{"id":6109,"date":"2026-10-22T02:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/volleyball-court-dimensions\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:05:43","slug":"volleyball-court-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/de\/volleyball-court-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball-Spielfeldma\u00dfe: Halle, Strand und die Fl\u00e4che, die Sie tats\u00e4chlich auslegen"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nh2 { font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0 18px; }\nh3 { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.35; margin: 26px 0 12px; }\np { line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nul { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc; }\nli { margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.6; }\ntable { display: table !important; width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nth { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #1a5c2e; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }\ntd { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align: top; }\nfigcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; }\n.callout { border-left: 4px solid #b45309; background: #fdf6ec; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 28px 0; }\n.callout p { margin-bottom: 0; }\n<\/style>\n<p><!-- meta_title: Volleyball Court Dimensions: Indoor, Beach & Turf Area --><br \/>\n<!-- meta_description: Volleyball court dimensions: 18 m by 9 m and 16 m by 8 m on sand, but the area you surface runs 360 to 589 m\u00b2. Free zone, clearance and roll counts. --><\/p>\n<p>Volleyball court dimensions begin with a rectangle and end with a purchase order. The indoor court is 18 m by 9 m, the beach court 16 m by 8 m, and the paint covers 162 m\u00b2 indoors against 128 m\u00b2 on sand. Each figure is correct, and none of them states how much floor a match actually needs.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is the free zone. Add the minimum band and the same court sits inside 360 m\u00b2; add the event band and it sits inside 589 m\u00b2. We work from the rule texts and carry every figure through to the strip layout, because that is where a budget is fixed.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"court-sizes\">Two Court Sizes, Two Different Games<\/h2>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fivb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FIVB-Volleyball_Rules2025_2028-EN-v05.pdf\">FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2025-2028<\/a> set the indoor court at 18 m by 9 m, surrounded by a free zone at least 3 m wide on all sides. The centre line divides it into two halves of 9 m by 9 m.<\/p>\n<p>The same rule book draws the side lines and end lines inside those dimensions, so the 162 m\u00b2 already contains 5 cm of paint on each edge. A tape run along the outside of the line measures a court nobody plays on.<\/p>\n<p>Beach is a separate product, not a smaller indoor court. The FIVB beach rules measure 16 m by 8 m and state that there is no centre line at all, which changes where a surface seam can fall.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indoor, FIVB Rule 1.1: 18 m by 9 m, free zone 3 m minimum, 162 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>Beach, FIVB Beach Rule 1.1.1: 16 m by 8 m, free zone 3 m minimum, 128 m\u00b2, no centre line.<\/li>\n<li>High school, NFHS Rule 2-1-1: 60 ft by 30 ft measured to the outer edges of the boundary lines, the same court in feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-sports-court-volleyball-net-trees-background.jpg\" alt=\"Fenced outdoor volleyball court on green artificial turf with white boundary lines and a net across the middle\" class=\"wp-image-2739\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-sports-court-volleyball-net-trees-background.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-sports-court-volleyball-net-trees-background-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-sports-court-volleyball-net-trees-background-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-sports-court-volleyball-net-trees-background-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-sports-court-volleyball-net-trees-background-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>The lines are measured as part of the court, and the surface beyond them is the part you also have to buy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The two rectangles differ by 34 m\u00b2, or 21 percent, before any free zone is counted. That gap is the smallest one in the chain. The two rule sets count the line from opposite faces and still land on the same rectangle, which is why 162 m\u00b2 holds under both.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"free-zone\">Free Zone: Three Legal Answers, Not One<\/h2>\n<p>Ask how wide the free zone must be and three governing bodies give three answers. The FIVB minimum is 3 m on all sides. For FIVB, World and Official Competitions the band widens to 5 m from the side lines and 6.5 m from the end lines.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshsaa.org\/Public\/Volleyball\/PDF\/NFHSRules.pdf\">The NFHS court rule<\/a> asks for at least 6 ft (2 m) of unobstructed space outside the boundary lines and prefers 10 ft. The wording matters: 2 m is legal, and it is not comfortable.