Volleyball gala day
Skill focus: Playing as a team
Session equipment
1 volleyball or similar per 2 students
Volleyball courts or marker to mark out playing area
Volleyball net or 'no go barrier' per 'group of 6
Bibs/braids to differentiate teams
Gala day draw
Bibs or sashes to distinguish between teams
Download Volleyball- Gala day activity card to support teaching before and during the sport session.
Fast start - Student choice
Choose one of the Fast starts played in the Volleyball unit to use as a warm-up for the Volleyball gala day competition.
Volleyball gala day
Organisation
In the week prior to the gala day, students may be given time to create signs to support their team at the gala day.
Set-up playing area prior to session. Playing court should be approximately 15m long and 7m wide with a net or 'no-go' zone across the centre of the court.
Explain the organisation of the matches being played using the gala day draw below.
Select a student from each team to be the team captain for the gala day.
Give students 5 minutes to meet as a team to decide on starting positions and strategies for their first game.
Use results in ‘Volleyball results spreadsheet' to determine the team who finishes the round games in 1st position, 2nd position, 3rd position and 4th position.
Student engagement
Semi-final 1 and Semi-final 2 should be played at the same time if teacher supervision allows.
The teams who were unsuccessful in their semi-final can play an additional game for third and fourth place.
Alternatively, students may take on spectator and officiating roles, such as:
time keeping
side line official
scoring
ground control
Rules and guidelines
Volleyball is an international sport, played by 2 teams of 6 players who hit a ball over a net to each other, predominantly using their hands and forearms.
Each team is allowed no more than three touches in a row to get the ball back to the opposition’s side of the court.
A single player cannot contact the ball on consecutive hits.
The object of the game is to score points by winning a rally. The rally is won when:
one team does not return the ball inside three hits
the ball lands out of court
one team is successful in hitting the ball so it lands on the floor/ground in the opposition’s court area, or
a fault is committed by one team.
The winner of each rally not only scores a point, but also the right to serve to start the next rally.
Players rotate clockwise after winning the right to serve (if the opposition served for the previous rally) so that all players get a chance to serve.
Substitutes can be made between any points within any rule limitations on the number of substitutions allowed.
A game of volleyball usually consists of the best of five sets and the first team to 25 points wins the set, as long as they are ahead by 2 points. That is, they cannot win 25–24 — they must win by at least 2 points e.g. 25–23, 26–24.
Teams change ends after each set.
Reflection
2 stars and a wish
Ask students - what are 2 things you feel you did well today?
What will you take away from Volleyball that you can use for our next sport?
Students can answer reflection questions as a whole class, small group or in pairs.
Football certificates
Award students with certificates for their involvement in the Volleyball unit.
Certificates available for download include:
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