Lesson 3

• Volleyball


  A game of two teams of six players divided by a net, with the goal of being the first team to reach 25 points with a two-point lead. Pillar, popular around the world (800million people play)
• Volleyball match


  1. 5 sets

  2. Team must win 3 sets to be declared winner
• Volleyball court


  • Divided into 2 equal parts
  • Serving Zone
  • Defense Zone
  • Attack Zone
• Volleyball net


  • (2.43 m high for men ) (2.24 m high for women)
• Important volleyball rules

  • Players can't touch the net
  • Single person can't touch the ball two times consecutively
  • Team is only allowed three touches
  • No stepping over or across the end line while serving
  • No blocking a serve
• Prohibited actions in volleyball

  • Taunting or teasing the other team
  • Crossing the center line of the court
  • Illegal passing of the ball (palming, throwing, carrying)
  • Serving the ball in incorrect order
• Volleyball skills


  • Forearm pass (bump)
  • Overhead pass
  • Serve
  • Spike
  • Block
• Forearm pass


  Most frequently used ball handling skill, used to serve, play balls below the waist, and play hard-driven balls
• Overhead pass


  Most controllable ball handling skill, used to pass the ball accurately above other players' heads
• Serve


  First opportunity a team has to put the opponent at a disadvantage, only the serving team may score a point
• Spike


  Skill that uses lots of force to attack the opponent's side of the court, performed in the air
• Block


  Skill used to counter an offensive attack, the more blockers used, the less net space left open for the opponent
• Volleyball officials


  • Official scorer
  • Line judges
  • First referee
  • Second referee
• Official scorer


  Keeps track of the score throughout the game, notes the starting lineup, notifies referees of late lineup
• Line judges


  Monitor the lines, indicate whether a ball in play falls in or out of the court
• First referee


  Controls the play of the entire game, makes calls regarding faults and scoring issues, inspects equipment and uniforms, conducts coin toss and warm-ups
• Second referee


  Assists the first referee, in charge of substitutions, timeouts, and actions of the scorer's table
• Volleyball terms


  • Ace- served is not even touched by any opposing player
  • Attack- aggressive approach
  • Dig- defensive attempt, pass ball at the teammate
  • Rally- start with serve either out or point
  • Rotation- player's team move position clockwise
  • Sideout- team serve fail win a point resulting losss of serve
• Hand signal

  
• Line judge signal