Volleyball

1. Origin
•On February 9, 1895, in Springfield, Massachusetts
(USA), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical
education director, created a new game called
Mintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably)
indoors and by any number of players. Mintonette
was designed to be an indoor sport, less rough than
basketball, for older members of the YMCA, while
still requiring a bit of athletic effort.

2. •After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the
volleying nature of the game at its first
exhibition match in 1896, played at the
International YMCA Training School (now
called Springfield College), the game quickly
became known as volleyball (it was originally
spelled as two words: "volley ball").

3. The court dimensions
A volleyball court is 9 m × 18 m , divided
into equal square halves by a net with a width of
one meter (39.4 in). The top of the net is 2.43 m
above the center of the court for men's
competition, and 2.24 m for women's
competition, varied for veterans and junior
competitions.

4. •FIVB regulations state that the ball must be
spherical, made of leather or synthetic
leather, have a circumference of 65–67 cm, a
weight of 260–280 g and an inside pressure
of 0.30–0.325 kg/cm2.

5. Equipment and Facility
1. Antenna – Flexible rod, 1.80m long and 10mm in diameter, made
of fiber glass. It is fastened at the outer edge of each side band.
2. Ball – Spherical, made of flexible leather or synthetic leather case
with a bladder inside made of rubber or similar material.
Circumference is 65-67 cm (25.59 – 26.38 inches). Weight = 260-
280g (8.36 – 9.00 ounces)
3. Net – 1m wide and 9.50 to 10m long made of 10cm square black
mesh. Height for men is 2.43m, for women is 2.24m
4. Post – Stand that supports the net that is place at a distance of
0.50 to 1.00 m outside the sideline. They are 2.55m high and
preferably adjustable.

6. 1. Scoresheet – the scoring material where records of the match like
line – ups, points earned, serving order, substitutions, charge time
outs, time/place/title of the match, signature of the officiating
officials and captain balls.
2. Side Vertical Markers – these are canvass tape 5cm wide attached
at the end of the net just above aligned with side lines

7. Basic skills in volleyball
1. Serve – the act of putting the ball into play.
Types of service
• Underhand – a serve that is strike below the waist.
• Overhand – a serve that is strike above the head.
Types of overhand serve
• Topspin – player tosses the ball high and hits with a wrist span.
• Float – the ball is hit with no spin so that its path becomes
unpredictable

8. •Jump serve – the ball is toss high in the air and the
player make a timed approach and jumps to make
contact with the ball. The most popular serve among
college and pro players.
•Jump float- similar to standing float but adds jumping

9. 2. Pass – to receive a serve from the opposing team, it
must use a forearm pass or bump.
3. Set – the second contact a team makes with the ball.
4. Spike – also known as attack, and is usually the
third contact a team makes with the ball.
5. Blocking – refers to actions taken by players
standing at the net to stop or alter an opponents attack.
6. Dig – the ability to prevent the ball from touching
from one’s court after spike or attack.

10. Officials
Linemen – positioned at the end corner of the court carefully watch
out the exact landing point of the ball whether in or out of bounds of
the court
Referee – The over-all control and authority in the conduct of the
game.
Scorer or scorekeeper – the official responsible in keeping the
accurate information from the scores to all other needed information
about the game.
Umpire - is also known as second referee who assists the referee
and is also positioned on the floor opposite the referee. He is also
accountable in decision making and ruling the game.

12. Basic rules and regulations
1. To score a point
a team score a point by:
 Successfully grounding a ball on the opponent’s court;
When the opponent team commits a fault; or
When the opponent team receives a penalty.
Fault – a team commits a fault making playing action contrary to the
rules (or violating them in some other way).
 if two or more faults are committed successively, only the first
one is counted ; or
If two or more faults are committed by opponents simultaneously, a
DOUBLE FAULT is called and the rally is replayed.

13. •Rally – a rally is the sequence of playing from
the moment the service ball is hit by the server
until the ball is out of play. Completed rally is
the sequence of playing actions which results in
the award of point.
 if the serving team wins a rally, it scores a point
and the service ball continues.
If the receiving team wins a rally, the team
scores a points and must serve next.

14. To win a set
 a set (except the deciding 5th set) is won by the team
which scores 25 points first with a minimum lead of
two points. In case of a 24-24 tie, play is continued
until a two-point lead is achieved ex. 25;27
To win the match
 match is won by the team that wins three sets
 in case of a 2-2 tie, the deciding 5th set of 15 points
with a minimum lead of two points is played for
decision.

15. Terminologies
1. Attack area is also as restricted are in the court that is
marked between the centerline and restricted line wherein
spiking is executed.
2. Attack line is a line which limits the play of spiking that
lies three meters away from the centerline.
3. Back area – is also known as back court.
4. Back court – is also known as the back area that measures
6m away from the restricted area back to the end line.
5. Boundary lines – are side and end lines that limit the
playing court into 9 x 18m
6. Centerline – Is a 5cm line that divides the court into two
equal areas that is located under the net.

16. 7. Court – is the 9m x 18m playing are where the volleyball is
being played.
8. End line – are lines that limits the length of the playing
court, 9m in width.
9. Front court – is also known as attack area or restricted area
that measures 3m away from the center line
10. Restricted line – is a lines that prohibits the back players to
participate in spike or blocking that drawn 3m away from the
centerline.
11. Service area – is an area in which the service must be
made.

17. 11. Service lines – are lines that limit the service
area.
12. Side lines are lines that limit the width of the
playing area 18m in length.