Volleyball

At the end of this module, students will be able to play a small-sided volleyball game, with modified rules.

Students may learn to execute the following skills:

Offence

• Passing

• Setting

• Spiking

• Serving

Defense

• Blocking

• Digging

• Passing

• Court coverage

What is Volleyball?

Interesting Facts about Volleyball:

• Volleyball was originally invented in 1985 by WIlliam Morgan, athletic director in YMCA, USA. He wanted to create a sport as exciting yet less taxing on the physical aspect by removing all forms of physical contact with opponents.

• Volleyball was initially called "Mintonette" and was later renamed to make its name more relatable to the nature of the sport.

• Volleyball consists of a combination of skills from various sports, such as handball, tennis and many more.

• There is a player on the court wearing a different coloured jersey - he/she is called the libero who has to follow a different set of rules.

• The longest recorded volleyball match played was 75 hours and 30 mins...

• There is a manga that tells a story about Volleyball! It's called ... "Haikyu!! "

If you learn better visually, you may want to watch more volleyball videos online/below or read Haikyu!!.

Rulebooks are TL;DR. Look at the videos below for a brief summary on volleyball rules and let your teachers enlighten you with the rest!

Basic Rules to start a Game:

1. First to 25 points wins a set.

2. Start by serving a ball over to the opponent's court.

3. Use a maximum of 3 touches to score a point by landing the ball in the opponent's court.

4. A player cannot perform consecutive touches on the ball.

Basic Rule Violations