Dear Bill and All,
At I http://www.fivb.org/en/beachvolleyball/rules/RulesOftheGames2007_2008_EN.pdf
I found that
1.1 DIMENSIONS
1.1.1 The playing court is a rectangle measuring 16 x 8 m, surrounded
by a free zone with a
minimum of 3 m wide and with a space free from any obstruction up to a
height of a
minimum of 7 m from the playing surface.
And
2.1 NET
The net is 8.5 m long and 1 m (+/- 3 cm) wide when it is hung taut,
placed vertically over
the axis of the center of the court.
It is made of 10 cm square mesh. At its top and bottom there are two
7-10 cm wide
horizontal bands made of two-fold canvas, preferably in dark blue or
bright colors, sewn
along its full length.
And, as for the height of the net:
2.4 HEIGHT OF THE NET
The height of the net shall be 2.43 m for men and 2.24 m for women.
Commentary: The height of the net may be varied for specific age
groups as follows:
Age Groups Females Males
16 years and under 2.24 m 2.24 m
14 years and under 2.12 m 2.12 m
12 years and under 2.00 m 2.00 m
It is measured from the center of the playing court with a measuring
rod. The two ends of
the net (over the side lines) must both be the same height and may not
exceed the official
height by more than 2 cm.
On 2008/08/15, at 6:47 AM, Bill Hooper wrote:
I knew I should have just checked this out before I sent my previous
message (q.v.)!
The Olympic rules for volleyball net heights is given on their web
site* as:
"The height of the net shall be 2.43 m (7 feet, 11 and 5/8 inches)
for men and 2.24 m (7 feet, 4 and 1/8 inches for women."**
Clearly, the size is not a simple number in EITHER system of units.
One can only wonder why.
In any case, on the question of whether the "true" Olympic values
are metric (and the announcers converted it to ft-in) or rather they
are the ft-in values stated by the announcers and which the Olympic
rules converted to metric, nothing I wrote previously is relevant.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
* http://www.sportsunlimitedinc.com/volleyballrule.html
** P.S.
The Olympic rules go on to specify that the heights quoted are to
be measured at the center of the net. They give further
specifications of how much higher the net may be at the sides of the
court, over the sidelines. The value given is "2 cm (3/4 in)".
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