pass: This skill is used when the ball is below your forehead to receive a striking ball or dropped ball, etc. (b) Overhead pass: This skill is used when the ball is high, above the player’s shoulders/head and generally used to receive the service to set a ball or receiving a loose crossed ball. (c) The set-up: Set-up skill is generally a second contact with the ball in order to set up a spike for another player. This skill is used to spike a ball or drop the ball into the opponent’s court.
Fig. . : Overhead pass (Left), set-up (Right) (d) The Serve: It is used to put the ball into play, to start the volley and this skill is solely executed by one player. It is further classified into mainly three parts.
(i) Tennis Service (ii) Jump Service (iii) Floating Service Fig. . : Floating service (e) The Attack: In this skill, a player attempts to hit the ball from over the net towards the opponent court with the aim to score a point. It is executed from the front zone as well as the back zone.
(f) The Block: In this skill, a player attempts to stop the opposite team from hitting the ball into his or her court. By using block technique, a player stops the opposite team from scoring a point. Awards in Volleyball To motivate the extraordinary achievements of the players and Coaches, the Government of India honours players with different awards along with cash prizes and certificates. Tom Joseph was the recipient of Arjuna Award in .
G.E. Sridharan was honoured with Dronacharya Award for his excellent contribution as a Coach in the year . Activity . Play a Volleyball match between two teams of your class.
Use libero, substitutions and time outs as per rules.