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/championships\/sports\/volleyball\/d2\/women\/2025-26D2WVB_HostOpsManual.pdf\">NCAA guidance<\/a> sets a 2 m minimum and requires 3 m in facilities built after 2016. It prefers 3.05 m outside the side lines and 4.58 m beyond the end lines. Each answer produces a different rectangle, and the arithmetic is plain addition on both axes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIVB minimum: 18 + 3 + 3 = 24 m by 9 + 3 + 3 = 15 m, or 360 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>FIVB event: 18 + 2 x 6.5 = 31 m by 9 + 2 x 5 = 19 m, or 589 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>NFHS minimum: 18 + 4 = 22 m by 9 + 4 = 13 m, or 286 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<li>NCAA preferred: 27.16 m by 15.10 m, about 410 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Subtract the 162 m\u00b2 court from the 589 m\u00b2 event floor and 427 m\u00b2 sits outside the paint. That is the part of volleyball court dimensions most plans leave out. At the minimum, 198 m\u00b2 of the 360 m\u00b2 sits outside it. Both numbers are material the client pays for and no line ever encloses.<\/p>\n<p>Between the two indoor bands the floor grows by 229 m\u00b2, and the court inside it does not change at all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot2.webp\" alt=\"Steel tape measure laid diagonally across a green sports surface, metric markings running from 31 to 49\" class=\"wp-image-6106\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot2.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot2-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>The free zone is measured from the line to whatever stops a player, and that distance is a rule, not a preference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"passage-way\">The Passage-Way Layer Nobody Puts on the Drawing<\/h2>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fivb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FIVB-Event-Regulations-2026_27022026_track-changes.pdf\">FIVB Event Regulations<\/a> add a third layer around the free zone. The free passage-way is at least 2 m wide, and at least 4.5 m wide on the game jury table side.<\/p>\n<p>Court, free zone and passage-way together make up the competition control area, and the regulation asks for a 40 m by 25 m area free of obstacles. That is 1,000 m\u00b2 of hall floor for a 162 m\u00b2 court, and 411 m\u00b2 of it sits in the ring outside the playing area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout-note\">\n<p><strong>The control area is a hall requirement, not a surfacing brief.<\/strong> This layer is circulation and working space, normally left as hall floor, so it belongs on the floor plan rather than on a turf order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read against the court, 1,000 m\u00b2 is 6.17 times the playing area. Read as a turf schedule, it would become a 1,000 m\u00b2 order for a 162 m\u00b2 game. This is the layer that most volleyball court dimensions leave off a drawing, yet it decides what the building gives up.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"clearance\">Ceiling Height Decides What the Hall Can Host<\/h2>\n<p>Height is the one dimension a finished hall cannot change later. The FIVB rules ask for a free playing space of at least 7 m above the playing surface, and 12.5 m for FIVB, World and Official Competitions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIVB: 7 m minimum, 12.5 m at event level.<\/li>\n<li>NFHS: 23 ft (7 m) recommended above the court.<\/li>\n<li>NCAA: 12.4 m recommended, 7.62 m required in facilities built after 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Beach: 7 m minimum, 12.5 m at event level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the verbs. NFHS recommends 7 m, while the FIVB text requires it. A school hall at 7 m meets a recommendation and misses a requirement, and that gap decides which fixtures the room can host.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA minimum of 7.62 m sits 0.62 m above the FIVB floor, and the event figure of 12.5 m is 1.79 times the minimum. Measure the lowest obstruction first, whether that is a beam, a light rig or a scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>A hall measured at 7.4 m passes the FIVB floor and fails the event figure, and no lighting upgrade changes that. Height is measured once and paid for once.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-covered-football-arena-striped-pitch.jpg\" alt=\"Steel canopy roof on columns over a striped artificial turf pitch inside a covered sports arena\" class=\"wp-image-2626\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-covered-football-arena-striped-pitch.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-covered-football-arena-striped-pitch-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-covered-football-arena-striped-pitch-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-covered-football-arena-striped-pitch-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-covered-football-arena-striped-pitch-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Clearance is set by the lowest beam or light fitting, not by the height of the roof ridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"lines\">Lines, Attack Line and the Width That Counts<\/h2>\n<p>Line width is the part of volleyball court dimensions that gets counted twice. Every line is 5 cm wide, and the boundary lines sit inside the court, so the 162 m\u00b2 already contains them. Adding four line widths to a 162 m\u00b2 order pays for paint that is already there.<\/p>\n<p>The attack line has its rear edge 3 m back from the axis of the centre line. That leaves 6 m of back court between the attack line and the end line, with the front zone filling the 3 m in between.