Team Sports/Volleyball

Key Concept: Change

Related Concept: Movement

Learner Profile: Risk Taker (courage to try new things)

Objective: Affective team work requires mastering specific skills,

adapting to change, and refining a skill. (beginner level to the
mastery phase).

SWBAT: Problem Solve to improve personal performance

Do Now: Turn and talk

What are two volleyball skills you would like to improve?
 History

• Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, a

gym teacher at a YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

• He combined parts of tennis, baseball, basketball

and handball to create a new game to be played indoors by
people who wanted less physical contact than basketball.
 Name ___________________________

Period ___________________________

Date ____________________________

COURT DIAGRAM
1. Side Line
3. Right Front 4. Right Back
2. Center Line

5. Middle Back
10. Service Line

6. Left Back
9. Attack Line-10 ft Line
7. Middle Front
8. Left Front
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Rules:
11. A team consists of ________
6 players, three located in the front of the attack line
and three behind.

12. Play begins when a player attempts to _________

Serve the ball over the net into the
opposing teams court.

13. The opposing team must use a combination of no more than________three contacts
with the volleyball to return to the opponent’s side of the net.

point
14. A _________ is scored when the ball touches the court or an error is made.
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Rules:

15. When the service team loses possession of the ball the opposing team is said to
have __________
Sideout .

in
16. Balls that contact the line are considered ________.

playable .
17. Serves that contact the net, but go over the net are _________

18. The game is played until one team reaches a score of ________
25 and is ahead of
2
their opponent by ______.
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Rules:

19. When the server crosses the service line, it is called a foot _________.
fault

20. A serve that does not go over the net or does not land in the opponent’s
service ________.
side of the court is called a _______ error

21. A player who steps across the center line or touches the net is said to
have committed a ________.
foul

22. After a sideout the new serving team rotates ____________.

clockwise
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Skills:

Passing
1 Straddle position-feet wide, right foot forward, knees bent, chest down.
2 Hands together, thumbs aligned and wrists to floor.
3 Form Platform with elbows extended and close together.
4 Contact ball low, near waist level, midline of body whenever possible.
5 Push ball to target - transfer your weight from rear to front foot.
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Skills:

Setting
1 Target position and wait.
2 Right foot forward, knees bent-feet, hips, and shoulders square to target.
3 Hands up early-elbows bent, thumbs back, tringle shaped hands.
4 Contact ball above forehead with finger pads.
5 Extend through the ball to the target – forcing the up with height.
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Skills:
Serving underhanded & overhanded
1 Stagger your feet. Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart
2 For a right-handed player, the ball should be held still in the left hand
3 Hold the ball in front of you straight but with a flexible elbow.
4 the right hand should make a fist with the thumb on top of the folded-in fingers.
5 Bring the right arm back and swing through to make contact with the ball

6th Grade Underhand Serve 7th & 8th Grade Overhand Serve
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Why is learning basic volleyball skills

important?
 VOLLEYBALL TERMS
A serve not returned by the opposing team.
Ace

An attempt by the offensive team to end the rally by hitting the ball to the floor of the defensive
Attack team.

Attacker A player who spikes or hits the ball over the net.
The action, above the net, by a player resulting in preventing a spike from entering their side of
Block the court.

Foul Any violation of the rules that results in the referee blowing their whistle.

Hit A term used for a spike or an attack.

Kill A shot that is not returned by the defense.

Rotation A team earns a side out and then moves one position clockwise on the court before the next serve.

Serve A skill used to put the ball into play.

.

A powerful attack that puts the ball into the opponents court by jumping and hitting the ball with
Spike
one hand

Assist A passing or setting the ball to a teammate who attacks the ball for a kill.
Volleyball hand signals
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Why are hand signals to a

modified game of volleyball?