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Your blocker touches the spike. How many hits does your team still get?

Three more hits, because the block is not counted.

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  1. Two more hits
  2. Three more hits ✔
  3. One more hit

Why: In indoor volleyball a block touch is not counted as a team hit. After the block, your team still gets three hits to send it back.

Huh, didn't know that: Beach volleyball is different: there, a block touch does count as one of the three hits.

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References

Answer: Three more hits. In indoor volleyball a block touch is not counted as a team hit. After the block, your team still gets three hits to send it back.

  1. FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2025-2028, Rule 14.4.1 www.fivb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FIVB-Volleyball_Rules2025_2028-EN-v05.pdf
    A block contact is not counted as a team hit. Consequently, after a block contact, a team is entitled to three hits
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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