How to play Volleyball?
Volleyball is a team game played with a ball and a net. There are teams on either side of the net. One team hits the ball over the net line and into the other team’s court or area, the other team must then hit the ball back over the net and within three tries without letting the ball contact the floor. There are 2 main types of competitive volleyball that are played all over the world. They are indoor and beach volleyball. Both are sports that are a part of the Olympic and have competitive leagues.
Team volleyball is played indoors on a hard court with 6 members per team. Beach volleyball is performed outdoors on the sand with 2 members per team. The rules, strategy, and discussion here will focus on team volleyball. Anyone can pick up the play with friends with several people and most anyone can join in. To be a competitive player takes a lot of practice. A good height and jumping ability are necessary to play the game.
History of Volleyball
William Morgan invented the game of Volleyball in 1885. He was an athletic director at the YMCA and was trying to emulate basketball and came up with volleyball. Since then, the rules have changed here and there, but it quickly became a popular sport at the YMCA. The name volleyball came about when a man named Alfred Halstead noticed how the game had a volleying nature. People declared it by the name of volleyball and the name got stuck. The game was first played in the Olympics in the 1964 edition. Japan won the first gold medal in the women’s whereas USSR won first gold category of volleyball.
Volleyball Ball
An indoor volleyball ball is some other shades as well. It is usually made of leather with 8 or 16 panels. The official indoor volleyball ball weighs 9.2 – 9.9 ounces & is 25.5 -26.5 inches in circumference. The standard ball has 4.3 – 4.6 psi air pressure. A youth volleyball is slightly smaller. Beach balls are slightly bigger, weigh the same, but have much less air pressure.
Volleyball Court Dimension
The volleyball court is 18 meters long and 9 meters wide. It’s divided into sides in the middle by the net. The width of the net is 1 m and is set up at the height of 7 feet 11 5/8 inches above the ground (8 feet approx). The other key feature is a line that is drawn on each 3 m from the net & parallel to the net. This line is called the attack line. It defines the front row and back row section of the Volleyball court.
There must be only six players on the Volleyball floor at any given time. 3 in the front row and 3 in the back row.
Points are made on every serve, called rally-point scoring.
Players are not allowed to hit the ball twice in succession (a block is not considered a hit).
A ball hitting on the boundary line is considered as ‘in’.
A ball is ‘out’ if it touches the antenna, any of the cables or net outside the antennae, the floor area completely outside the court, the pole or referee stand, or the ceiling above a non-playable area.
Contact ball with any of the player’s body parts is considered legal in a Volleyball game.
It is illegal to throw, hold or catch the ball.
It is illegal to attack or block a serve from or inside the 10-foot line.
After the service is done, the front-line players are allowed to switch positions at the net.
The matches are made up of sets, the number depends on the level of the game.
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