VOLLEYBALL

PREPARED BY:
MARICRIS C. AVILA
MARJORIE C. VALENCIA
 VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball is 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. To
prevent this a player on the opposing team bats the ball up and
toward a teammate before it touches the court surface—that
teammate may then volley it back across the net or bat it to a
third teammate who volleys it across the net. A team is allowed
only three touches of the ball before it must be returned over the
net.
 HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL
• In 1895, William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association
(YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass., decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis,
and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand
less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of Volleyball (at that time
called, Mintonette). Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it 6 feet 6
inches above the floor, just above the average man’s head.
• The sport originated in the United States, and is now just achieving the type of
popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis, where it ranks behind
only soccer among participation sports.
• During a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed
to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps “volleyball” would be
a more descriptive name for the sport. On July 7, 1896 at Springfield College the first
game of “volleyball” was played.
 TIMELINE OF VOLLEYBALL
• 1895: William G. Morgan (1870-1942) created the game of volleyball but called the
game Mintonette.
• 1896: The first exhibition match of volleyball is played at Springfield College
(called International YMCA Training school in 1896).
• 1900: A special ball was designed for the sport.
• 1916: In the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory
to be struck by another player (the set and spike) were introduced.
• 1917: The game was changed from 21 to 15 points.
• Colorado Springs in 1979, Coto de Caza and Fountain Valley, CA in 1980, and San
Diego, CA in 1985).
• 1976: First professional beach volleyball tournament was called the Olympia
World Championship of Beach Volleyball. It took place at Will Rogers State Beach
during late summer in 1976.
1920s: There are unconfirmed whispers of men’s teams playing on the beach in Hawaii, but most accounts place the
sport’s origin in Santa Monica, California where the first Volleyball courts are put up on the beach at the Playground.
Families play 6 vs. 6.
1920: Three hits per side and back row attack rules were instituted.
1922: The first YMCA national championships were held in Brooklyn, NY. 27 teams from 11 states were represented.
1928: It became clear that tournaments and rules were needed, the United States Volleyball Association (USVBA, now
USA Volleyball) was formed. The first U.S. Open was staged, as the field was open to non-YMCA squads.
1930s: The first two-man beach volleyball game is played in Santa Monica, California.
1934: The approval and recognition of national volleyball referees.
1937: At the AAU convention in Boston, action was taken to recognize the U.S. Volleyball Association as the official
National Governing Body (NGB) in the U.S.
1947: The Federation Internationale De Volley-Ball (FIVB) was founded.
1948: The first two-man beach tournament was held.
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1949: The initial World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
1964: Volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
1965: The California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) was formed.
1974: The World Championships in Mexico were telecast in Japan.
1975: The U.S. National Women’s team began a year-round training regime in Pasadena, Texas
(moved
1977: The U.S. National Men’s team began a year-round training regime in Dayton, Ohio (moved
to San Diego, CA in 1981).
1983: The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) was formed.
1984: The U.S. won their first medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles. The Men won the Gold,
and the Women the Silver.
1986: The Women’s Professional Volleyball Association (WPVA) was formed.
1988: The U.S. Men repeated the Gold in the Olympics in Korea.
1989: The FIVB Sports Aid Program was created.
1990: The World League was created.
1992: The U.S. Women’s Volleyball team wins Bronze at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
1995: The sport of Volleyball was 100 years old! This Web site – Volleyball.Com goes live!
1996: 2-person Beach Volleyball debuted as an Olympic sport.
1997: Dain Blanton (with Canyon Ceman) becomes the first African-American professional beach volleyball player to
win a tournament on the Miller Lite/AVP Tour.
1998: For the first time in the FIVB World Tour, men and women players are rewarded at the same level with
$170,000 in total prize money per Open event.
1999: For the first time beach volleyball was included in the Pan American Games which were held in Canada.
2000: Olympic Beach Volleyball Men’s Gold medallists: Eric Fomoimoana & Dain Blanton (USA). The women’s Beach
Volleyball America (BVA) announces their inaugural season of play.
2001: Christopher “Sinjin” Smith plays the final match of his impressive career, a 21-19 and 24-22 loss with George
Roumain to Dax Holdren and Todd Rogers in the 4th round of the contender’s bracket at the AVP Manhattan Beach
Open. Sinjin retires as the leader in tournaments played with 416, 2nd in all-time victories with 139, and 4th in all-time
winnings with over US$1.6 million earned.
 VOLLEYBALL BASIC RULES
THE SERVE:
•Server must serve from behind the end line (dark
green/blue) 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 a 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 points.
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 6 players
on each side.
PLAYING THE GAME (VOLLEY )
 Maximum of three (3) 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 players’ 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).
 BASIC VIOLATIONS

Stepping on or over the line on a serve.

Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully.
Hitting the ball illegally (carrying, palming, throwing, etc).
Touches of the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play. If the ball
is driven into the net with such force that it causes the net to contact an
opposing player, no foul will be called, and the ball shall continue to be in play.
Reaching over the net, except under these conditions:
*When executing a follow-through.
*When blocking a ball which is in the opponents court but is being returned
(the blocker must not contact the ball until after the opponent who is
attempting to return the ball makes contact), except to block the third play.
*Reaches under the net (if it interferes with the ball or opposing player).
*Failure to serve in correct order.
*Blocks or spikes from a position which is clearly not behind the 10 ft. line
while in a back row position.