Basketball and Volleyball

• Volleyball - is a game played with two teams of six players each.
• Volleyball - The object of the game is to use skills such as the forearm pass, set, spike and block to gain an advantage on the opponent by sending the ball to the floor on their side of the court.
• The object of the game is to use skills such as the forearm pass, set, spike and block to gain an advantage on the opponent by sending the ball to the floor on their side of the court. A game is played to 25 points; however, the winning team must win by two points. A high school volleyball match consists of winning two out of three games.
• Block - prevents an opponent's spike from crossing the net.
• Forearm Pass - Method of moving the ball into the air by contacting it with the forearms.
• Libero - A designated defensive player who only plays the back row and can sub in freely for any back row player,
• Out of Bounds - Areas that are _ are the walls, opponent's ceiling, poles, and any other objects outside the boundary lines. A ball landing on a line is considered in bounds.
• Point - i awarded when a team fails to return the ball legally over the net.
• Rally - the volleyball is contacted back and forth over the net.
• Rotation - The method of moving into new positions on the court in a clockwise pattern.
• Rotation - is made each time that the receiving team becomes the serving team, including on the first side out of the game.
• Service - Method of putting the ball into play.
• Set - The method of sending the ball to a teammate using the pads of the fingers.
• A set should be high enough and approximately two feet off the net to allow for a teammate to spike the ball over the net.
• Speed Scoring or Rally Scoring - Scoring a point any time yout team wins a rally, not just on a serve.
• Volley - One contact of the ball by the player.
• A ball contacted simultaneously by two players is considered one hit. Three hits are allowed on one side of the net and a block does not count as one of the three hits.
• The ball must go over the net and land within the boundary lines. If the ball contacts the net on the serve and it goes over, it is considered to be in play. A serve that touches a line is “good.” The server may stand anywhere behind the base line providing they are within the side boundary lines.
• Care of Equipment

  1. Players should never kick or sit on the volleyballs.
  2. The volleyball nets should not be pulled on and players should not stand on the supporting poles.
• Rules, Regulations and Scoring

  Team Composition

  1. A team is comprised of six players:

  Position #1 is the right back Position #4 is the left front

  Position #2 is the right front Position #5 is the left back

  Position #3 is the middle front Position #6 is the middle back
• Replay – a replay will be called when two opponents commit a violation

  simultaneously. No point is scored, and the ball is re-served.
• Basketball was invented during the school year of 1891-92 at Springfield College in Springfield,

  Massachusetts.
• Dr. James A. Naismith conceived the idea of attaching peach baskets at opposite

  ends of the gym on the track that encircled the playing floor.
• Basketball was invented during the school year of 1891-92 at Springfield College in Springfield,

  Massachusetts. Dr. James A. Naismith conceived the idea of attaching peach baskets at opposite

  ends of the gym on the track that encircled the playing floor. This is where the height of 10 feet

  for the basket was arrived at. Basketball derives its name from the original ball and basket used

  in the first games. The game was introduced in YMCA’s across America and also to foreign

  countries. Basketball became part of the Olympic Games in 1936.
• Basketball is played by two teams of five players each. The object of the game is to score more

  points than your opponent. The ball is passed, thrown, bounced, batted, or rolled from one

  player to another. A player in possession of the ball must maintain contact with the floor with

  one foot (pivot foot), unless the player is shooting, passing, or dribbling. Physical contact with

  an opponent can result in a foul if the contact impedes the desired movement of the player.
• Baseline - the end line.
• Boxing out - a term used to designate a player's position under the backboard that prevents an opposing player from achieving a good rebounding position.
• Carrying - your hand make contact with the bottom of the ball, then flips the ball over in the act of dribbling.
• Charging - personal contact against the body of an opponent by a player with the ball.
• Cut - a quick offensive more by a player trying to get free for a pass.
• Denial Defense - Aggressive individual defense where the defensive player works hard to keep the offensive from receiving a pass.
• Double Dribble - when one person dribbles, stops and picks up the ball and starts to dribble again or dribble with two hands simultaneously.
• Dribble - the process of bringing the ball down the floor or moving the ball from place to place using the finger pads to tap the ball.
• Drive - an aggressive move toward the basket by a player with the ball.
• Fake/Feint - using a deceptive move with the ball to pull the defensive player out of position.
• Fast break - moving the ball quickly down the court in order to score before the defense cans et up.
• Field Goal - a basket scored from the field, worth two points, unless outside the three point line.
• Free throw - the privilege given a player to score one point by an unhindered throw for a goal from within the free-throw circle and behind the free throw lien.
• Lay-up - a shot where a player releases the ball close to the basket whil continuing to run off one foot.
• Pick - a special type of screen where a player stands so the defensive player slides to make contact, freeing an offensive teammate for a shot, drive, or pass.