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boundary lines: 5 cm wide, drawn inside the 18 m by 9 m.<\/li>\n<li>Attack line: rear edge 3 m from the centre line axis, 6 m of back court behind it.<\/li>\n<li>Service zone: 9 m wide indoors, 8 m wide on sand.<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor fall: 5 mm per metre for drainage, which accumulates 120 mm across a 24 m depth.<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor line material: solid lines are forbidden, so paint, inlaid yarn or line tape, never tile or metal strip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That last item decides the surface build. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/volleyball-court-artificial-turf\/\">volleyball court artificial turf<\/a> page covers pile height, backing and line spec as a separate decision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-outdoor-volleyball-badminton-court-green-fencing.jpg\" alt=\"White boundary lines running across green artificial turf at the corner of a fenced volleyball court\" class=\"wp-image-2706\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-outdoor-volleyball-badminton-court-green-fencing.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-outdoor-volleyball-badminton-court-green-fencing-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-outdoor-volleyball-badminton-court-green-fencing-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-outdoor-volleyball-badminton-court-green-fencing-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-outdoor-volleyball-badminton-court-green-fencing-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Boundary lines sit flush with the turf surface; whether they are painted or inlaid is a line-spec decision, not a layout one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"surface-area\">From Painted Court to Surface Area You Buy<\/h2>\n<p>Here is where volleyball court dimensions turn into a purchase area. The table below turns each rule into a rectangle and a number, and only some rows are surface a buyer orders.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Layout<\/th>\n<th>Footprint<\/th>\n<th>Area<\/th>\n<th>Surface to order<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Indoor court<\/td>\n<td>18 m x 9 m<\/td>\n<td>162 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Turf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indoor plus FIVB minimum free zone<\/td>\n<td>24 m x 15 m<\/td>\n<td>360 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Turf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indoor plus FIVB event free zone<\/td>\n<td>31 m x 19 m<\/td>\n<td>589 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Turf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NFHS court<\/td>\n<td>60 ft x 30 ft<\/td>\n<td>1,800 sq ft<\/td>\n<td>Turf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NFHS plus 6 ft clearance<\/td>\n<td>72 ft x 42 ft<\/td>\n<td>3,024 sq ft<\/td>\n<td>Turf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NCAA preferred free zone<\/td>\n<td>27.16 m x 15.10 m<\/td>\n<td>410 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Turf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Beach court<\/td>\n<td>16 m x 8 m<\/td>\n<td>128 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Sand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Beach plus FIVB minimum free zone<\/td>\n<td>22 m x 14 m<\/td>\n<td>308 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Sand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Beach plus FIVB event free zone<\/td>\n<td>26 m x 18 m<\/td>\n<td>468 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Sand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Competition control area<\/td>\n<td>40 m x 25 m<\/td>\n<td>1,000 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>Hall floor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Six rows are turf areas. The two beach footprints describe sand, and the control area is hall floor, which is why 1,000 m\u00b2 never appears on a turf order for a single court.<\/p>\n<p>Two rows are written in feet because NFHS rules work in feet. A 60 ft by 30 ft court is the same 18 m by 9 m rectangle. Six feet of clearance around it produces a 72 ft by 42 ft pad of 3,024 sq ft.<\/p>\n<p>The multiplier is the useful line. The minimum legal footprint is 2.2 times the painted court, the event footprint 3.6 times, and the control area 6.17 times. A quote written as 162 m\u00b2 is not a quote for a playable court.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surface the court plus the free zone you chose, and stop at that outer edge.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the passage-way as hall floor unless the client asks for the run-off to be covered.<\/li>\n<li>On sand, the court is a dug pit with a specified fill, so it never appears on a turf order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The method travels. Our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/basketball-court-dimensions\/\">the same footprint-plus-free-zone arithmetic on a basketball court<\/a> runs the identical steps on a different rectangle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot5-b.webp\" alt=\"Aerial view of a sand volleyball court with blue boundary lines, a central net and long player shadows\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot5-b.