Editing Volleyball (section)

=== Recent rule changes ===
Other rule changes enacted in 2000 include allowing serves in which the ball touches the net, as long as it goes over the net into the opponents' court. Also, the service area was expanded to allow players to serve from anywhere behind the end line but still within the theoretical extension of the sidelines. Other changes were made to lighten up calls on faults for carries and double-touches, such as allowing multiple contacts by a single player ("double-hits") on a team's first contact provided that they are a part of a single play on the ball.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2021 |title=Official Volleyball Rules |url=https://www.fivb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FIVB-Volleyball_Rules_2021_2024_pe.pdf |publisher=37th FIVB World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina}}</ref>

In 2008, the NCAA changed the minimum number of points needed to win any of the first four sets from 30 to 25 for women's volleyball (men's volleyball remained at 30 for another three years, switching to 25 in 2011). If a fifth (deciding) set is reached, the minimum required score remains at 15. In addition, the word "game" is now referred to as "set".<ref name="ncaa.org" />

The ''Official Volleyball Rules'' are prepared and updated every few years by the FIVB's Rules of the Game and Refereeing Commission.<ref>{{cite web | title=FIVB Structure | url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/FIVB/RotG_Refereeing_Commission.asp | publisher=FIVB | access-date=2019-01-11 | archive-date=January 11, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175421/http://www.fivb.org/EN/FIVB/RotG_Refereeing_Commission.asp | url-status=live }}</ref> The latest edition is usually available on the FIVB's website.<ref name=LatestRules />