Events Addressing
Health/Fitness Issues and
Concerns - Volleyball
Volleyball as a Team Sport and
Its Background
is a team sports played
with a ball and a net.
There are teams on
each side of the net.
One team hits the ball over the net
and into the other team's court,
the other team must then hit the
ball back over the net and in
bounds within three tries without
letting the ball touch the ground.
There are two main kinds of
competitive volleyball played in the
world right now. They are team
volleyball and beach volleyball. Both
are Olympic sports and have
competitive leagues.
•Team volleyball is played indoors on a
hard court with 6 people per team.
•Beach volleyball is played outdoors on
the sand with 2 players per team.
Kinds of Competitive volleyball
Volleyball can be a lot of fun to play.
To play with friends you can play with
any number of people and most
anyone can join in. To be a competitive
player takes lot of practice. Good
height and jumping ability helps a lot.
History of
Volleyball
Volleyball was originally invented by
William Morgan in 1895. He was an
athletic director at the Young Men
Christians Association (YMCA) and
was trying to come up with a game
that would be fun, like basketball,
but less taxing. It was originally
called “mintonette”
Volleyball was called Mintonette
because of its similarity with
badminton. However,
Alfred Halstead later renamed it to
volleyball because the objective of
the game was to volley the ball back
and forth over a net.
Volleyball was first played as an
official Olympic sport in the 1964
Olympics. Japan won the first
gold medal in women's volleyball
and the USSR won the first gold
for men's volleyball.
Volleyball
Equipment and
Court
Volleyball
An indoor volleyball is typically white,but may have
some other colors as well.
It's round with 8 or 16 panels and is usually made of
leather.
The official indoor volleyball is 25.5 -26.5 inches in
circumference, weighs 9.2 - 9.9 ounces, and has 4.3-4.6
psi air pressure.
A youth volleyball is slightly smaller. Beach volleyballs
are slightly bigger, weigh the same, but have much less
air pressure.
Volleyball Court
The volleyball court is 18 meters long and 9
meters wide. It is divided in sides in the middle by
the net. The net is 1-meter-wide and is set up so
that the top of the net is 7 feet 11 5/8 inches
above the ground (right around 8 feet). The only
other key feature is a line that is drawn on each
side 3 meters from the net and parallel to the net.
This line is called the attack line. It defines the
front row and back row areas.
NET
The first volleyball net, borrowed from
tennis, was only 6'6″ high
The volleyball net height in feet is 7 feet,
11 5/8 inches for men and 7 feet, 4 1/8
inches for women.
Volleyball
SKILLS
Volleyball is a sports that requires you to
master a complex skill set. Because you
rotate from playing front line positions to
back line positions, you constantly are
shifting from setting up offensive plays to
completing offensive plays. You also must
shift quickly from offense to defense. During
any given sequence in volleyball, a player
must be prepared to execute a variety of
skills.
SERVICE
•The volleyball serve is the first opportunity for a player
to score a point. It begins each rally. Once you toss the
ball in the air you must contact the ball to send it over
the net to land inside the lines of the court.
•Each player gets only one chance to serve. The serve can
touch the net and continue into the opponent's court.
•When the serving team loses a rally, it loses the right to
serve. The receiving team then rotates one position on
the court.
UNDERHAND,OVERHEAD,JUM SERVE
DIG
The "dig" is a forearm pass that is used to
control the ball and pass it to the setter at
the net. It is usually the first contact by the
team and an effective shot to use in defense,
such as when receiving a spike. The "libero"
handles much of the team's serve reception
and is pivotal in backcourt defense.
DIG
• CLASP BOTH HANDS TOGETHER
• ONE PALM INSIDE THE OTHER
• POINTING BOTH THUMBS TO THE
GROUND
• BENT KNEES
SET
The "set" is an overhead pass used to change the
direction of the dig and put the ball in a good
position for the spiker.
The set is usually the second contact in a rally and
the person who
The setter on a volleyball team is like a point guard
on a basketball team who runs the offense and calls
the plays. sets the ball the most is called the setter.
1.Step No. 1: Positioning. Get
under the ball in plenty of
time and square your feet
and shoulders to your
target. ...
2.Step No. 2: Footwork. Place
weight on left(back) foot, and
transfer weight to right
(forward) foot at contact. ...
3.Step No. 3: Strike. ...
4.Step No. 4: Follow-Through.
SPIKE
The "spike" is when the ball is hit or smashed
across the net. It is the most powerful shot in
Volleyball – and the most effective way to win a
rally.
BLOCK
A block is the first opportunity for a
team on defense to keep the team on
offense from hitting into their court.
Once the whistle blows and your team
serves the ball over the net, your team is
on defense, ready to defend your court.
