Physical Education 2 4TH QUARTER

• The origin of volleyball can be attributed to William G. Morgan in 1985
• Mintonette was the original name of volleyball but was later changed due to a suggestion by Dr. Alfred Halstead
• Dr. Alfred Halstead derived the word from volley, a term used in tennis which means "to hit the ball in flight."
• Equipment

  Volleyball net (Standard) - 2.75 meters tall and 10.6 meters long

  Elementary Level - 2.10 meters high (Boys), 2.05 meters high (Girls)

  Highschool Level - 2.43 meters high (Boys), 2.24 meters high (Girls)
• Antenna


  • placed on each side of the net perpencdicular to the sideline and is a vertical extension of the side boundary of the court
• Volleyball Ball


  • must have a circumference of 65 to 67 cm, should weigh 260 to 280 grams and inside pressure must be 0.30 to 0.325 kg/cm2
• Volleyball Court


  • measures between 18m x 9m.
  • first line that is 3 meters parallel to the net is called The Attack Line, space between the two is called Attack area or front row.
  • space between the attack line and the service line is called the Back Row
• Ace - refers to a botched serve after which the opponent receives a point.
• Assist - refers to the act of helping a teammate to setup a kill.
• Attack - refers to the offensive act of hitting the volleyball
• Back Row Attack - - typically a player who has rotated to the back row jumps behind the 3 meter line to hit the ball
• Block - refers to a defense play intended to keep a spiked ball back to the offense court
• Foul - refers to a violation of a rule in the game
• Free Ball - refers to a ball gently returned by the opponent
• Hit - refers to a jump strike of the ball with the palm of the hand
• Kill - refers to a hit immediately resulting in a point or out
• Jumpserve - refers to a jump spike of the ball with the palm of the han
• Rotation - The collective clockwise movement of players on a team around their side of the court following a side out
• Side Out - refers to what happens when the receiving team is given the serve because the serving team commits an error
• Serve - The act by one player to put the ball into play. Player must be located in a designated area behind the back line.
• FIVB - Federation Internationale De Volleyball or International Volleyball Association
• Basic Skills in Volleyball

  Dig pass - It is also called a pass or bump. In this skill the player hits the ball with his/her forehand and passes it to the next player who sets or tosses the ball.
• Basic Skills in Volleyball

  Toss - is most likely the second contact of a play. The main goal of tossing is to toss the ball up in the air in order for the spiker to hit it properly and to make a successful attack to score a point
• Basic Skills in Volleyball

  Serve - Serving the ball signals the start of a volleyball game. A player serves the ball to drive it toward the opponent’s court
• Three Basic Serves

  Underhand Serve - serve in which the player strikes the ball below the waist instead of tossing it up ad striking it above the head.

  Overhead Serve - kind of serve wherein a player tosses the ball and strikes it over his/her head with an open hand.

  Jump Serve - overhead serve where the ball is first tossed high up in the air, then the player makes a time approach and jumps to make contact with the ball, hitting it strong with a topspin.
• Basic Skills in Volleyball

  Spike or Attack - is usually the third contact a team makes with the ball. The objective of attacking is to handle the ball so that it lands on the opponent’s court and cannot be defended.
• Basic Skills in Volleyball

  Block - is the most important skills in volleyball, which is seldom taught to students in regular physical education. It may be because it requires a player to be able to jump as high as possible to be able to reach the top of the net, and deflect and attack or spike.
• The setter - orchestrates the offense of the team. He/she aims for second touch with the main responsibility of placing the ball in the air where the attackers can bring the ball into the opponent’s court for a point.
• The libero - is the defensive specialist of the team responsible for receiving an attack or serve.
• The middle blocker or middle hitter - can execute very fast attacks that usually take place near the setter. He/she specialized in blocking to stop equally fast plays from the opponent.
• The outside hitter or left-side hitter - attacks from near the left antenna. The outside hitter is usually the most consistent hitter on the team and gets the most sets.
• opposite hitter or right-side hitter - performs the defensive task for a volleyball team in the front row. His/her primary responsibilities are to put up a well-formed block against the opponent.