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Law 11: Player at the Net
3 Tests · 30 Fakten · aktualisiert am 24. Oktober 2026 · Markdown
Reaching beyond the net at the block and after an attack hit, penetrating under the net and across the centre line, contact with the net and the action of playing the ball, and interference.
11.111Beyond and Under the Net
When a hand may pass the net, and how far feet and body may go under it into the opponents' court and free zone.
Test 1Beyond and under the netTest machen
A blocker may reach beyond the net provided the opponents' play is not interfered with before their attack hit.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.1.1 · Wissen
The follow-through may cross the net as long as the initial contact was in his own playing space and the ball was not caught or thrown.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.1.2 · Wissen
Penetration under the net is permitted as long as it does not interfere with the opponents.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.1 · Wissen
Touching the opponent court with a foot is allowed if part of that foot stays in contact with or directly above the centre line, without interfering.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.1 · Wissen
Any part of the body above the feet may touch the opponent court provided it does not interfere with their play.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.2; Casebook 2024 3.16 · Anwendung
Entering the opponent court is allowed once the ball is out of play.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.3 · Wissen
The opponents' free zone may be entered provided their play is not interfered with.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.4 · Wissen
In B the whole foot is beyond the centre line in the opponents' court; in A and C part stays on the line, and D is on the player's own side.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.1, 11.4.3 · Anwendung
A foot may reach over while part of it stays on or above the line; a foot fully in the opponent court is a fault.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.1, 11.4.3 · Anwendung
The centre line divides the two courts, and each court is surrounded by its free zone.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 1.3.3, 11.2 · Wissen
11.112Contact with the Net
Which net touches are faults, what the action of playing the ball covers, and what may be touched outside the antennae.
Test 1Contact with the netTest machen
Touching the net between the antennae while playing the ball is a fault.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1 · Wissen
Among other things it covers the take-off, the hit or attempt, and landing safely, ready for a new action.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1 · Wissen
Objects outside the antennae, the net included, may be touched provided play is not interfered with.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.2 · Wissen
When the ball driven into the net makes it touch an opponent, no fault is committed.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.3; Casebook 2024 3.20 · Anwendung
The action ended with the safe landing, so a later touch is not a net fault.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1; Casebook 2024 3.21 · Anwendung
A player close to the ball who is trying to play it is in the action, even with no contact.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1, 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.22 · Anwendung
Such a touch is a fault only if it clearly affects the opponents' play or interrupts the rally.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.27 · Anwendung
A blocker close to the ball touching the top band is in the action of playing; landing then turning, touching outside the antenna, and the net driven onto a player are not faults.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3, 11.4.4 · Anwendung
The action runs from the take-off through the hit to a safe landing.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1 · Wissen
Using the net between the antennae as a support or stabilising aid is interference.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.25 · Anwendung
11.113Faults and Interference at the Net
The listed faults at the net and interference, with match situations from the FIVB Casebook.
Test 1Faults and interference at the netTest machen
Touching the ball or an opponent in the opponents' space before their attack hit is a fault.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.1 · Wissen
Catching or holding the net is one of the listed forms of interference.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.4 · Wissen
Trying counts: being close to the ball and going for it is enough, contact or not.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.4 · Wissen
The setter was still in the action of playing the ball, so the net touch is a fault.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1, 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.26 · Anwendung
The players of a collective block count as a unit; if one is still in the action, the whole unit is.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1; Casebook 2024 3.27.2 · Anwendung
Interference can occur without physical contact if it prevents the opponent from playing the ball.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.1; Casebook 2024 3.27.3 · Anwendung
The side line lies inside the opponent court, so a whole foot on it, with no part on the centre line, is a fault.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.1; Casebook 2024 3.18 · Anwendung
Standing on the opponents' side line and making them dodge is a fault; harmless hair, a hand on the court and a follow-through are not.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2, 11.4; Casebook 2024 3.17 · Anwendung
Both acts are faults, but when faults follow each other only the first is counted.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 6.1.2.1, 11.4.1; Casebook 2024 3.12 · Anwendung
The first three fall inside the action of playing the ball; the last comes after it.
Quelle: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1 · Anwendung
Quellen
FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2025-2028, Rule 11 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.14
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.1, 11.4.32
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.42
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.1.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.1.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.2; Casebook 2024 3.161
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.31
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.41
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 1.3.3, 11.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.3; Casebook 2024 3.201
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1; Casebook 2024 3.211
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1, 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.221
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.271
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3, 11.4.41
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.251
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.4.11
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1, 11.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.261
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.3.1; Casebook 2024 3.27.21
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.1; Casebook 2024 3.27.31
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2.2.1; Casebook 2024 3.181
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 11.2, 11.4; Casebook 2024 3.171
- FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 6.1.2.1, 11.4.1; Casebook 2024 3.121