Volleyball

Volleyball was invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The first rules were

created by William G. Morgan. The game spread around the country to
various YMCA’s.

The Goal of Volleyball

The goal of the game is to score 25 points first. You score points by
winning rallies.

How to Win
There are many different strategies for winning in volleyball

The most basic goal is to attack the ball down to the opponents side of
the court

The Ways to Score points are…

 Hitting the ball into the opponents court

 Deflecting the ball off the opponent and out of bounds
 Your opponent making mistakes such as hitting the ball out of
bounds
  Your opponent being whistled for illegal ball contacts such as 4
hits, double hits, lifts carries, throws and ect.

Rules for Playing

Understanding the rules of volleyball is very important to learning
about it

The rules of volleyball has evolved over time

Today volleyball only has 6 players on a team. Each can touch the
ball with the maximum of 3 times before the ball is sent back to the
opponents side to play.

The court is 18 meters long and 9 meters wide.

There is a 3 meter line on each side of the court. This line divides the
court into back row and front row. This line is also used for
determining the difference between the back row and front row
attacks.

There are 3 front row players and 3 back row players. There are
different rules for the front row players and back row players.

Rotation and Overlaps

At the moment of contact, the team must be in the correct location
on the court. There are 6 positions on the court and certain players
need to be aware of where they are supposed to be. If the team is
out of alinement, the referee will whistle and signal “out of
rotation”. This results in the opponent being awarded a point and
the next serve.

When the team is in serve receive and wins the rally, the team will
rotate positions.

Every time the team rotates the team will have a different player to
serve.

The players must serve in the correct serving order .

If the team wins the rally while serving, the same player will continue
to serve.

Keeping Score
The first team to earn 25 points with 2 point lead wins . Games are
called sets.

Most often matches are played best of 3 sets. Sometimes matches are
played best of 5.