BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF

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LLEYBALL
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………pg.1

DEFENITION OF VOLLEYBALL…………………………………………………………………………………………………...........pg.2

HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….pg.3

FUNDAMENTAL OF VOLLEYBALL #1......................................................................................................pg.4

FUNDAMENTAL OF VOLLEYBALL #2.......................................................................................................pg.5

FUNDAMENTAL OF VOLLEYBALL #3.......................................................................................................pg.6

3 COMMON ERRORS IN FUNDAMENTAL...............................................................................................pg.7

3 ACTIVITIES ON HOW TO FIX IT THE PROBLEM....................................................................................pg.8

LEARNT FROM THIS PROJECT..................................................................................................................pg.9

 Purpose of the project

The whole purpose for this project was to

demonstrate the importance of volleyball and the
benefits of volleyball and how can it be an
importance to our lives . And how we can be a
better player when playing volleyball.

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 Definition of volleyball

volleyball, game played by two teams, usually of

six players on a side, in which the players use their
hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net,
trying to make the ball touch the court within the
opponents' playing area before it can be returned.

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 History of volleyball

Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G.

Morgan, physical director of the Young Men's
Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke,
Massachusetts. It was designed as an indoor sport for
businessmen who found the new game of basketball
too vigorous.

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 Fundamental # 1

1.Hitting

To improve a the hitter position, player should spend

time on footwork and swing to ensure the ball goes in
the direction they want and at a high velocity.
Positions

1. Keep the ball in front of your head to the right of your ears
2. Strike the ball with extended arm
3. Spiking approach

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 Fundamental # 2

1. Passing
The two main ways to pass a volleyball are the forearm pass
and the overhand pass. Forearm passing is performed by
bringing the forearms together to work as a platform for
passing the ball.

Positions:
1. Feet shoulder width
2. Feet staggered
3. Knees bent
4. Shoulders forward
5. Arms front and relaxed

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 Fundamental # 3

3. Blocking

Blocking is a skill wherein the player deflects the ball from the opponent. The
goal is to prevent a successful attack and the other team from scoring a point.
The blocker's job is to block the spiked ball so that it goes back to the
opposing team's side of the court. Blocking is a defensive play.
Position:

▪ Medium posture, knees flexed, keep back straight, shoulders slightly forward

▪ Feet shoulder width, weight balanced on feet

▪ Elbows bent – shoulder height/hands just above eyes

▪ Drop into your jump (1/2 squat, especially for smaller blockers)

▪ Fingers spread wide, relaxed hands, and hands do not go below shoulders

▪ Penetrate the net – reach with hands over the plane of the net Pg.6
 3 Common errors in each fundamental

Hitting Blocking

1.Footwork in the approach is backwards. 1. Tooling

2. Back row block
2. Player is too far under the ball

3. Continually hit the net after hitting ball 3. Reaching

Passing

1. Not squaring up the target

2. Not following the ball to your arms

3. Hitting the ball with the wrist instead of the forearm

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 Activities on how to fix the problem

Hitting Passing Blocking

Get into a good, athletic posture with The goal is to
In order to fix this your hands on your knees. Now just let prevent a
issue, we can take two your hands drop off your knees, hanging successful
steps: 1) Tell the in front of you. Keep your shoulders attack and the
player to take smaller rounded forward, almost hunching your other team from
steps during their back. Now tuck your bottom rib under a
scoring a
little more by flexing your abs, like
approach (to increase point. The
you are doing a crunch or rounding out
the distance between your back even more. This is the shape blocker's job
them and the net), and that you should try to maintain is to block the
2) As coaches, toss throughout your whole pass, and you spiked ball so
the ball further off need to fight to keep this shape that it goes
the net for them. throughout the process of the pass! back to the
Passing in volleyball is not easy, but opposing team's
working extra hard to maintain this
side of the
shape when you are not touching the
ball will make your actual touch on the court.
ball a little bit easier.
 Lesson learnt from this project

From this whole project I learnt how to

improve with my hitting, passing and blocking
when playing volleyball. Even knowing all
types of fundamentals in volleyball as well as
how to posture myself as well as the types of
positions . I even got to know the errors in
the types of fundamentals and how to fix them
and even to keep your body energetic when
playing not only that but for me to know how
to play volleyball the right way.

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