VOLLEYBALL SKILLS & TACTICS
VOLLEYBALL POSITIONS
There are the six positions on the court:
POSITION 1: SERVER/BACK RIGHT
POSITION 2: FRONT RIGHT/RIGHT SIDE/SETTER
POSITION 3: FRONT MIDDLE/MIDDLE BLOCKER
POSITION 4: FRONT LEFT/OUTSIDE HITTER
POSITION 5: BACK LEFT
POSITION 6: BACK MIDDLE
In a game, rotation occurs in a clockwise direction, with two hitters and a setter on the front row, and the remaining players on the back row. In competitive volleyball, we develop an offense so that each player can specialize in her own position.
· Outside hitter (OH)- Left side hitter, often called strong side hitter, attacks from the 4 position and gets most of the sets.
· Right side hitter (RS)- often called offside or weak side hitter, attacks from the 2 position. Called weak because the setter has to backset (set the ball behind them).
· Middle hitter (MB)- which attacks from the 3 position, your tallest player, strongest hitter and blocker.
· Setter (S)- who should receive every 2nd ball to set these hitters, most often sets from 2 or 3 positions at the net. She can hit and block if needed, and can also dink, dump, or tip the ball over if the pass is impossible to set
· Defensive Specialist (DS) or Libero (L) - This person wears a different color jersey than the rest of the team, and is only a back row player. This person is the most accurate passer on the team. She can serve, but there are restrictions She cannot hit, dink, dump, block, tip, or set the ball inside the 10 foot line.
· Hitters can also hit from the back row, they just cannot approach and jump inside the 10 foot line.
· Blockers—these are front row hitters that try to keep the opposing team’s hitters from getting a “kill”
POSITION 1: SERVER/BACK RIGHT
POSITION 2: FRONT RIGHT/RIGHT SIDE/SETTER
POSITION 3: FRONT MIDDLE/MIDDLE BLOCKER
POSITION 4: FRONT LEFT/OUTSIDE HITTER
POSITION 5: BACK LEFT
POSITION 6: BACK MIDDLE
In a game, rotation occurs in a clockwise direction, with two hitters and a setter on the front row, and the remaining players on the back row. In competitive volleyball, we develop an offense so that each player can specialize in her own position.
· Outside hitter (OH)- Left side hitter, often called strong side hitter, attacks from the 4 position and gets most of the sets.
· Right side hitter (RS)- often called offside or weak side hitter, attacks from the 2 position. Called weak because the setter has to backset (set the ball behind them).
· Middle hitter (MB)- which attacks from the 3 position, your tallest player, strongest hitter and blocker.
· Setter (S)- who should receive every 2nd ball to set these hitters, most often sets from 2 or 3 positions at the net. She can hit and block if needed, and can also dink, dump, or tip the ball over if the pass is impossible to set
· Defensive Specialist (DS) or Libero (L) - This person wears a different color jersey than the rest of the team, and is only a back row player. This person is the most accurate passer on the team. She can serve, but there are restrictions She cannot hit, dink, dump, block, tip, or set the ball inside the 10 foot line.
· Hitters can also hit from the back row, they just cannot approach and jump inside the 10 foot line.
· Blockers—these are front row hitters that try to keep the opposing team’s hitters from getting a “kill”
TYPES OF VOLLEYBALL OFFENSE
4-2 Offense: 4 hitters, 2 setters, no weak side hitter. Setter is always in the front row and there are always two hitters in the front row
5-1 Offense: 5 hitters, 1 setter. The same setter will set the ball through all the rotations. While in the back row, setter will hide behind a front row player. In the first 3 rotations, there are 3 hitters on the front row. In the next three rotations, there are two hitters and the setter on the front row.
6-2 Offense: 6 hitters, 2 setters. Two setters play opposite one another in the rotation. There are always 3 hitters on the front, and the setter comes from the back row to set.
*ONCE THE BALL IS SERVED BY OUR PLAYER, WE WILL THEN MOVE QUICKLY TO THEIR SPECIALIZED POSITIONS.
*IF WE ARE GETTING SERVED TOO, WE WILL ATTACK THE BALL IN OUR CURRENT POSITION AND THEN MOVE QUICKLY TO OUR SPECIALIZED POSITIONS.
5-1 Offense: 5 hitters, 1 setter. The same setter will set the ball through all the rotations. While in the back row, setter will hide behind a front row player. In the first 3 rotations, there are 3 hitters on the front row. In the next three rotations, there are two hitters and the setter on the front row.
6-2 Offense: 6 hitters, 2 setters. Two setters play opposite one another in the rotation. There are always 3 hitters on the front, and the setter comes from the back row to set.
*ONCE THE BALL IS SERVED BY OUR PLAYER, WE WILL THEN MOVE QUICKLY TO THEIR SPECIALIZED POSITIONS.
*IF WE ARE GETTING SERVED TOO, WE WILL ATTACK THE BALL IN OUR CURRENT POSITION AND THEN MOVE QUICKLY TO OUR SPECIALIZED POSITIONS.
DEFENSE
Serve Receive- when our team is set up to receive the serve from the opposing team.
Coverage- how we set up on our side when someone blocks or hits the ball. This allows us to cover the area where a ball will most likely land if hit or blocked.
Coverage- how we set up on our side when someone blocks or hits the ball. This allows us to cover the area where a ball will most likely land if hit or blocked.
HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED
Teams play the best two out of three sets, except in region/state tourneys (3 out of 5). This constitutes a game. We play 3 games at most play dates. At tournaments, we play at least five games.
We use Rally Scoring to 25 points, and must win by 2 points. The easiest way to explain rally scoring is that every time the ball hits the floor, one of the teams gets a point.
A whistle is blown to prompt the server to serve. She has five seconds to serve the ball. If the server has a bad toss, she can let the ball drop to the floor and start over at the referee’s whistle. She can only do this once at any given service.
We use Rally Scoring to 25 points, and must win by 2 points. The easiest way to explain rally scoring is that every time the ball hits the floor, one of the teams gets a point.
A whistle is blown to prompt the server to serve. She has five seconds to serve the ball. If the server has a bad toss, she can let the ball drop to the floor and start over at the referee’s whistle. She can only do this once at any given service.
VIOLATIONS
· Touching the net
· Crossing over the floor line under the net
· Foot faulting on serve
· Double contact—uneven contact with the ball after the first contact, most
often the setter. An indication of this is the ball spinning after it is set
· Out of rotation (the wrong player goes back to serve)
· Overlapping
· Blocking the serve
· Player contacting the ball twice in row in the same rally
· More than 3 contacts before the ball goes over
· Carrying the ball (called a Lift)
· Excessive time used on Serve
· Crossing over the floor line under the net
· Foot faulting on serve
· Double contact—uneven contact with the ball after the first contact, most
often the setter. An indication of this is the ball spinning after it is set
· Out of rotation (the wrong player goes back to serve)
· Overlapping
· Blocking the serve
· Player contacting the ball twice in row in the same rally
· More than 3 contacts before the ball goes over
· Carrying the ball (called a Lift)
· Excessive time used on Serve