Basic Rules and Regulations of Volleyball: Maria Clarice Fojas JM Espedido Marievel Escurel Bsa - 2A

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Basic Rules and

Regulations of
VOLLEYBALL

Maria Clarice Fojas


JM Espedido
Marievel Escurel
BSA – 2A
GAMEPLAY
o Maximum of 3 hits per side.
o Player may not hit the ball twice in succession (a block is NOT considered a hit).
o Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve.
o A ball touching a boundary line is good.
o A legal hit is contact with the ball by a player’s body above and including the waist which does
not allow the ball to visibly come to a rest.
o If two or more players contact the ball simultaneously, it is considered one play and the players
involved may not participate in the next play.
o A player must not block or attack a serve.
o Switching positions will be allowed strictly for front line players. (After the serve only).

THE ROTATION
Team will rotate one position each time they win the serve. Players rotate in a clockwise manner.
The rotational order is determined by the team's starting line-up and controlled with the service order and
players' positions throughout the set.
Rotational Fault
- when the SERVICE is not made according to the rotational order

THE SERVE
Service - act of putting the ball into play
 The first service of the first set is determined by toss
 The other sets will be started by the team that did not serve first

o Servers must serve from behind the restraining line (end line).
o Ball may be served underhand OR overhand.
o Ball must be clearly visible to opponents before service.
o Served ball may graze the net and drop to the other side for a point
o First game serve is determined by a volley, each subsequent game shall be served by the previous
game loser.
o Serve must be returned by a bump only, no setting or attacking a serve.

THE SCORE
Rally Scoring
Rally Scoring is when a team gets a point when the other team fails to return the ball over the net, or
when the ball goes out of bounds, commits an infraction or makes a service error.
Sideout Scoring

 When the opposing team fails to return the ball over the net, hit the ball out of bounds, commits
an infraction or make a service error, the serving team scores a point. This also counts for the
receiving team
 Game will be played to 25 points.
 A team must win by 2 points.
Ways for a team to gain points:
o By successfully grounding the ball on the opponents’ side of the court.
o When the opponent hits the ball more than 3 times before returning the ball over the net.
o When the opponent hits the ball outside of the legal boundary.
o When the opponent touches the ball on the other side before the players’ attack hit.
o When opponent touches the net while playing the ball

BASIC VIOLATIONS
o Stepping on or over the line on a serve
o Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully
o Hitting the ball illegally (carrying, palming, throwing)
o Touching the net with any part of your body while the ball is in play
o Reaching under the net
o Failure to serve in the correct order
o Blocks or spikes from a position in which is clearly not behind the 10-foot line while in the back
row position.
o Reaching over the net, except in these conditions:
o When executing a follow through
o When blocking a ball which is in the opponents’ court but is being returned (Block cannot contact
the ball until AFTER the opponent attempting to return the ball makes contact)

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