P.E

• ROCKET JUMP


  1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart, legs bent and hands on your thighs

  2. Jump up, driving your hands straight above your heels and extending your entire body

  3. Land softly, reposition your feet and repeat
• The origin of volleyball can be attributed to William G.Morgan


  1985
• Mintonette


  The original name of volleyball
• Dr. Alfred Halstead


  Suggested to change the name into volleyball
• Volley


  Derived from the term used in tennis which means "to hit the ball in flight"
• Volleyball net


  • 2.75 m tall and 10.6 m long
• Net height for elementary level

  • 2.10 m for boys
  • 2.05 m for girls
• Net height for high school level

  • 2.43 m for boys
  • 2.24 m for girls
• Antenna

  • Placed on each side of the net perpendicular to the sideline and is a vertical extension of the side boundary of the court
  • A ball passing over the net must pass in between the antenna without contracting them
• Volleyball ball


  • Circumference of 65 to 67 cm
  • Weight of 260 to 280 grams
  • Inside pressure of 0.30 to 0.325 kg/cm2
• ACE


  Botched serve after which the opponent receives a point
• ASSIST


  Act of helping a teammate to setup a kill
• ATTACK


  Offensive act of hitting the volleyball
• BACK ROW ATTACK


  Player who has rotated to the back row jumps behind the 3 meter line to hit the ball
• BLOCK


  Defense play intended to keep a spiked ball back to the offense court
• FREE BALL


  Ball gently returned by the opponent
• FOUL


  Violation of a rule in the game
• HIT


  Jump strike of the ball with the palm of the hand
• KILL


  Hit immediately resulting in a point or out
• JUMPSERVE


  Jump spike of the ball with the palm of the hand
• ROTATION


  Collective clockwise movement of players on a team around their side of the court following a side out
• SIDE OUT


  Receiving team is given the serve because the serving team commits an error
• SERVE


  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 FEDERATION
• Dig pass


  Also called a pass or bump. Player hits the ball with their forehand and passes it to the next player who sets or tosses the ball. Often done when the opposing team serves the ball and the other team receives the ball in preparation for an attack
• Toss


  Most likely the second contact of a play
• Serve


  Serves the ball to drive it toward the opponent's court. The harder you serve the ball, the more difficult for the opponent to receive it and make an attack
• Ace


  Lands on the court of the opponent without being touched
• Three basic serves


  • Underhand serve
  • Overhead serve
  • Jump serve
• Underhand serve


  Serve in which the player strikes the ball below the waist instead of tossing it up and striking it above the head. Considered very easy to receive
• Overhead serve


  Serve wherein a player tosses the ball and strikes it over his/her head with an open hand. Also called a float serve or a top spin. It is the basic serve used in professional league
• 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. Most popular serve among college and professional teams
• Spike/Attack


  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
• Kill


  The slang term for an attack that is not returned by the other team thus resulting to a point
• Block


  The most important skills in volleyball, which is seldom taught to students in regular physical education
• Setter


  Orchestrates the offense of the team. 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
• Libero


  The defensive specialist of the team responsible for receiving an attack or serve
• Middle blocker or middle hitter


  Can execute very fast attacks that usually take place near the setter. Specialized in blocking to stop equally fast plays from the opponent
• Outside hitter or left-side hitter

  Attacks from near the left antenna, 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