Beach Volleyball Hand Signals Explained
If you have ever seen beach volleyball you have probably noticed that they give hand signals to each other and I will tell you what they mean.
We will go over what each of the hand signals mean. In beach volleyball you will either block or dig.
It’s obvious that the taller person will be the blocker and the shorter will dig balls.
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.
There are generally two hits and therefore 2 places to block. Either straight, which is called line or angle.
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.