7 VOLLEYBALL

was invented by
than 100 years old.
In fact, volleyball
is more

History. The history of volleyball Federation

William G. Morgan in 1895. International Volleyball
established in 1951.
of India was
Volleyball Federation
was constituted in 1947. The game of Volleyball
(Czechoslovakia).
held at Prague
was
ne irst world championship was

started first time in 1964 Olympics,

which were held in Tokyo (Japan).
1952.
16
was held at Chennai in
In India, the first national championship

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Position;
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18 m
O1st Refree; 3
Linesman O
Linesman 6m
3 m

3 m to 8m 3 m
6 m

Jol O

; Linesman O Linesman
2nd Refree
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Volleyball Court

MAIN TIPS AT A GLANCE

Volleyball
1. Size of the playfield = 1 8 m x9 m 8.
2. Width of boundary lines = 5 cm
Weight of the ball 260 to 280 gm
9. Number of players in each team
3. Size of the net =
Length 9.50 m, 10. Number of substitutes
breadthl m 11. Size of the
= 10 cm
marks on
4. Size of net mesh chest and back Length 15 min.
cm
5. Height of net from the - m 43 cm 12. and breadth 10 cm mi
Officials (Referee-1, Umpire- 1,
ground (men)
6. Height ot net from the 2 m 24 cm Sorer1, Lines-men2 to 4)
13 Lengtih of the antenna
grOund (women) 14. Colour of the -1.80 mn
7. Circumference of the ball= 65 to 67 cm Lball
5 Lengtti of service area
Multi-coloured
m
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LATEST GENERAL RULES
The new rules of volleyball are given below:
1. Now, the breadth of service area is 9 m instead of 3 m
2. The attack line has been extended up to 1.75 m outside on both sides in dotted marking
3. According to the new rule "Libera' is a special player in a team. He is the player of backline. He is not allowed t
attack from theattackingarea. He can play only tor defence. He wears coloured T-shirt different from other players
Neither he can do service nor block. Ile is not allowed to smash the ball from attacking area. A libero has a fixed
position during the game. He cannot take part in rotatio
4. 'Libero' must beprinted on the back side of the 1-shitt. A libero can be changed any number of times
5. Each service has a point as in table tennis.
6. A coloured ball is permitted in competitions.
7. Let service is allowed.
S. First four sets consist of 25 points each whereas fifth set consists of 15 points.
9, The tirst service can be received by any part of body but it should be only a single touch.

0.80 m
Antenna 9 m

Cable

Cord
2.43 m
Men
2.24 m
1 m
Women

9.50-10 m
Cord

-Pole
0.50/1m
S1
auap
Centre line
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Volleyball Net

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
1. Service 4. Boosting
(a) Simple Service (a) Low set up
(b) Tennis Service (b) Hard set up
(c) Round service (c) Diagonal set up
(d) Side arm floating service 5. Blocking
(e) Overhead floating service (a) One man blocking
2. Passing and Placing (b) Two men blocking
(a) Chest Pass (c) Three men blocking
(b) Underarm pass 6. Reverse Net ball
(c) Overhead pass
3.
Spiking or Attack or Smashing
(a) One man or single spike
(6) Two men or complex spike

Vollauhall
 shills is yiven belomw
T r i t nplanatiuon ot the tundamental
sevice area, Oe lonot sould alead ol tue.
T e n i s Sernice For trnnis servir. tw
server should stand in
the ball shon1lcd Ie tomued abye
oher
hdr tawing towants the net. The ball swuld be
lheld in let hand. After that
At thi time, the right arm buu
in tennis s e r v i r When the ball m o e s r
his body shonult le bent barkward.
s
the ball conws elown, it sould vith aforWar
be rtrtek to the ball witla
tart with a bent elbnw and open palm. Wwn
SW be opened up while striking, the ball.
swng t tte a m . 1he armn shuuld
and slightly forward than in tennin e r v i c , Ths e .
Overheud doating servive. n this servie, the ball is tousd hdgher
twu steps torwand annd ten jumys vertically. lhen
with a lorward swing of his right arm, he smarshen the h
takes n

with p u mlm. This type ot servior is usually pertormed

in internatioal matchen and needs a lot of practice loeeeto
AOverheai pass. r portomming overhead pass, a player shoud stand with leet apart, knees bent, body eouched and
with elbows bent and close to the body. The ball should be passe
nng hnw.ani. The hands should be in fnont of the tace
with the tis of thhe tingers in tnmt ot tonrhoad. The knees and the arms should be extended in the direction of hhe pas,
Oue nan blorking. For ome man blocking, the player should come close to the net from where the smash is to be
slhould be towards the net. He should try
nrtri. tHe should take the jump and raise his hands above the net. His face
two or three players according to the standard of mateh.
t intnpt the ball at this time. The blocking can be done by
TERMINOLOGY
net fault, net ball, double
Smash. spiker. notation, blocking, volley pass, dig pass, switch, overlapping, booster, love, dig,
i t tlater, hook serrice, teunis service, double fault, forcarm pass, set up antenna, libero, holding, diving and rolling
The briet enplanation of some of the terms is given below:
Diving. Trving toplay a ball talling on the ground in front is called diving.
Boosting. Boosting means to litt the ball up for the smasher to smash.
Booster. Tthe player, who litts the ball for a smasher is called booster.
Smasher. The player, who smashes the ball that is lifted by the booster is called smasher
of hands is called block
Block. An attempt to check a snmash by a player/players close to the net by taking jump and raising
The ball must pass to the
Antenna. The two tlexiblerods, fixed at the outer edge of each side band are called antenna.

opponents' court between these antennas.

for defence only. He is not allowed to smash a ball from attacking
Libero. He is a special player of a team. He can play
area. His dress is different
from other players. He cannot take part in rotation.
who first contacts the ball over the net.
Dig. A dig is made by a player
between the teams. The team that wins the rally gets the service.
Rally. A rally is the exchange of hits
unreturned service.
Ace. It isa point scored on an
Rotation. It is a change of position of players
in clockwise direction after getting a chance to serve.

IMPORTANT TOURNAMENTS

1. Federation Cup
2. Grand Champions Cup
3. Asia Cup
4. Shiwani Gold Cup
5. World Cup
Trophy (National Women)
6. Poornima
7. India Gold Cup
8. Super Challenge Cup
9. Canada Open
10. Italian Open
11. Hamburg Open
12. New Zealand Open

SPORTS AWARDS

ARJUNA AWARDEES
A. Palaniswamy 1971 Malini Reddy
1961
Nripjit Singh 1972 Balwant Singh alias Ballu
1962
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