Module 3

• Six (6) basic skills in volleyball

  • Passing
  • Setting
  • Spiking or attack
  • Blocking
  • Serving
  • Digging

  
• Passing


  Getting the ball to someone else on your team after it's been served or hit over the net by the opposing team
• Passing


  • 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

  
• Bump/Pass


  The most basic and most essential skill in volleyball, used to hit a ball that is below the head

  
• Forearm Pass


  • Involves hitting the ball in a controlled manner to your teammate
  • The forearms are made into a flat platform, positioned ready for the ball to come into contact
• Forearm Pass


  1. Ready position

  2. Pre contact

  3. Contact

  4. Follow through
• Overhead Passing


  Involves hitting the ball using an overhead playing motion to direct the ball to your teammate
• Overhead Passing


  1. Ready position

  2. Contact

  3. Push

  4. Follow through
• Dig pass


  A pass of a hard-driven ball from the other team, a defensive move to keep the ball from hitting the floor after an attack
• Setting


  The second step of passing, can be used to dump the ball over into an undefended spot or to set the ball into a position that allows the hitter to spike it over
• Spiking or attack


  The strategy used to send the ball over the net to the opponent in such a manner that ball is not returnable
• Blocking


  Deflecting the ball coming from your opponent's attack hit, a skill used to prevent the opponent from a successful attack hit
• Serving


  To put the game in play, to start the game
• Types of serves


  • Underhand serve
  • Overhand serve
  • Floater serve
  • Jump serve