Volleyball

• Volleyball is a game played with two teams of six players each.
• 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.
• prevents an opponent’s spike from crossing the net.

  Block
• Method of moving the ball into the air by contacting it with the forearms.

  Forearm Pass
• A designated defensive player who only plays the back row and can sub in freely for any back row player.

  Libero
• Areas that are out of bounds 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.

  Out of Bounds
• A point is awarded when a team fails to return the ball legally over the net.

  Point
• the volleyball is contacted back and forth over the net.

  Rally
• The method of moving into new positions on the court in a clockwise pattern. A rotation is made each time that the receiving team becomes the serving team, including on the first side out of the game.

  Rotation
• Method of putting the ball into play. 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.


  Service
• 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.


  Set
• Scoring a point any time your team wins a rally, not just on a serve

  Speed Scoring or Rally Scoring
• One contact of the ball by a 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.


  Volley
• Care of Equipment

  Players should never kick or sit on the volleyballs.
• Care of Equipment

  The volleyball nets should not be pulled on and players should not stand on the supporting poles.
• 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
• Rotation is clockwise and is made prior to the turn of service, including at the start of the game.
• After a coin toss, the team that wins the call may elect to choose to serve or may select the side of the court on which they will play.
• Substitutions are made when the ball is dead.
• A team that does not have the first serve will rotate out of their starting position before their first server
• A “libero” player is utilized in competitive high school volleyball. This player is a designated defensive player who can only play in the back row. The libero can serve for one position. This player wears a different color jersey than the team does in order to identify themselves as the libero.
• Rally scoring allows for a point to be won by either team regardless of which team is serving
• If players on the serving team commit any of the following, a side-out will be awarded to the other team. A point will be awarded to the opposing team if a player on the other team commits any of the following:

  1. contacts the ball more than once in succession
  2. makes contact with the ball for a fourth time on their side
  3. touches the net with any part of the body
  4. catches, holds, or double hits the ball
  5. causes the ball to go out of bounds
  6. reaches over the net to contact the ball
  7. stands outside of the side boundaries, or touches the endline on the serve
  8. steps over the center line
• a replay will be called when two opponents commit a violation simultaneously. No point is scored, and the ball is re-served
• A game is won when one team has scored 25 points, as long as they have a two point advantage. A match is won by the team who wins two out of three games
• Teams change courts at the end of each game.
• . Teams flip a coin to determine who will serve first for the first game. The second team will have the serve in the second game.
• . If teams are tied at one game each, there will be another coin toss to determine the server for the third game.