Team Games
Volleyball
Explain how volleyball is played and scored.
Volleyball (first 'Mintonette') was invented by William G. Morgan in 1895. The FIVB was founded in 1947, India's VFI in 1951; Olympic debut Tokyo 1964.
Court 18 m x 9 m; free space 12.5 m high; attack lines 3 m from the centre; full-court diagonal 20.125 m. Net 2.43 m (men) / 2.24 m (women); antennae 1.80 m. Ball 65-67 cm round, 260-280 g.
Six on court in positions 1-6; on winning the serve back the team rotates one place clockwise. Three hits per side; no player touches the ball twice in a row.
Rally-point scoring: sets to 25 with a 2-point lead, the match best of five, a fifth set to 15. Each team: two 30-second time-outs and six substitutions per set.
The libero, a back-row specialist in a different colour, cannot serve, block or attack above the net. Skills: service (tennis, jump, floating), pass (under-arm, overhead), set-up, attack (spike), block.
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