What happens when a beach volleyball player is injured or wastes time?

Injury and illness:

• Serious accident during a rally: the referee stops play, medical help may come on and the rally is replayed.
• Recovery time: up to 5 minutes. It starts when the competition's medical staff reach the court, or when the referee authorises it if the player uses their own medical help or none is available.
• When treatment ends, the referee asks the player to continue, and only the player can judge whether they are fit.
• In extreme cases the competition doctor can oppose the player's return.
• Not recovered at the end of the time: the team is incomplete.
• Outside interference: the rally is replayed.
• Long stoppages: up to 4 hours in total, the match resumes with the same score. Beyond that it is replayed.

Delays:

• Dragging out a time-out, repeating an improper request or otherwise holding up play.
• 12 seconds is the most allowed from the end of a rally to the whistle for service, in normal conditions.
• First delay in the match: delay warning. Each later delay by either player: delay penalty, a point and service to the opponents.
• Delay sanctions belong to the team and last the whole match.

A pair has no substitute, so the recovery time is longer than indoors. The 12 seconds stop a tired team catching its breath at the opponents' expense.