VOLLEYBALL

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VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team
tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. [1]

The complete rules are extensive. But simply, play proceeds as follows: A player on one of the teams
begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from
behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The
receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. They may touch the ball as many as
three times. Typically, the first two touches are to set up for an attack, an attempt to direct the ball back
over the net in such a way that the serving team is unable to prevent it from being grounded in their
court.

The rally continues, with each team allowed as many as three consecutive touches, until either (1): a
team makes a kill, grounding the ball on the opponent's court and winning the rally; or (2): a team
commits a fault and loses the rally. The team that wins the rally is awarded a point, and serves the ball
to start the next rally. A few of the most common faults include:

 causing the ball to touch the ground outside the opponents' court or without first passing over
the net;
 catching and throwing the ball;
 double hit: two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player;
 four consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same team.
 net foul: touching the net during play.

The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push (short contact)
the ball with any part of the body.

A number of consistent techniques have evolved in volleyball, including spiking and blocking (because
these plays are made above the top of the net the vertical jump is an athletic skill emphasized in the
sport) as well as passing, setting, and specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures.

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball was inventedby William G. Morgan in Holyoke Massachisettsin 1895. It was originally known as
Mintonette. Volleyball is a sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net. The object of the
game is to volley the ball over the net towards the opponent’s court. Three touches are allowed for
returning the ball. The game starts with a toss coin to determine which team has the right serve or to
receive the service first. The ball is put in play with a service. The ball rally continues until the ball is ground
on playing court. When the receiving team wins a rally, it scores a point and the right to serve, and each
player moves one position clockwise.
EQUIPMENT

1.court 7. Fags
2. Ball 8. jersey
3. Antennae 9. shorts
4. Scoresheet 10. socks
5. Net 11. Sport shoe
6. scoreboard

Team Composition

The team is composed of twelve players, one coach, one assistant coach, one trainer and a medical doctor.
One of the players is the team captain. A team can assign a Libero whose uniform is different from the
other members of the team. He is allowed to substitute any members of the team playing once the ball is
out the play. His substitution is not counted as legal substitution of the team. He is not allowed to spike the
ball in the attack area or at the back line area of the court. The main duty of the Libero is to stop, retrieve
the ball and make a defensive play.

Officials of the Game

Volleyball officials should be impartial in making decisions. The role played by each one is describe below:

REFEREE= He/ She starts and ends the game. He/ SHE calls on different violations committed by the player.

UMPIRE= He/ SHE checks on the service order and position of the players and making decisions on matter
such as “touching the net” and “crossing the line”.

SCORER= He / She records the points earned bythe team and keeps the list of players.

LINE OFFICIALS= He/She decides if the ball is “in” or “out”.

BASIC SKILLS

1. SERVICE= it is the act of putting the ball in play from the service area by clearly hitting it in the air
towards the opponent’s court. There are two kinds of service; the underhand and the
overhead serve.

2. PASS= it is the transfer of the ball from one player to a teammates. The two kinds of pass are the
overhead pass and the forearm or dig pass.

3. SPIKE=it is the act of hitting the ball above the net using abrupt tap towards the opponent’s court.

4 BLOCK=it is the act or instance of stopping or deflecting the ball.

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