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VOLLEYBALL RULES
• Server must serve from behind end line using an underhand motion. • Team rotates each time that they win the serve. o When you get the serve back from the other team. (sideout) • Games are played to 11 with rally scoring. • Players rotate in a clockwise manner. • There is a maximum of three hits per side. • A player may not hit the ball twice in succession. • A ball (Including serve) may be played off of the net. • Any time a player it’s the net it is a violation and the other team gets the point. • A ball hitting the boundary lines is in-bounds. · Back Row player cannot hit a ball in the front zone. |
VOCABULARY
ACE-When a ball is served to the other team and no one touches it.
DIG-When a player makes a save from a very difficult spike.
FOREARM PASS -- usually the first play by a team; used to get the ball to the setter; performed with the forearms
KILL-When a team spikes the ball and it either ends in a point or a sideout.
BLOCKING -- a defensive play; the action of stopping or slowing the returning spiked ball with hands above and near the net
OVERHEAD PASS (SET) -- a high pass that is generally the second play by a team to relay the ball to the hitter
SERVICE -- putting the ball into play by the right back
GAME POINT -- the last point in the game
ROTATION -- the act of shifting positions in a clockwise direction after a side-out before the next person serves
VIOLATION -- a foul
FOOT FAULT -- stepping on or over the end line before or during the serve, or stepping completely over the center line
SIDE-OUT -- ending a team's right to serve following an infringement of a rule by the serving team
ACE-When a ball is served to the other team and no one touches it.
DIG-When a player makes a save from a very difficult spike.
FOREARM PASS -- usually the first play by a team; used to get the ball to the setter; performed with the forearms
KILL-When a team spikes the ball and it either ends in a point or a sideout.
BLOCKING -- a defensive play; the action of stopping or slowing the returning spiked ball with hands above and near the net
OVERHEAD PASS (SET) -- a high pass that is generally the second play by a team to relay the ball to the hitter
SERVICE -- putting the ball into play by the right back
GAME POINT -- the last point in the game
ROTATION -- the act of shifting positions in a clockwise direction after a side-out before the next person serves
VIOLATION -- a foul
FOOT FAULT -- stepping on or over the end line before or during the serve, or stepping completely over the center line
SIDE-OUT -- ending a team's right to serve following an infringement of a rule by the serving team