Introduction about Volleyball
Volleyball is one of the most successful and popular competitive and recreational sports in the world. It is fast, it is exciting and the action is explosive. Yet Volleyball comprises several crucial overlapping elements whose complementary interactions render it unique amongst rally games.
Volleyball is a game played by two groups on a playing court separated by a net. There are unique adaptations accessible for explicit conditions so as to offer the flexibility of the game to everybody.
The object of the game is to send the ball over the net so as to ground it on the rival's court, furthermore, to avert a similar exertion by the adversary. The group has three hits for restoring the ball (in expansion to the square contact). The ball is placed in play with a help: hit by the server over the net to the rivals. The convention proceeds until the ball is grounded on the playing the court, goes "out" or a group neglects to return it appropriately.
In Volleyball, the group winning an assembly scores a point (Rally Point System). At the point when the accepting the group wins a convention, it increases a point and the privilege to serve, and its players pivot one position clockwise. Let’s discuss the basic volleyball rules that must help in becoming a good volleyball player.
Basic Volleyball Rules
· 6 players on the floor at any one time - 3 in the front row and 3 in the back row
· Maximum of 3 hits per side
· Points are made on every service for the winning team of the rally (rally-point scoring).
· 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 a serve.
· A ball hitting a boundary line is in.
· A ball is out if it hits antennae, the floor completely outside the court, any of the net or cables outside the antennae, the referee stand or pole, the ceiling above a non-playable area.
· It is legal to contact the ball with any part of a player’s body.
· It is illegal to catch, hold or throw the ball.
· A player cannot block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10-foot line.
· After the serve, front-line players may switch positions at the net.
· Matches are made up of sets; the number depends on the level of play. 3-set matches are 2 sets to 25 points and a third set to 15. Each set must be won by two points. The winner is the first team to win 2 sets. 5-set matches are 4 sets to 25 points and fifth set to 15. The team must win by 2 unless tournament rules dictate otherwise. The winner is the first team to win three sets.
Basic Volleyball Rule Violations
Rule violations that result in a point for the opponent
· When serving, the player steps on or across the service line as while making contact with the ball.
· Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully.
· Ball-handling errors. Contacting the ball illegally (double touching, lifting, carrying, throwing, etc.)
· Touching the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play.
· When blocking a ball coming from the opponent’s court, it’s illegal to contact the ball when reaching over the net if both your opponent has not used 3 contacts AND they have a player there to make a play on the ball.
· When attacking a ball coming from the opponent’s court, contacting the ball when reaching over the net is a violation if the ball has not yet broken the vertical plane of the net.
· Crossing the court centerline with any part of your body is a violation. Exception: if it is the hand or foot. In this case, the entire hand or entire foot must cross for it to be a violation.
· Serving out of rotation/order.
· Back-row player blocking (deflecting a ball coming from the opponent) when, at the moment of contact, the back-row player is near the net and has part of his/her body above the top of the net. This is an illegal block.
· Back-row player attacking a ball inside the front zone (the area inside the 3M/10-foot line) when, at the moment of contact, the ball is completely above the net. This is an illegal attack.