Volleyball

• Volleyball


  A game created by William G. Morgan in 1895, initially called mintonette, as a less strenuous activity than basketball for middle-aged businessmen
• Mintonette created by William G. Morgan


  1895
• Game renamed 'Volleyball'


  1896
• Earliest volleyball rules


  • Played in 9 innings on a 25'x 50' court
  • Serve hit over 6'6" net
  • Basketball bladder used for the ball, but too light, so a ball was constructed expressly for the game
• Offensive style of passing the ball in high trajectory to be struck by another player (the set and Spike) introduced in the Philippines


  1916
• First 2-man beach volleyball game played

  1930
• Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB) founded in Paris


  1947
• Volleyball introduced to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan


  1964
• 1. man beach volleyball added to the Olympics


  1996
• Volleyball Terminologies


  • Ace
  • Antennae
  • Attack
  • Attack hit
  • Attack block
  • Attack line
  • Attack zone (front zone)
  • Back zone
  • Ball handling
  • Ball in play
  • Ball out
  • Back row spiker
  • Center line
  • Change of courts
  • Contacted ball
  • Cover
  • Crossing space
  • Dead ball
  • Dig
  • Dink/ Tipping
  • Double hit
  • Double fault
  • Defensive player
  • Defensive team
  • Dig pass
  • Defaulted game
  • Dribbling
  • Foot fault
  • Free ball
  • Formation
  • Held ball
  • Hard block
  • In bounds
  • Illegal substitution
  • Line ball
  • Match
  • Offensive player
  • Offensive team
  • Out of bounds
  • Rally
  • Rotation order
  • Service
  • Screen
  • Substitutes
  • Time out
  • Touch
• Teaching Basic Volleyball Skills

  1. Serving

  2. Setting

  3. Passing

  4. Spiking

  5. Blocking

  6. Digging
• Even if your players are all beginners, remember that practice makes perfect
• Volleyball court


  • 18 meters (59 feet) long and 9 meters (29.5 feet) wide, divided into two 9 m × 9 m halves by a one-meter (40-inch) wide net
  • Net height 2.43 meters (7 feet 11 5/8 inches) for men's competition, and 2.24 meters (7 feet 4 1/8 inches) for women's competition
  • Attack line 3 meters from and parallel to the net in each team court
  • Free zone minimum of 3 meters wide surrounding the team courts
  • Antennae placed on each side of the net perpendicular to the sideline

  
• Volleyball ball


  Spherical, made of leather or synthetic leather, circumference of 65–67 cm, weight of 260–280 g, and inside pressure of 0.30–0.325 kg/cm2
• Volleyball scoring


  1. Point awarded when ball contacts the floor within the court boundaries or an error is made

  2. Team that won the point serves for the next point

  3. First team to score 25 points (and be two points ahead) awarded the set

  4. Matches best-of-five sets, fifth set (if necessary) played to 15 points
• Before 1999, points could be scored only when a team had the serve (side-out scoring) and all sets went up to only 15 points
• In 1999, FIVB changed the rules to use the current scoring system (rally point system) to make the length of the match more predictable and to make the game more spectator- and television-friendly
• Libero


  A player specialized in defensive skills, must wear a contrasting jersey color, cannot block or attack the ball above net height, can replace any back-row player without prior notice to the officials
• Libero may function as a setter only under certain restrictions, and is not allowed to serve according to international rules (except in NCAA women's volleyball)
• Recent rule changes


  1. Allowing serves in which the ball touches the net, as long as it goes over the net into the opponents' court

  2. Expanding the service area to allow players to serve from anywhere behind the end line but still within the theoretical extension of the sidelines

  3. Lightening up calls on faults for carries and double-touches, allowing multiple contacts by a single player on a team's first contact

  4. NCAA changing the minimum number of points needed to win any of the first four sets from 30 to 25 for women's volleyball (men's volleyball remained at 30), and referring to "game" as "set"