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Chapter 7 – Basic Skills in Volleyball

Worksheet No. 1 Basic Skills
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the chapter, the students must have:
1. distinguished the fundamental and basic skills in volleyball; and
2. demonstrated and utilized the proper action in doing the basic skills.

Concept Development
Like most sports, volleyball requires every player to get good at some basic
skills before they can truly excel at the sport. Here are the six basic skills you
absolutely need to master to be a competent volleyball player – then on your way to
being an expert.

1. Passing
Passing is simply getting the ball
to someone else on your team after it’s
been served or hit over the net by the
opposing team. It’s commonly thought
of as the most important skill in all of
volleyball, because your team can’t
return the ball without a solid volleyball
pass. Forearm volleyball passes are
often used to direct the ball in a
controlled manner to a teammate, but
overhead passing is another option.

2. Setting
The setter has the most
important position on the team, and is
often the team leader for this reason.
It’s their job to make it easy for a
teammate to get the ball over the
volleyball net, preferably with a spike
that the other team can’t return. The
setting motion gets the ball hanging in
the air, ready to be spiked by another
teammate with force.

3. Spiking
A real crowd-pleaser, spiking is
the act of slamming the ball in a
downward motion across the volleyball
net to the other team’s side of the court.
When done well, spiking is very difficult
to return, which is why it’s an essential
skill. A proper spike will help accumulate
points quickly.

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4. Blocking
Blocking is another important
skill, although it’s probably the most
expendable of the fundamentals.
Still, it adds a great dimension to the
game, keeping the other team on
their toes, so to speak. By timing it
right, you can jump up and deflect or
block the opponent’s attack before it
even crosses the volleyball net,
which can take them by surprise and
give your team an easy point.

Joust
Jousting in volleyball is when the ball
is falling somewhere near the centerline of the net
and both teams are able to make a play on it. In a
joust, players from both sides will jump up and try to
make a winning play on the ball.

5. Digging
Digging is a defensive
maneuver in volleyball that can save
your team from an offensive spike or
attack. Your job is to keep the ball
from hitting the floor, and you do that
by diving and passing the ball in a
fluid motion. Unlike a typical pass,
you’ll probably be trying to recover
the ball from a steep downward
trajectory. This is another great skill
to have, but isn’t as important as
passing, setting, or spiking.

6. Serving
Our final fundamental skills is
serving. How can you be a great
volleyball player without knowing how
to serve? There are a variety of ways
to serve, but you’ll most often see the
underhand or overhand serves.

– For an underhand serve, if

you’re right-handed, hold the ball in
your left hand while the right hand
makes a fist with the thumb on top.
Make contact with the underside of
the ball to send it over the net.

– For an overhand serve

(which is more advanced and

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common among skilled players) you’ll be tossing the ball up while you pull back the
dominant arm and swing. Don’t follow through after your hand contacts the ball, which
should feel almost like you’re punching the ball across the volleyball net.

There are different types of serves in volleyball, depending on your skill level
and the competitive situation. For beginners, the underhand serve is the most
common because it is the easiest to learn.
For competitive volleyball, there are three main types of overhand serves: the
floater, the topspin, and the jump serve. Try them all to find out which one suits you
best, but keep in mind that you will want to be somewhat proficient in all three.

Underhand Serve
This serve is used mainly
in recreational volleyball. It does
not require the level of skill or
coordination that the other types
of serves do. With one foot
stepped back, you hold the ball
in your opposite hand. Then
with your other hand fisted, shift
your weight forward and hit the
ball just below the center (or
equator) of the ball.

Overhand Serve
In high school and college
competitive volleyball, the
overhand serves are most
common, and the two main
overhand, or overhead, serves
are the topspin and the float.
For all overhand serves,
you start with your dominant-side
foot back and the ball held
extended in your non-dominant
hand. Then you toss the ball up in
front of you hitting hand. How you
hit it depends on the type of
overhand serve you want to
create. The biggest difference between the types of overhand serves is the server's
body position, where contact is made on the ball, and the follow-through.

Floater
A float serve or a
floater is a serve that does not
spin. It is called a floater
because it moves in
unpredictable ways, making it
difficult to pass. A float serve
catches the air and can move
unexpectedly to the right or
the left or it can drop
suddenly.

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To hit a floater, you make contact in front of your body with your hand hitting
behind the middle of the ball. The arm follows through but only partway. By hitting
directly behind the ball, you ensure there's no spin.

Topspin
A topspin serve does exactly that—
spins rapidly forward from the top. This serve
has a much more predictable movement than
a floater, but can be difficult to handle
because of its quick speed and difficult to
pass because it drops rapidly.
To serve a topspin, you toss the ball a
little higher, step under the toss, and strike
the ball underneath, toward the top of the
back in a down and outward motion. The arm
follows all the way through with a wrist snap.

Jump Serve
The jump serve is
more advanced and utilizes
an even higher toss that
should be several feet in
front of the server. You uses
more of an attack approach,
jumping and striking the ball
with the heel of your hand
while you're in the air. With
this serve, your wrist
remains stiff, then you hold
(stop) your palm in position
facing the target.
The extra motion of jumping allows you to put even more power on the ball,
making this serve very difficult to handle. The drawback is that all that extra motion
can lead to a higher incidence of serving errors. Most jump serves have topspin on
them, but it is possible to jump-serve a floater.

Learning Tasks
1. Research for the Top 10 Best Spikers, Blockers, Diggers, and Setters in the
Philippine Volleyball Industry.
2. In your own perspective, what would be the best kind of serve? Explain. Be
brief and concise.

Brain Development
1. Capture your best photo portraying the different skills, only choose a skill that
you can portray at least three (3) basic skills.
2. Look for a famous line from a volleyball player and give your insights from that
quotation. Explanation must be simple and brief.

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