Law 12: Service

The service is made by the back-right player standing in the service zone.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12 · richiamo

Both the first set and the deciding set start with the team chosen by the toss.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.1.1 · richiamo

The first service alternates: each set begins with the team that did not serve first in the set before.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.1.2 · richiamo

When the serving team wins the rally, the player who served before serves again.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.2.2.1 · richiamo

The team rotates before serving, and the player moving from front-right to back-right serves.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.2.2.2 · richiamo

The service is authorised once both teams are ready to play and the server holds the ball.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.3 · richiamo

The correct player may serve as long as the service is made within 8 seconds of the original whistle.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.4; Casebook 2024 3.29 · applicazione

Team B served first in set 2, so set 3 starts with the other team, A; only the 5th set needs a new toss.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.1.2 · applicazione

Winning the right to serve, the team rotates first, and the new back-right player serves.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.2.2.2 · richiamo

The scorer waits for the service to be completed before signalling, and the opponents score and serve.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 7.7.1, 12.6.1.1; Casebook 2024 3.28 · applicazione

The server hits the ball with one hand or any part of the arm after tossing or releasing it.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.1 · richiamo

Only one toss or release is allowed, though dribbling or moving the ball in the hands is permitted.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.2 · richiamo

The server may not touch the court, end line included, or the floor outside the service zone; after the hit he may land anywhere.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.3 · richiamo

The ball must be hit within eight seconds of the whistle for service.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.4 · richiamo

A service executed before the whistle is cancelled and taken again.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.5 · richiamo

Jump or standing, the service must be hit with one hand or arm; two hands is a fault.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4.1, 12.6.1.2; Casebook 2024 3.31 · applicazione

The 2025-2028 text forbids any player of the serving team from raising hands above the head during the service.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.5.3 · richiamo

B is inside the service zone; A is on the end line, C is outside the extended side line and D is in the court.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 1.4.2, 12.4.3 · applicazione

Whistle, one toss, the hit within eight seconds, and only then may the server step into the court.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.3, 12.4 · richiamo

The 1st referee may advise the team first; a service over a screen is a service fault.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.5.3, 12.6.2.3 · applicazione

Violating the service order or not executing the service properly leads to a change of service regardless.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.6.1 · richiamo

A correctly hit service becomes a fault if it touches a player of the serving team.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.6.2.1 · richiamo

The 1st referee whistles immediately; the ball is out of play from that moment.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.6.2.1; Casebook 2024 3.30 · applicazione

It is a screen only if both the service hit and the flight path are hidden until the ball reaches the net.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.5.2 · richiamo

Should either the hit or the flight be visible to the receiving team, it is not a screen.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.5.2 · applicazione

A fault at the moment of the service hit is sanctioned ahead of the opponents' positional fault.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.7.1 · applicazione

When the service only becomes faulty after a correct hit, the positional fault happened first and is sanctioned.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.7.2 · applicazione

Standing grouped so that the hit and flight are hidden is a collective screen, and a service over it is a fault.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.5, 12.6.2.3 · applicazione

An early service comes before the hit, a foot fault at the hit, and the other two only after it.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.4, 12.6 · applicazione

Faults after a correct hit come later than a positional fault, which is therefore the one counted.

Fonte: FIVB OVR 2025-2028, Rule 12.7.2 · applicazione