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Volleyball 102: The Back Row Attack Rule Explained

Finer details, strategy and tactics of volleyball. Positions on the court, front row and the often misunderstood backrow attack rule

There were questions after the volleyball 101 article. I’ll try to answer some of those here and in a couple follow on posts. We get a bit technical here so stick with me, and be sure to ask questions in the comments.

The backrow attack rule needs a graphic to better understand it. Look at the court from the sky view. You see the net across the middle of the court. On both sides of the net there is a ten foot line or three meter line.

Basic Volleyball Court Volleyball court with player positionsThe positions on the court help us talk about where people are on the court. Position 1 is the server and backrow. Positions 5 and 6 are also backrow. Positions 2, 3 and 4 are front row. The three backrow positions cannot jump above the top of the net in front of the ten foot line and hit the ball. If they do, it is a penalty that results in a point for the other team as they would have violated the backrow attack rule.

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