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title: "What is an illegal hit in volleyball?"  
description: "What is an illegal hit in volleyball?"  
author: "Aaryahi Bakshi"  
published: 2018-01-19  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33312/what-is-an-illegal-hit-in-volleyball  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["volleyball"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is an illegal hit in volleyball?

What is an [illegal hit](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33311/in-volleyball-you-or-your-teammate-made-an-illegal-hit-who-gets-the-points) in volleyball?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**A volleyball hit could be legal or illegal hit but it depends on several circumstances.** I just want to add up a basic example in my answer: a team can only hit the ball three times before it must go over the net to the opponent's side. A fourth hit is illegal. Well **if a block didn’t constitute a hit, in that particular circumstances a team can block up a shot and can continue forward to hit it three more consecutive times.**

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**A player is not allowed to use his open palms beneath the ball to hit it.** A player is even restricted to throw the ball with open hand neither you are allowed to throw the ball as it will be considered as an illegal hit. There are **double hits too which are legal only when team first contracts,** **at times of service** but the double hits are considered as illegal on subsequent hits **\** **watch this video it will be helpful:**

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3m6AVuA7mm0

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