Week 4 : Title: Warm up, Brief History and Basic Rules in Volleyball

Warm Up And Volleyball As Team Sport

WARM UP- is a general preparation, gentle and progressive, which should have
positive effect on all the muscle group, joints, ligaments and bodily organs.

A good warm-up serves to minimize the risk of muscular injury, especially in the
explosive events.

AIM OF THE WARM-UP

 Psychological – aim to achieve a mental preparation for the activity to
performed and to gain automatic muscle control.
 Physiological Aspects – Aim at an adaptation of the following:
1. Organic – to prepare the organ to supply more energy without
premature fatigue.
2. Neuro-muscular – to make better use of the power by this system. To
improve blood circulation to the muscle and increase their internal
temperature, and so reduce risk of injury. To stimulate the nervous
system governing movements and work cycles to give a better
response.
3. Biochemical – to interact with the system which carry energy elements
around the body.
4. Psychological – mental preparation and relaxation.

EXECUTION OF WARM-UP
There should be gradual build up in the effort exerted about 10 minutes of very
easy running can be followed by thorough but gentle stretching of the muscle groups of
the lower and upper legs, hips, trunks and shoulders. Finally the muscle most closely
involved in the events should be stretched and exercise.

VOLLEYBALL
 Volleyball is a sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net.
There are different versions available for specific circumstances in order to offer
the versatility of the game to everyone. The object of the game is to send the
ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the
same effort by the opponent. The team has three hits for returning the ball (in
addition to the block contact). The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the
server over the net to the opponents. The rally continues until the ball is
grounded on the playing court, goes “out” or a team fails to return it properly. In
Volleyball, the team winning a rally scores a point (Rally Point System). When
the receiving team wins a rally, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its
players rotate one position clockwise.
History of Volleyball
William Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts,
YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) where he served as Director of
Physical Education. Morgan originally called his new game of Volleyball,
Mintonette. The name Volleyball came about after a demonstration game of the
sport, when a spectator commented that the game involved much “volleying” and
game was renamed Volleyball.

William Morgan was born in the state of New York and studied at Springfield
College, Massachusetts. Ironically at Springfield, Morgan met James Naismith
who invented basketball in 1891. Morgan was motivated by Naismith’s game of
basketball designed for younger students to invent a game suitable for the older
members of the YMCA. William Morgan’s basis for the new game of Volleyball
was the then popular and similar German game of Faust ball and a few other
sports including: tennis (the net), basketball, baseball and handball

Activity 2 - Essay:

1. Whys Is Volleyball Considered As A Team Sports?

2. Why Is Team Work Is An Important Factor In Playing A Team Sport?

Lesson 3 - The Equipment Used In Volleyball And The Playing

Area.

The Court
 Both indoor and outdoor courts are 18 m x 9m
 Indoor courts also include an attack area designated by a line 3 m back from the
center line

18 m.
 9m
. 3m

Center Line - A center line is marked at the center of the court dividing it equally into
9 meters squares.
Attack Line - The attack line is marked 3 meters on each side of the center line of
the court.
Service Line - A service area is marked 9 meter at the end line. This is the area from
which the server may serve the volleyball.
Net Height
 Net height for men, co-ed mixed 6 is 2.43 meters
 Net height for women is 2.24 m
Ball - The official size of a volleyball is between 25.6 and 26.4 inches in circumference
and between 9.1 and 9.8 ounces in weight.

Number of Position inside The Playing Court:

 BASIC VOLLEYBALL RULES

The Serve

 Server must serve from behind the end line until after contact
 Ball may be served underhand or overhand
 Ball must be clearly visible to opponents before serve
 Served ball may graze the net and drop to the other side for point
 First game serve is determined by a volley, each subsequent game shall be
served by the previous game loser
 Serve must be returned by a bump only. no setting or attacking a serve

Scoring

 Rally scoring will be used.

 There will be a point scored on every score of the ball.
 Offense will score on a defense miss or out of bounds hit.
 Defense will score on an offensive miss, out of bounds hit, or serve into the net.
 Game will be played to 25 pts.
 Must win by 2 points.

Rotation

 Team will rotate each time they win the serve

 Players shall rotate in a clockwise manner
 There shall be 4-6 players on each side.