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot5-b-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot5-b-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot5-b-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/volleyball-court-dimensions-slot5-b-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>The boundary line ends the court; everything a player can still reach beyond it belongs to the free zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"roll-count\">How Many Rolls a Volleyball Court Needs<\/h2>\n<p>Roll count is where volleyball court dimensions stop being geometry. Rolls are counted by strip, not by area. A 25 m roll covers a 24 m footprint in one piece. A 31 m footprint does not fit, so every strip becomes two pieces with a transverse seam between them.<\/p>\n<p>Strip count is the covered width divided by roll width, rounded up. Pieces per strip are the footprint length divided by 25 m, also rounded up.<\/p>\n<h3>Five Metre Rolls: Three Rolls or Eight<\/h3>\n<p>On 24 m by 15 m, a 5 m roll gives 3 strips, 15 m of covered width and 375 m\u00b2, with 2 longitudinal seams. On 31 m by 19 m the width needs 4 strips. The 31 m length needs 2 pieces per strip, so 8 rolls, 1,000 m\u00b2 and 7 seams: 3 longitudinal and 4 transverse.<\/p>\n<h3>Four Metre Rolls: Four Rolls or Ten<\/h3>\n<p>On 24 m by 15 m, 4 m rolls give 4 strips, 16 m of covered width, 400 m\u00b2 and 3 seams. On 31 m by 19 m, 5 strips of 20 m covered width become 10 rolls, again 1,000 m\u00b2, with 9 seams.<\/p>\n<h3>Two Metre Rolls: Eight Rolls or Twenty<\/h3>\n<p>On 24 m by 15 m, 2 m rolls give 8 strips, 400 m\u00b2 and 7 seams. On 31 m by 19 m, 10 strips become 20 rolls at 1,000 m\u00b2, and the seam count reaches 19.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 m by 15 m: 2 seams on 5 m rolls, 3 on 4 m rolls, 7 on 2 m rolls.<\/li>\n<li>31 m by 19 m: 7 seams on 5 m rolls, 9 on 4 m rolls, 19 on 2 m rolls.<\/li>\n<li>The 31 m footprint leaves 411 m\u00b2 of material beyond the 589 m\u00b2 playing area, whatever the roll width.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three widths, one result at event scale. Every width rounds up to a 20 m covered width, so the purchase lands on 1,000 m\u00b2 whichever roll is chosen. Area division would have suggested 5 rolls of 5 m; the layout needs 8.<\/p>\n<p>The surplus is only free if a second court can use it. In a single-court project that surplus is paid material that never leaves the roll.<\/p>\n<p>The general method sits in our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/how-many-rolls-of-artificial-grass\/\">the general roll-count method<\/a>, and this case adds the 31 m problem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cta-box\" style=\"background-color:#1a2b3c;border-radius:6px;padding:30px;margin:35px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;\">Thirty-one metres will not fit a twenty-five metre roll, so what now?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff;\">A 31 m court breaks the 25 m roll, and that seam has to stay flat under play. We cut roll length to your drawing, so the layout leads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/customization\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#1a5c2e;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">Send Your Court Drawing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"indoor-vs-beach\">Indoor vs Beach: Where the Area Gap Comes From<\/h2>\n<p>Indoor and beach volleyball court dimensions sit close together in area and far apart in build. The paint covers 162 m\u00b2 indoors against 128 m\u00b2 on sand, a gap of 34 m\u00b2 or 21 percent. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/\">indoor sports turf systems for halls<\/a> page covers how one surface carries several line sets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Court: 162 m\u00b2 against 128 m\u00b2, a 34 m\u00b2 gap.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum footprint: 360 m\u00b2 against 308 m\u00b2, a 52 m\u00b2 gap.<\/li>\n<li>Event footprint: 589 m\u00b2 against 468 m\u00b2, a 121 m\u00b2 gap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sand explains the rest. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fivb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FIVB-BeachVolleyball_Rules2025_2028-EN-v01.pdf\">FIVB Beach Volleyball Rules 2025-2028<\/a> require sand at least 40 cm deep. A beach court is therefore a drained pit with a specified fill, not a turf variant with a shorter net.<\/p>\n<p>The net follows the court. A beach net is 8.5 m long against 9.50 m to 10 m indoors, which is 1.0 m to 1.5 m shorter, because the court is 1 m narrower. A 22 m by 14 m pad is enough for beach at the minimum and 52 m\u00b2 short of an indoor minimum. The two should never share a line item.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing in that pad moves when the surface changes. The build below it does, because 40 cm of specified sand replaces a prepared base. Posts move too: 0.50 m to 1.00 m outside the side lines indoors, 0.70 m to 1.00 m outside on sand.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mistakes\">Six Layout Mistakes That Waste Surface<\/h2>\n<p>Six mistakes turn correct volleyball court dimensions into an expensive order, and each one is made on the drawing before any material arrives.<\/p>\n<h3>Buying 162 m\u00b2 and Calling the Rest Spare Ground<\/h3>\n<p>At the minimum free zone, 198 m\u00b2 of the 360 m\u00b2 floor sits outside the paint. A court laid on 162 m\u00b2 has no landing space and no room for a linesman to work.<\/p>\n<h3>Adding Five Metres to Both Axes<\/h3>\n<p>The event free zone is 6.5 m at the end lines and 5 m at the side lines, not 5 m all round. Adding 5 m to both axes gives 28 m by 19 m. The correct end-line figure is 18 + 2 x 6.5 = 31 m, so that method loses 3 m of length.