9th/10th Volleyball Study Guide
Volleyball Studyguide
History:
The game now known as volleyball was originated under the name of minonette. William G. Morgan, from Holyoke, Massachusetts a YMCA director, invented the game in 1895. The first game was played indoors with a lawn tennis net and the bladder from a basketball. The object of the game is to keep the ball from hitting the floor on your side. The ball is then volleyed back and forth until one team or the other fails to return the ball. If the serving team makes the error it loses the serve. An error by the receiving team gives one point to the servers.
More and more people became interested and began to play the game. Indoor space was limited, so people began to stretch nets between trees, marked off a court, and played volleyball. As a result, the game began to gather tremendous momentum and everyone played volleyball. Popularity of the game became so great that in 1922 the YMCA sponsored a tournament designed to determine the national champion.
Basic Rules of Volleyball:
* The volleyball court is 30 ' wide by 60' long.
* The net id 8' high for boys and 7'4 for girls
* A volleyball team consist of six players (except in some P.E. classes)
* The first team to score 25 points wins the game, provided that they have 2 more points than their opponents.
* A match consists of the best of 3 games or 5 games.
* If the serving team commits a fault, they lose the serve to the opposing team.
* The serve should be made from behind the serving line. The server must not step on or over the service line until she/he has hit the ball.
* A served ball touching the net is playable.
* The ball is out of play when it touches the floor or goes outside of the boundary lines.
* All line balls are good.
* In playing the ball, it must be clearly hit. No throwing the ball over the net.
* No player may touch the ball twice in a row.
* Only 3 hits are permitted to get the ball over the net by either team.
* Players may not touch the ball twice in a row.
* A ball hit into the net on the first or second play may be hit again.
* Players must be in the correct positions before the ball is served.
* On receiving the ball for service, the serving team rotates one position clockwise; the player who moves to the right back position serves until his/her team loses the serve.
* When the ball is not in play return the ball to the server underneath the net; NOT OVER the net.
* The server should call out the score before he/she serves.
Volleyball Terms:
1. Block - defensive player in the front position stops the ball from coming over the net.
2. Bump Pass - forearm bounce pass made on a low approaching ball.
3. Carry - holding or lifting the ball.
4. Deuce - when the score is tied at any point from 14 on.
5. Double Hit - hitting the ball twice on the same stroke, first with one hand then with the other.
6. Fault - any violation of the rules.
7. Foot Fault - stepping over the center line under the net during play or over the boundary line while serving.
8. Game Point - the last point in a game.
9. Match - consists of the best of 3 games.
10. Net Serve - a serve in which the ball skims the net as it passes over.
11. Point - a point is scored when the receiving team fails to return the ball legally to the opponents court.
12. Rotation - shifting of the players clockwise, just before a new person serves.
13. Set - a high hit above the forehead, with the fingers.
14. Sideout - when the serving team fails to win a point or plays the ball illegally.
15. Spike - a powerful downward hit that causes the ball to move rapidly.