| Overhead pass a serve |
Legal if perfectly clean (no doubles, no lifts). |
Banned completely. |
USAV Beach Rule 9.2, 9.2.2; FIVB Rule 9.2.2 |
| Overhead pass a hit (attack) |
Legal if perfectly clean; hard-driven balls allow doubles if in one motion. |
Banned completely - "you can't overhead pass a hit". |
USAV Beach Rule 9.2.2 (Hard-driven exception); FIVB Rule 9.2.2 |
| Overhead set to a hitter |
Legal if clean; same standard as indoor for setting. |
Only legal type of overhead contact in beach/grass. |
USAV Beach Rule 9.2.3; FIVB Rule 9.2.3 |
| Overhead send over the net (set dump) |
Legal if clean **and** ball travels in line with shoulders (no twisting/mishit). |
Same as any set; no directional restrictions. |
USAV Beach Rule 13.1, 13.2 (Set over net restriction); FIVB Rule 13.1, 13.2 |