20 VOLLEYBALL

History.The.history of volleyball is more than 100Dyears old. In fact, volleyball was invented
hy Willianm G Morgan in 1895.
Volleyball Federationof lndiawas established in1951. International VolleyballFederation
1947
was constituted in
The first world championship was held at Prague (Czechoslovakia). The game of
Volleyball was started first time in 1964 Olympics,which were held in Tokyo (Japan).
In India, the first national championship was held at Chennai in 1952.
FREE ZONE
Piayers
1.75 m Position
18 m
Linesman
O1st Refree Linesman

3m 6 m

END
LINE

SERVICE
ZONE
BACK
ZONE ATTACK
LINE
FRONTZONE CENTER
LINE ATTACK
LINE SERVICE
ZONE

3 m to 8m
6m 3m
(4)
:Linesman() |3 1.75 m HO
M |1.75 m
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Linesman
m
to 2nd Refree
5 FREE ZONE
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Team Bench Team Bench
Scorer Table

Volleybal Court

MAIN TIPS AT A GLANCE

Volleyball
1. Size of the playfield = 18 m x9 m 8. Weight of the ball = 260 to 280 gm
2. Width of boundarylines =5 cm 9. Number of players in each team
3. Size of the net = Length 9.50 m, 10. Number of substitutes =6
breadth 1m 11. Size of the marks on =Length 15 cm min.
4. Size of net mesh = 10cm chest and back and breadth 10cm min.
5. Height of net from the = 2 m 43 cm 12. Officials (Referee -1, Umpire -1, = 7
ground (men) Scorer1, Linesmen -2 to 4)
6. Height of net from the = 2 m 24 cm 13. Length of the antenna = 1.80 m

ground (women) 14. Colour of the ball = Multi-coloured

7. Circumference of the ball = 65 to 67 cm 15. Length of service area = 9m

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 LATEST GENERAL RULES
The new rules of vollevball are given below:
1. Now, the breadth of servie area is 9 m instead of 3 m.
on both sides in dotted marking.
tne attack line has been extended up to 1.75 m outside player of bacl
3. According to the new rule, 'Libero' issa special player in afeam. He is the
only for defence. He wears
kline.
He ls not
allowed to attack from the attacking area. He can play
coloured T-shirt
ditferent from other plavers. Neither he can do service nor block. He is not allowed to smash the baf
trom attacking area. Alibero has a fixed position during the game. He cannot tàke part in rotation
4. Libero' must be printed on the back side of the T-shirt. Alibero can be changed any number of
5. Each service has a point as in table tennis. times.
6. Acoloured ball is permitted in competitions.
7. Let service is allowed.
8. First four sets consist of 25 points each whereas fifth set consists of 15 points.
9. The first service can be received by any part of body but it should be only asingle touch.
0.80 m Antenna 9m

Cable

Cord
2.43 m
Men
2.24m
1m Women

2.55 m
9.50-10 m
Cord

-Pole

0.50/1 m
Centre line
Axis.
Volleyball Net

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
1. Service
3. Spiking or Attack or Smashing
(a) Simple service (a) One man or single spike
(b) Tennis service (b) Two men or complex spike
(c) Round service
(d) Side arm floating service 4. Boosting
(e) Overhead floating service (a) Low set up
2. Passing and Placing (b) Hard set up
(a) Chest pass (c) Diagonal set up
(b) Underarm pass
(c) Overhead pass
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 5. Blocking
6. Reverse Net balI
(a) One man blocking
(b) Twomen blocking
(c) Three men blocking
The briefeexplanation of the
fundamental
1. Tennis Service. For tennis service, skillsshould
the server below:
is givenstand in service area. Onefoot should be ahead of the
other and body facing towards the net. Ihe ball should be held in left hand. After that the ball should be
tossed above the head as in tennis service, When the ball moves up his body should be bent backward. At
thistime, the right armshould be swung back with al bent elbow and open palm. When the ball comes down,
itshould be struck to the ball with aforward swing oof the arm. The arm should be opened up while striking
the ball.
2. Overhead floating service. In this service, the ballis tossed higher and slightly forward than in tennis service.
The server takes one or two steps forward and then jumps vertically. Then with aforward swing of his right
arm, he smashes the ball with open palm. This type of service is usually performed in international matches
and needs a lot of practice to execute.
3.Overhead pass. For performingoverhead pass. aplaver shouldstand with feet apart, knees bent, body crouched
and leaning forward. The hands should be in front of the face with elbows bent and close to the body. The bail
should be passed with the tips of the fingers in frontof forehead. The knees and the arms should be extended
in the direction of the pass.
4.One man blocking. For one man blocking, the player should come lose to the net from where the smash is to
be expected. He should take the jump andraise his hands above the net. His face should be towards the net.
He should try to intercept the ball at this time. The blocking can be done by two or three players according
to the standard of match.

TERMINOLOGY

Smash, spiker, rotation, blocking, volley pass, dig pass, switch, overlapping, booster, love, dig, net fault, net
ball, double hit floater, hook service, tennis service, double fault, forearm pass, set up antenna, libero, holding.
diving and rolling.
The brief explanation of some of the terms is given below:
Diving: Trying to play a ball falling on the ground in front is called diving.
Boosting: Boosting means to lift the ball up for the smasher to smash.
Booster: The player, who lifts the ball for asmasher is called booster.
Smasher: The player, who smashes the ball that is lifted by the booster is called smasher.
Block: An attempt to check asmash by aplayer/players close to the net by taking jump and raising of hands
is called block.
Antenna: The two flexible rods, fixed at the outer edge of each side band are called antenna. The ball must
pass to the opponents' court between these antennas.
Libero: He is a special player of a team. He can play for defernce only. He is not allowed to smash a ball from
attacking area. His dress is different from other players. He cannot take part in rotation.
Dig: A dig is made by a player who first contacts the ball over the net.
Rally: A rally is the exchange of hits between the teams. The team that wins the rally gets the service.
Ace: It is a point scored on an unreturned service.
Rotation: It is achange of position of players in clockwise direction after getting achance to serve.
IMPORTANT TOURNAMENTS
1. Federation Cup
2. Grand Champions Cup
3. Asia Cup
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 4. World Cup
5. Poornima Trophy (National Women)
6. IndiaGold Cup
7. Super Challenge Cup
8. Canada Open
9. Italian Open
10. Hamburg Open
11. New Zealand Open
SPORTS AWARDS
ARJUNA AWARDEES
1961 A Palanisamy 1986 CyrilC Vallor
1962 Nripjit Singh 1989 Abdul Bashith
1972 Balwant Singh alias Ballu 1990 Dalel Singh
1973 GMulilini Reddy 1991 KUday Kumar
1974 MSRao 1999 Sukhpal Singh
1975 Ranvir Singh, K C Elamma 2000 PVRamana
1976 JimmiGeorge 2001 Amir Singh
1977-78 A Ramana Rao
2002 Ravi Kant Reddy
1978-79 Kutty Krishnan 2009 Kapil Dev KJ
1979-80 SKMishra
2011 Sanjay Kumar
1982 GEShridharan
1983 RK Purohit 2014 Tom Joseph
1984 Sally Joseph
DRONACHARYA AWARDEES DHYAN CHAND AWARDEES
1990 A Ramana Rao 2003 Om Prakash
1995 M Shyam Sunder Rao 2015 TPPNair
2007 GE Sridharan