Volleyball Study

POWERPOINT
 The History of Volleyball
 William Morgan invented the game of
Volleyball in 1895 at the YMCA in Holyoke,
Mass.
 Volleyball was first called “Mintonette”.
 In 1964, Volleyball was introduced to the
Olympic games in Tokyo.
 In 1984, the United States Men's and
Women's teams won medals for the first
time. Men’s won gold, Women won silver.
 Today there are 24 million Americans who
play Volleyball.
 There are over 800 million people worldwide
who play Volleyball at least once a week.

 The object of the game is for each team to

send the ball over the net and get it to land on
their opponents court.
Rules of the Game
 The ball is put into play by the right back-row player
who serves the ball by hitting it over the net to the
opponent's court.
 A team is allowed to hit the ball three times (in
addition to the block contact) to return it to the
opponent's court.
 A player is not allowed to hit the ball twice
consecutively, except when attempting a block.
 The rally continues until the ball touches the
ground/floor, goes "out" or a team fails to return it to
the opponent's court or commits a fault.
 A player "lifts" or "carries" the ball (the ball remains
in contact with the player's body for too long). It is
called a “Carry”.
 A player touches the net with any part of his or her
body or clothing while making a play on the ball
(with the exception of the hair). It is called a “Net”.
 A back-row player spikes the ball while it is
completely above the top of the net, unless he or
she jumped from behind the attack line (the player
is, however, allowed to land in front of the attack
line).
 When serving, a player steps on the court or the
end line before making contact with the ball. This is
also called a foot fault.
 Service can be from any where along the end line
 If the ball hits the line, it is in.
 Court layouts
Player Positions:

Left Front Center Front Right Front

Left back Center back Right Back

 60 feet long by 30 feet

wide.
 Net height; Women’s 7’4”,
Men’s 8’0”
 Scoring
RALLY POINT SCORING
 The team winning a rally scores a point. When the receiving team
wins a rally, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its players
rotate one position clockwise.
 The best of three or best of five games will win matches. Games
played to 25, win by two.
 Volleyball Skills
 Serving
 Passing
 Setting
 Spiking/Hitting
 Blocking
 Serving
UNDERHAND SERVE
☺ Stand facing the net with the foot opposite the
hitting hand forward.
☺ The ball is held at waist level.
☺ The player leans forward as they swing their arm
foreword and contact the ball.
☺ The hand holding the ball is dropped just before the
contact.
☺ The player hits underneath the ball with the heel of
the hand.
☺ The hitting arm follows through in the direction of
the target.
OVERHAND SERVE
ARM TOSS
☺ With firm wrist, toss the ball 18 inches and in line
with the hitting shoulder.
HAND UP AND BACK BEFORE THE TOSS
☺ Elbow and hand are at shoulder height or above
throughout the entire serving motion.
SHIFT
☺ Shift weight to lead foot, or step forward, as you
make contact with the ball.
SWING TO TARGET
☺ Wrist firm throughout serve.
☺ Contact with heel of hand through middle back of
ball.
☺ The contact should sound like a "thud", not a "slap"
sound.
☺ Hand follows ball to target.
☺ Finish with hand alongside or within body line.
 Hand
Passing
placement
 Start in ready position with feet slightly wider than
shoulder width. Upper body should be bent forward
and the arms out ready.

 Move quickly to get behind the ball. Maintain low

body position.

 Contact the ball on the forearms just above the

wrists.

 Direct the ball by tilting arms toward target. (Turtle)

 Follow path of ball to its target .

 Setting
 Start in the ready position facing the target.

 Form a triangle with thumbs and pointer fingers (hands should not be touching)

 Place hands directly in front of the face close to the forehead.

 On contact, set by extending the arms and legs.

Common Mistakes
 Contacting the ball with the palms of the hands.
 Facing where the ball is coming from.
 Vocabulary
ACE - A serve that is not passable and results immediately in a point.
ANTENNA - The vertical rods (normally white and red) mounted near the edges of the net. The antennas are mounted directly above the sidelines and are
not-in-play. Antennas are not usually used on outdoor nets.
the hands.
BUMP – a common term for forearm passing.
BUMP PASS - The use of joined forearms to pass or set a ball in an underhand manner.
DOUBLE HIT - Successive hits or contacts by the same player. (Illegal)
FOREARM PASS - Join your arms from the elbows to the wrists and strike the ball with the fleshy part of your forearms in an underhand motion.
FREE BALL - A ball that will be returned by a pass rather than a spike. This is usually called aloud by the defense instructing players to move into serve
receive positions.
HIT - To jump and strike the ball with an overhand, forceful shot.
HITTER - Also "spiker" or "attacker"
KILL - An attack that results in an immediate point or side out.
MINTONETTE - The original name of the game of volleyball, created by William Morgan.
OUTSIDE HITTER – a left-front or right-front attacker normally taking an approach which starts from outside the court
OVERHAND PASS - A pass executed with both hands open, controlled by the fingers and thumbs, played just above the forehead.
OVERHAND SERVE - Serving the ball and striking it with the hand above the shoulder.
PASS – see "Forearm Pass"
POINT OF SERVICE - A serve that results in a point (an ace by NCAA standards) as the serve is not returnable due to a bad pass by the receiver, this
number includes aces.
POWER ALLEY - A cross-court hit traveling away from the spiker to the farthest point of the court
READY POSITION - The flexed, yet comfortable, posture a player assumes before moving to contact the ball.
RED CARD – a severe penalty in which an official displays a red card. The result of a red card may be a player is disqualified, the team loses the serve, or the
team loses a point. A red card may be given with or without a prior yellow card as a warning; it is up to the official’s discretion.
ROTATION - The clockwise movement of players around the court and through the serving position following a side out.
SERVE - One of the six basic skills; used to put the ball into play. It is the only skill controlled exclusively by one player.
SERVER - The player who puts the ball into play.
SERVICE ERROR - An unsuccessful serve in which one or more of the following occurs: 1) the ball hits the net or fails to clear the net, 2) the ball lands out of
bounds, or 3) the server commits a foot fault.
SET - The tactical skill in which a ball is directed to a point where a player can spike it into the opponent's court.
SETTER – the player who has the 2nd of 3 contacts of the ball who "sets" the ball with an "Overhand Pass" for a teammate to hit. The setter normally runs the
offense.
SIDE OUT - Occurs when the receiving team successfully puts the ball away against the serving team, or when the serving team commits an unforced error,
and the receiving team thus gains the right to serve.
SPIKE - Also hit or attack. A ball contacted with force by a player on the offensive team who intends to terminate the ball on the opponent's floor or off the
opponent's blocker.
UNDERHAND SERVE – a serve in which the ball is given a slight under-hand toss from about waist high and then struck with the opposite closed fist in an
"underhand pitching" motion.
YELLOW CARD – a warning from an official indicated by the display of a yellow card. Any player or coach who receives two yellow cards in a match is
disqualified. A single yellow card does not result in loss of point or serve.
 Work Cited
Skills
 http://volleyball.org/playing/index.html

Photos
 http://www.volleyballwa.com.au/skillset.htm

 http://www.tkohl.com/Handbook/Basic%20Skills/Serve/serve.htm

Rules
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball#Game_play