VOLLEYBALL

LEARNING TARGETS

1. Discuss the background and

HISTORY,
BASIC SKILLS
01 FACILITIES and 03 and RULES
EQUIPMENT

FOULS and
02 OFFICIALS 04 VIOLATIONS
01

HISTORY
• On February 9, 1895
• Holyoke,
Massachusetts (USA)
• William G. Morgan,
a YMCA physical
education director
• Mintonette as a pastime to
be played (preferably)
indoors and by any
number of players.
 GOVERNING BODY

Local
Philippine Amateur
Volleyball Association

International
Fédération
Internationale de
Volleyball (FIVB)
OBJECTIVE of the GAME

To volley the ball

FACILITIES
and
EQUIPMENT
FACILITIES and EQUIPMENT

01 BALL

02 COURT

03 NET
BALL

FIVB regulations
Circumference:
state that the ball Diameter
25.5 to 26.5
must be measures inches) or (65–
spherical, made from 8.15 to 67 cm)
of leather or
synthetic leather.
8.39 inches Weight: 260–280 g
COURT
NET

Height:
Dimensions: Men – 2.43
Mesh size:
meters
length 9.5m 10cm
Women – 2.24
meters
02

OFFICIALS
MAIN REFEREE

upholds the rules

stands opposite the main

keeps track of the

an official game
needs two to four
line judges
governing each
game
03

BASIC
SKILLS
SERVE
The main objective is
to make it land
inside the court.
A serve is called an "ace“
when the ball lands directly
onto the court or travels
outside the court after being
touched by an opponent.
SERVE

• Underhand
• Overhand

• Jump Serve
 SET
The set is usually the
second contact that a
team makes with the
PASS ball. The main goal of
Also called “reception”, the setting is to put the ball
pass is the attempt by a in the air in such a way
team to properly handle that it can be driven by
the opponent's serve, or an attack into the
any form of attack. opponent's court.
 ATTACK
The attack, also known as the spike, is
usually the third contact a team makes
with the ball. The object of attacking is
to handle the ball so that it lands on
the opponent's court and cannot be
defended. A player makes a series of
steps (the "approach"), jumps, and
swings at the ball.
 DIG
Digging is the ability
to prevent the ball
from touching
BLOCK one's court after a
spike or attack,
Blocking refers to the actions
particularly a ball
taken by players standing
that is nearly
at the net to stop or alter
touching the
an opponent's attack.
ground.
03

BASIC
RULES
 BASIC RULES

1. 3.
Each team A player from the serving
consists of six team throws the ball into
players. the air and attempts to
hit the ball so it passes
2. over the net on a course
To get play started, such that it will land in
a team is chosen to the opposing team's
serve by coin toss. court (the serve).
 BASIC RULES
SUBSTITUTION
Only when the ball is dead.
1. Incoming players must report to
the scorer and referee.
ROTATION 2. Substitute must take the place
and position in the serving order of
The shifting of all players in a the player whom she is replacing.
clockwise direction to get into 3. A player who re-enters the game
position for service- with 6-8 must take original position in
players. With 9 or more players the relations to teammate.
rotation moves in a backwards “S”.
 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. The service area was expanded to
allow players to serve from
anywhere behind the end line but
still within the theoretical extension
of the sidelines.
 Recent Rule Changes
3. Other changes were made to lighten up calls on
faults for carries and double-touches, such as
allowing multiple contacts by a single player
("double-hits") on a team's first contact provided
that they are a part of a single play on the ball.
4. In 2008, the NCAA changed 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.) If a fifth
(deciding) set is reached, the minimum required
score remains at 15. In addition, the word
"game" is now referred to as "set".
 THE SERVE
1. Server must serve from behind the
restraining line ( end line ) until after
contact.
2. Ball may be served underhand or
overhand.
3. Ball must be clearly visible to opponents
before serve.
4. Served ball may graze the net and drop to
the other side.
 THE SERVE
5. First game serve is determined by a coin
toss. Game 2 will be served by the receiving
team in game 1. If match goes to a 3rd game,
new coin toss will determine serving team.
6. If best of 5 game match: Game 2, 3, an 4 will
trade off between teams. If teams go to game
5, serve will go to winner of a new coin toss.
7. Serve must be returned by a pass or set only.
Serve can not be blocked or attacked.
 THE SCORING
1. Rally scoring- which means
there will be a point awarded on
every won rally.
2. Offense will score on a
defensive miss, out of bounds
hit, or blocker touches the top of
the net.
 THE SCORING
3. Defense will score on an offensive
miss, out of bounds hit, serve into
the net or hitter touches top of the
net.
4. Game will be played to 25 pts.
Game 3 is played to 15.
5. Must win by 2 points, unless a
point cap has been placed.
 ROTATION
1. Team will rotate after each sideout. A
sideout is when the team on serve
receive wins the point to earn the
right to serve.
2. Players shall rotate in a clockwise
manner.
3. There shall be 6 players on each
side.
 PLAYING THE GAME
1. Maximum of three (3) hits per side.
2. Player may not hit the ball twice in
succession (a block is not considered
a hit).
3. Ball may be played off the net during
a volley and on serve.
4. A ball touching a boundary line is
good.
 PLAYING THE GAME
5. A legal hit is contact with the ball by a
players’ body above and including
the waist which does not allow the
ball to visibly come to a rest.
6. 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.
 PLAYING THE GAME
7. A player must not block or
attack a serve.
8. Switching positions will be
allowed only between front
line players. (after the serve
only).
 SUBSTITUTION
1. Coaches only have 12
substitutions per game in
club.
2. Once a player subs in for a
rotational position, they can
only sub in for that rotational
position.
04

FOULS and
VIOLATIONS
 BASIC VIOLATION
1. Stepping on or over the line on a serve.
2. Failure to serve the ball over the net
successfully.
3. Hitting the ball illegally (carrying, palming,
throwing, etc).
4. Touches of the net with any part of the body
while the ball is in play. If the ball is driven
into the net with such force that it causes the
net to contact an opposing player, no foul will
be called, and the ball shall continue to be in
play.
 BASIC VIOLATION
5. Reaching over the net, except
under these conditions:
a. When executing a follow-through.
b. When blocking a ball which is in the
opponents court but is being returned (the
blocker must not contact the ball until after
the opponent who is attempting to return
the ball makes contact), except to block the
third play.
 BASIC VIOLATION
5. Reaching over the net, except
under these conditions:
c. Reaches under the net (if it interferes with
the ball or opposing player).
d. Failure to serve in correct order.
e. Blocks or spikes from a position which is
clearly not behind the 10 ft. line while in a
back row position.
 COMMON FAULTS
1. Contacting the net
2. Lifting the ball
3. Blocking the serve
4. Reaching over the net
5. Hitting the ball two times in a row
6. Stepping over the service line during
serve
7. When a back-row player spikes or
blocks the ball in front of the attack line
 COMMON FAULTS

Serious violations
result in a yellow card
(warning) or red card
(ejection from the game).
IT ALWAYS
SEEMS
IMPOSSIBLE
UNTIL IT’S DONE.
THE
END!