Volleyball

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Volleyball

• Kyle Rodgers
• Rowan University
• Glassboro, NJ

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Basic volleyball skills

• Serve
• Overhand set pass
• Underhand pass
• Spike
• Block

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Top Reasons to Play Volleyball

• It is good exercise
• Good way to have fun with your friends
• You can play inside or outside
• It is a good group activity

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Volleyball Lingo

• Ace- When the ball is served to the other team,
  and no one touches it.
• Dig- when a player makes a save from a very
  difficult spike.
• Kill- when a team spikes the ball and it ends in
  either a point or a sideout.
• Sideout- when the team serving the ball makes a
  mistake, causing the ball to go to the other team.

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The Volleyball CourtPlaying Area

• Dimensions of the court are 18m x 9m, for both
  indoor and outdoor
• Lines are 5cm thick
• Indoor courts have a line 3m from the net that is
  an attack line.

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The Volleyball CourtThe Net

• Net height for men, co-ed, and mixed 6 is 7 feet
  11 and 5/8 inches.
• Women play with a net that it is 7 feet 4 and 1/8
  inches high

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The Ball

• A standard volleyball weighs between 9 and 10
  ounces
• A volleyball should have between 4.5 and 6 pounds
  of pressure in it.

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Volleyball RulesServing

• Server is to serve from behind the line
• Ball may be served overhand or underhand
• Served ball may graze the top of the net, and be
  considered a live ball
• Serve must be returned with a bump

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Volleyball RulesScoring

• Rallying scoring- points are awarded on every
  score of the ball
• Offense scores on defense miss or out of bounds
  hit
• Defense will score on offensive miss, out of
  bounds hit, or serve into the net.
• Game played to 25 win by 2

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Volleyball RulesRotation

• Teams rotate every time they win the serve
• Players rotate in clockwise manner
• There should be 4-6 players on each side

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Volleyball RulesGeneral

• Maximum of 3 hits per side
• Player may not hit the ball twice in succession
• Ball may be played off the net
• Ball touching the line is good
• A legal hit is contact with the

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Brief History

• 1895- William Morgan instructor at YMCA in
  Holyoke, Mass.
• 1930- first two man beach match played
• 1949- first World Championship held
• 1964- Volleyball introduced to the Olympics
• 1995- volleyball was 100 years old

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