Kicking the ball: still have 3 hits, 2 hits, or none?

Question
sir , generally we have three touch to cross the but if we kick it are we still left with two more attempts to cross the ball or kicking will vanish our three attempts . . . . please answer sir there is a great debate going on in our college
Thank you

Answer
Good evening Palak:
Welcome to www.allexperts.com!  
I have been coaching my 15 girls team all weekend, so I'm a little slow in answering emails today.  
I know the USAV rule book and the National Federation rule book.  Both of them presently say that a foot dig, regardless of intentional or unintentional, is (a) a legal contact and (b) the digger's team still has two more contacts remaining.  

Now, I have never read/coached/played under the FIVB rule book.  So, maybe, there's a chance that it's different; but, I've seen a lot of international volleyball, and I would guess the rules are the same.  

So, the debate is over!  A kick is just one of the team's 3 touches.

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