Footvolley

Foot Volley is a trend sport from Brazil that combines beach volleyball and football. It requires a distinct technique, coordination and body control in the sand. The rallies are often longer than the beach volleyball court and are considered spectacular for the audience.

Regulate

The rules of footvolley based on those of beach volleyball. Two teams of two players each other on a beach volleyball field (16 mx 8 m, 8 mx 8 m per field) over which is divided by a 2.20 m high power. The surface should be filled with fine quartz sand ( 0.1-0.7 mm grain size ), free from stones and have a minimum height of 35 cm.

The aim of the game is to get the ball, as just over the net on the ground in the opponent's half of the field and to prevent it from falling into the opponent's half of the field to the ground. How in soccer can not be touched with the hands or arms of the ball, which is why more active than come to footvolley of this sport from beach volleyball. The ball is put into play by a player raises it by a maximum of one meter behind the baseline built sand hill over the net. At the latest with the third contact of the ball over the net must be played without touching it. If this fails, the opponent receives one point. It will be played best of three sets. For a set win 18 points with at least two points need to be counted after the rally point system. A set is limited to a maximum of 21 points.

History

Foot Volley ( Futevolei ) emerged in the 1960s on the beaches of Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro footballer prevented a police ban on their game by dodging on the beach volleyball courts. Prominent soccer players such as Romario, Bebeto, Zico, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, who practiced the new sport in their spare time, contributed to the fact that he was always known and popular.

In the 1990s footvolley came to Europe, where the European footvolley Federation ( EFVF ) was founded in November 2003. At the same sport in the German Beach Soccer (DBSV ) was added, and since 2007 it runs independently under "Foot Volley Germany". In 2004 was created as a national competition, the German footvolley Association ( DFVV ), which belongs to the World Federation FIFV ( International Federation of Foot Volley ). In Austria there by the Foot Volley Association ÖFV and the Austrian Football Federation ( AFF ) is also two associations, while the Swiss player in the Swiss Foot Volleyball Association ( SFVV ) are organized.

Association in Germany

Since 2004, Foot Volley Germany (since 12/2007 German footvolley Association ) international tournaments held in Germany. The European League guested in Cologne, Krefeld, 2005 and 2006 in Dusseldorf in 2004. In his efforts to professionalise the sport of the DFVV co chaired by Jost Vieth with the University of Hamburg, at the Foot Volley was on the curriculum. The beach volleyball player and Olympic athlete Markus Dieckmann plays active since 2006 for the German footvolley Association and takes part in international tournaments.

Currently, there are four semi-professional teams that represented Germany since 2004 at international tournaments. The first MSC Strandkaiser.de Krefeld and the Beach - Devils Borussia Hetzendorf operate footvolley in an official department.