<\/p>\n<h3>Dividing Area by Roll Area<\/h3>\n<p>31 m is longer than the 25 m roll, so each strip needs two pieces. Area division gives 4.7, which rounds to 5 rolls of 5 m; the layout needs 8, and 1,000 m\u00b2 of material.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stadium-field-construction-unrolled-stripes.jpg\" alt=\"Wide artificial grass rolls laid in long parallel runs across a large site, dark seam edges visible between them\" class=\"wp-image-2744\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stadium-field-construction-unrolled-stripes.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stadium-field-construction-unrolled-stripes-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stadium-field-construction-unrolled-stripes-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stadium-field-construction-unrolled-stripes-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-stadium-field-construction-unrolled-stripes-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Long rolls in parallel runs: every joint between runs is a seam that has to be bonded and kept flat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Setting the End Line Two Metres From a Wall<\/h3>\n<p>The NCAA minimum is 2 m and the NFHS minimum is 6 ft, and both sets prefer more. The end line is where a defender decelerates, so the minimum is a compliance floor rather than a playing width.<\/p>\n<h3>Using a Solid Line Material Outdoors<\/h3>\n<p>The FIVB rules forbid court lines made of solid materials outdoors. Tile, metal strip and rigid profiles are out, which leaves paint, inlaid yarn and line tape as the practical choices.<\/p>\n<h3>Surfacing the Forty by Twenty-Five Control Area<\/h3>\n<p>The control area is a hall requirement, not a surface schedule. Turf laid to 40 m by 25 m adds 411 m\u00b2 that nobody plays on, unless the client wants the run-off covered as well.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"checklist\">A Pre-Installation Checklist for the Footprint<\/h2>\n<p>Seven checks settle the footprint that volleyball court dimensions produce, and each one is cheaper to fix on paper than on site.<\/p>\n<h3>Measure the Lowest Obstruction First<\/h3>\n<p>Lights, beams and scoreboards set the real clearance. If the lowest point is under 7 m, the hall is a training hall whatever the floor plan says.<\/p>\n<h3>Pick the Level of Play Before the Free Zone<\/h3>\n<p>Training, high school, college and FIVB event play carry four different free-zone numbers. The level decides the rectangle, so it is chosen first.<\/p>\n<h3>Draw Three Rectangles on One Plan<\/h3>\n<p>The court, the free zone and the control area belong on the same sheet at the same scale. Two of them are surface; the third is hall floor.<\/p>\n<h3>Mark Where the Turf Stops<\/h3>\n<p>Turf normally ends at the outer edge of the chosen free zone. Mark that line before the roll plan, because it sets both the strip count and the edge trim.<\/p>\n<h3>Run the Strips Along the Long Axis<\/h3>\n<p>Strips run along the long axis, parallel to the 25 m roll, then the fit is tested. A footprint of 24 m or less takes one piece per strip, and 31 m takes two.<\/p>\n<h3>Count Strips, Then Pieces, Then Seams<\/h3>\n<p>Strips are the covered width divided by roll width. Pieces are the length divided by 25 m. Seams are one less than the strip count, plus one per strip for every extra piece.<\/p>\n<h3>Price the Edge by Perimeter<\/h3>\n<p>Edge trim follows the perimeter of the surfaced area, not a percentage of the area. Two pads of equal area can need different trim runs, because the perimeter changes with the shape.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relyirgate:C1 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">What are the official dimensions of a volleyball court?<\/h3>\n<p>An indoor court is 18 m by 9 m and a beach court is 16 m by 8 m. The indoor court covers 162 m\u00b2 and the beach court 128 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much space does a volleyball court need in total?<\/h3>\n<p>At the minimum free zone a court needs 24 m by 15 m, or 360 m\u00b2. At FIVB event level it needs 31 m by 19 m, or 589 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How wide is the free zone around a volleyball court?<\/h3>\n<p>The FIVB minimum is 3 m on all sides, and 5 m at the side lines with 6.5 m at the end lines for FIVB events. NFHS asks for 6 ft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How high does a volleyball hall ceiling need to be?<\/h3>\n<p>The FIVB minimum is 7 m, and FIVB events need 12.5 m. NCAA guidance requires 7.62 m in facilities built after 2006 and recommends 12.4 m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Are the court lines included in the 18 m by 9 m size?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. All lines are 5 cm wide and the boundary lines are drawn inside the court, so 162 m\u00b2 already includes them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How many rolls of turf does a volleyball court take?<\/h3>\n<p>A 24 m by 15 m footprint takes 3 rolls of 5 m turf, or 375 m\u00b2. A 31 m by 19 m footprint takes 8 rolls, because every strip needs two pieces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Article\",\"headline\":\"Volleyball Court Dimensions: Indoor, Beach and Turf Area\",\"description\":\"Indoor courts are 18 m by 9 m and beach courts 16 m by 8 m, but the area you surface runs from 360 to 589 m\u00b2. 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