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Basic Volleyball Rules

Basic Rules and Procedures in Volleyball

Not knowing the basic volleyball rules can be a frustrating experience whether you're a player, coach, or just a fan.

You may have stumbled upon volleyball on television. You're watching the game, the referees make a call, and you don't understand why.

Maybe you have a sudden interest in volleyball now that your daughter has made the high school volleyball team. You want to understand the rules the best you can so you can cheer her team on.

Maybe you're a player that often gets frustrated when a referee makes a call that you don't understand.

Maybe you're coaching volleyball and looking for every advantage you can get to help your team win.

Maybe you're a recreational volleyball player that is looking for that edge you need.

Whether you're a coach, athlete, parent, fan, or just a recreational player, it's a good idea to be familiar with the basic volleyball rules.

Basic Volleyball Rules for Playing the Game

• 6 players on a team, 3 on the front row and 3 on the back row
• Maximum of three hits per side
• Player may not hit the ball twice in succession (A block is not considered a hit)
• Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve
• A ball hitting a boundary line is “in”
• A ball is “out” if it hits…

• an antennae,
• the floor completely outside the court,
• any of the net or cables outside the antennae,
• the referee stand or pole,
• the ceiling above a nonplayable area

It is legal to contact the ball with any part of a players body

It is illegal to catch, hold, or throw the ball

If two or more players contact the ball at the same time, it is considered one play and either player involved may make the next contact (provided the next contact isn’t the teams 4th hit)

A player can not block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10 foot line

After the serve, front line players may switch positions at the net

At higher competition, the officiating crew may be made up of two refs, line judges, scorer, and an assistant scorer

 Basic Volleyball Rules Violations
The following are some basic volleyball rules for violations.

The result of a violation is a point for the opponent.

• When serving, stepping on or across the service line as you make contact with the serve
• Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully
• Contacting the ball illegally (lifting, carrying, throwing, etc. )
• Touching the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play. Exception: 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.
• When blocking a ball coming from the opponents court, contacting the ball when reaching over the net is a violation if both:
  1) your opponent hasn’t used 3 contacts AND
  2) they have a player there to make a play on the ball
• When attacking a ball coming from the opponents court, contacting the ball when reaching over the net is a violation if the ball hasn’t yet broken the vertical plane of the net.
• Crossing the court centerline with any part of your body. Exception: if it’s the hand or foot, the entire hand or entire foot must cross for it to be a violation.
• Serving out of order.
• Back row player blocking (deflecting a ball coming from their opponent), when at the moment of contact the back row player is near the net and has part of his/her body above the top of the net (an illegal block).
• Back row player attacking a ball inside the front zone ( the area inside the 10 foot line), when at the moment of contact the ball is completely above the net (an illegal attack).

KEY CONCEPTS IN VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL IS A PERIMETER GAME

A volleyball court appears to be small for the number of players on it but it will get too crowded if players do not play their positions.

Volleyball is played from the perimeter inwards. This system increases the amount of time the player has to see the ball and prepare to move, it prevents players from “intercepting” balls that would be better played elsewhere and it enables a greater area of the court to be covered in defence.

This fundamental concept should be incorporated in the teaching strategy from the outset.

VOLLEYBALL IS A MOVEMENT GAME

A player should never be still during a game. They have to adjust to wherever the ball is and whoever is playing it.

By playing a perimeter game players will have to move in to play a ball and adjust their

positioning so that they face the new direction in which the ball is to be passed. It is important that practices incorporate movement to play the ball and to change the direction of the pass.

VOLLEYBALL IS A MID LINE GAME

All ball sports have a spatial relationship with the ball either directly for example with the foot in football, or indirectly with a racket as in tennis. In volleyball successful performance in the passing techniques depends on playing the ball in the mid line of the body. Playing it outside this line very often results in an “illegal” handling of the ball in the case of the volley pass or a misdirected pass in the case of the underarm or dig pass.

This spatial relationship needs to be clearly identified with students from the outset to enable them to develop their techniques and enjoyment of the game.

The game sequence

There is a natural flow to the game that influences both the tactics of the game and the relative importance of the individual techniques.

Clearly the first action is the serve that puts the ball in play. Fail to get the ball over the net and in  court and a point is lost. In a reasonable standard of competition an easy serve almost inevitably gives the point to the opposition.

The reason for this is that the receiving side is the attacking side and has all the advantages. It has the ball, it can determine the point of the attack, the timing of the attack, the quality and strength of the attacker and the time the smashed ball takes to cross the net and into the opposing back court is less than the movement time of the fastest player. To stand a chance of winning the rally the serving side are relying on a mistake in serve reception, a poor set to an attacker which gives the block a good chance to intercept the smash or a backcourt player who anticipates the direction and angle of the attack really well. The attacking team has a 70% chance of winning the rally. So at international level servers have to take a risk and go for an ace.

At novice level the inability to get the ball across the net prevents games from getting started. So don’t insist on a standard serve- allow a throw or a volley over, let the serve be made from inside the court if necessary.

The second action is the dig or underarm pass. This is probably the most important technique to learn. It passes the ball forward to the setter both from the serve and smash. It can be used to play the ball to the smasher or across the net to keep the rally going.

The third action is the volley pass used to set the ball to the smasher. This pass needs to have height to be of any use. It must be played up in the air and drop down in front of the next player. If it is played flat and low then it can’t be smashed and is also difficult to play on with another volley.

The next two actions the smash and the block, are advanced actions played with the player off the ground. This increases the difficulty level. When teaching novices it is not necessary to introduce these techniques. The volley pass can be used to make the final attacking pass across the net until players have mastered the two fundamental passes.

Introducing the game through small size courts with fewer players relates the skill level to the limits of the playing space available. The greater the distance the ball has to be played the greater the chances of it being played out of the range of the next player. Long distances require the coordination of physical strength to technical ability which is very difficult in a sport like volleyball that has few similarities with the techniques of other sports.

When players are capable of playing in a competitive game their natural instinct is to concentrate on training their attacking skills particularly the smash. However, the nature of the game as has been explained requires the players to master the serve and also the dig pass more than the smash. If the served ball does not put the opposition under pressure the point will be lost; if the serve reception is inaccurate in direction, length or height then the setter will not be able to deliver a good ball for the smasher to hit.

TEACHING VOLLEYBALL

http://volleyballces.com/downloads/Teaching_Volleyball_Small_Sides.pdf