Playing The Game

 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 serve
 A ball touching a boundary line is good
 A legal hit is contact with the ball by a player body above and including the waist
which does not allow the ball to visibly come to a rest
 If two or more players contact the ball simultaneously, it is considered one play
and the players involved may not participate in the next play
 A player must not block or attack a serve
 Switching positions will be allowed only between front line players. (After the
serve only)

Activity 3:

After Reading Lesson 2,3 And 4, Identify The Following:

______________1. The person who developed Volleyball.
______________2. The number of players allowed to play inside the volleyball court.
______________3. The height of the net for Men volleyball.
______________4. The height of the net for women’s volleyball
______________5. The measurement of volleyball court.
______________6. The line dividing the volleyball court equally into 9 meter squares.
______________7. The line that marked 3 meters on each side of the center line of the
court.
______________8. The marked 9 meter at line at the end line of volleyball court.
______________9. The scoring system in volleyball game.
_____________10. The maximum hits per side of volleyball game in addition to the
block contact.

Lesson 5 – Volleyball Terminology

ACE: a served ball which leads directly to a point being scored (usually when the
serve hits the floor untouched).

ATTACK: returning the ball into the opponent’s court by jumping into the air and
hitting the ball from a height above the level of the net.

BACKSET: a type of set in which the ball is set to a position behind the setter.

BALL HANDLING: the performance of any of the passing or setting fundamentals.

BLOCK: an attempt by one or more players to intercept the ball as it approaches

or passes over the net.

DEFENSE: strategy and tactic used by a team when the opponents control the
action of the ball.

DIG: the technique used to pass the ball after an opponent’s attack.

DINK or TIP: a soft, easy attack used to place the ball in an open area of the
opponent’s court; i.e. Behind or to the side of the block.

DIVE: a technique used on defense to recover a ball by extending one’s body in a

prone position to the floor playing the ball with one or both forearms or fists.

DUMP: a surprise tip over the net by the setter on the second contact.

FIVB: Federation Internationale de Volleyball

FLOATER: a served ball that has little or no spin and follows an erratic path as it
crosses the net.

FOREARM PASS: a method of passing the ball in which the ball is played off the
forearms in an underhand manner. FREE BALL: a ball which has been hit over the net
with an up

FREE BALL: a ball which has been hit over the net with an upward flight allowing
the opponent an easy play of the ball.

JUMP SET: a technique in which the setter jumps into the air to set the ball to save a
misplaced pass or to confuse the block.

LIBERO PLAYER: a specialized defensive player who can only play the back row. This
player doesn’t serve and doesn’t count in the number of substitutions allowed per game.

MATCH: the winning of three out of five games (or two out of three games in
certain situations; tournaments).
MIDDLE BLOCKER: the designation given to a specialist player who switches to
the middle front position to block all plays at the net.

OFFENSE: strategy and tactics used by the team controlling the ball, including
serving, serve reception, setting, and attacking.

ONE-SET or QUICKSET: an extremely low set, straight up above the net, which is
quickly hit by the spiker as it leaves the setter’s hand.

OUT OF POSITION: an illegal play in which a player is not in the correct rotation
order on the court at the time of the serve.

OVERHEAD PASS: a method of passing the ball in which the fingertips of both
hands are used to contact the ball in front of the face to pass the ball in the
direction the player is facing.

PASS: the controlled movement of the ball between teammates.

RALLY: play of the ball between the service and awarding of point or side-out.
Also, the new method of scoring.

ROTATION: the movement of player’s one position clockwise when a side-out is

called on the opponent to prepare for the serve.

SCREEN: an illegal play in which one or more players on the serving team block
the view of the server from the players of the opposing team.

SET: a pass made either overhand or underhand to place the ball in position for a
teammate to spike.

SETTER: the designation given to a specialist who has been selected as the primary
person to set the ball to the spikers.

SPIKE: an attack in which the ball is hit sharply and forcibly downward with one
hand.

STRATEGY: the planned offensive and defensive techniques used by a team to

take advantage of the talents of individual players and thereby defeat the
opponent. .

SWITCH: a planned interchange of positions on the court for offensive or defensive

purposes. Movement of the players to another position must occur after the
ball is contacted by the server.

TIP or DINK: a soft, easy attack used to place the ball in an open area of the
opponent’s court; . Behind or to the side of the block.
TOPSPIN: a technique in which over spin or forward spin is placed on the ball
usually during a serve or spike.

UNDERHAND SERVE – a serve in which the ball is given a slight under-hand toss from
about waist high and then struck with the opposite closed fist in an “underhand pitching”
motion. 

YELLOW CARD – a warning from an official indicated by the display of a yellow card.
Any player or coach who receives two yellow cards in a match is disqualified. A single
yellow card does not result in loss of point or serve.