over the net without hand contact so the other side cannot return it legally.

Teilnehmer

Usually pairs.

Teamgröße

2v2; variants possible by event.

Spielfeld

Sand court with net and lines.

Dauer

Sets/points by rule set.

Wertung

Rally points or set scoring by rule set.

Gewinnbedingung

Set/match win under the agreed format.

Ausrüstung

ball
net
sand court lines

Wichtige Regelpunkte

hand contact
ball out
net fault
too many contacts
service fault

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Regional footvolley organisations (regional)

Official Footvolley Rules 2025 Footvolley Europe · rulebook · medium
Rules UK Footvolley Association · official · medium
Footvolley Olympic Council of Asia · multi-sport-guide · medium