Volleyball is a sport in which two teams compete on a court divided by a net. To provide the game’s adaptability to everyone, several versions are available for certain conditions. The goal of the game is to send the ball over the net and land it on the opponent’s court while preventing the opponent from doing the same. The squad has three hits for ball returns (in addition to the block contact).
A service, struck by the server across the net to the opponents, puts the ball in play. The rally lasts until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes “out,” or a team fails to correctly return it. In volleyball, the team that wins a rally earns a point (Rally Point System). When a rally is won by the receiving side, it receives a point and the right to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise.
Volleyball is a difficult game with simple abilities. The ball is spiked up to 60 cm over the height of a basketball hoop (about 3.65 meters) and travels in fractions of a second from the spiker to the recipient. That means the receiver must evaluate the approaching angle, select where to deliver the ball, and control their pass in the blink of an eye. Volleyball is a game of continual action since it is strictly a rebound sport (you cannot keep the ball).
On its side of the net, a team can touch the ball three times. A dig (an underarm pass performed with the forearms), a set (an overhead pass made with the hands), and a spike are the most common patterns (the overhead attacking shot). The ball is put into play. Teams can also attempt to stop their opponent’s spike as it crosses the net. In beach volleyball, a block into your own court counts as one of your three touches, but not in volleyball.
Power and height have been essential components of international teams, but the capacity of teams and coaches to develop new plans, tactics, and talents has been critical to long-term success.
- A volleyball team has six players on the court, and each player must rotate one position clockwise every time their team wins back service from the opposition. Only the three net players can jump, spike, or block close to the net. Backcourt players can only hit the ball over the net if they jump from behind the attack line, commonly known as the three-metre line that divides the front and back halves of the court.
- Volleyball has become a highly specialized sport. Most teams will have a setter, two center blockers, two receiver-hitters, and a universal spiker in their starting lineup. Only a few characters will be involved in service reception. Players will also be assigned to offensive and defense roles. During the game, substitutions are permitted.
- Volleyball has used a new scoring system since 1998. Every rally, regardless of whose team served, resulted in a point for the team (Rally Point System). Previously, a side could only win a point by serving the ball. A side-out was when you won the serve back from the opponent.
- The matches are best of five sets. The first four sets are played to a maximum of 25 points, with the last set being played to a maximum of 15 points. A set must be won by a team by two points. Because there is no defined limit, a set will continue until one of the teams obtains a two-point edge. Previously, all sets were 15 points, with the first four sets having a maximum of 17 and the last set requiring a two-point victory margin.
- The FIVB created a new specialised post, the libero, in 1998. This player wears a different colored uniform than the rest of the squad and may fill in for any player on the team in the backcourt. The libero cannot serve, spike the ball over the net, or rotate into front-line positions, but he or she plays an important role in serve receiving and backcourt defense for the team.
- A libero must play at least one point between substituting off for a player and returning to the court for another player; hence, he or she cannot stay on the court for the whole game. The libero has introduced a new dimension to backcourt defense, boosting team receiving, extending rallies, and playing an important role.