6.5 Faults at the Net

Faults higher than the top of the net can be areach beyond the net, a blocking fault or an attack fault. It is important to remember the definition of an attack as well as the definition of a block:

Defini­tion

Attack hit

All actions which direct the ball towards the opponent, with the exception of service and block, are considered as attack hits.

Defini­tion

Block

Blocking is the action of players close to the net to intercept the ball coming from the opponent by reaching higher than the top of the net, regardless of the height of the ball contact. At the moment of the contact with the ball, a part of the body must be higher than the top of the net.