Volleyball

Essential Question(s): Which fundamental skill of volleyball is most important for my personal improvement?What can a recreational team do to be more strategically sound?What are the common skill execution errors for each of the fundamental skills of volleyball?How can one ensure that sportsmanship and fair play are demonstrated during a recreational volleyball match?

Knowledge: Students will know...The basic rules of recreational volleyball (i.e. line calls, rally point scoring, and violations).The basic defensive strategic principles of volleyball (i.e. serve receive and court coverage.The benefits of executing a three contact rally (‘bump, set, spike’)

Skills: Students will be able to...Execute basic individual skills (i.e. serve, forearm pass, set) with beginner proficiency.Self officiate recreational games by keeping track of score and calling own violations.

• Involve others and encourage all students to be involved in rallies.

The Basics!Volleyball players use their arms and hands to hit a ball over a net in an attempt to score points. To determine who starts with the ball, team captains flip a coin. Once the game begins, each team is able to receive one point after a referee’s whistle signals the end of a play. Games are scored by a rally-point system, which means that a point can be earned at any time in the game, no matter who served the ball. Whoever reaches 25 points first, by a margin of at least two points, wins the game. The final game, however, is only played to 15 (margin also by 2 points). The team who wins a majority of the games wins the match.

Ten fun facts about VolleyballFact 1:The game of volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan.Fact 2:The first World Championships were held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women.Fact 3:Volleyball were first introduced as Olympic sports in 1964.Fact 4:Most volleyball players jump about 300 times a match.Fact 5:Volleyball took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball.Fact 6:The first two-man beach game was played in 1930.Fact 7:Volleyball was called mintonette at first but it was later changed to volleyball.Fact 8:The first special designed ball for the sport was created in 1900.Fact 9:Volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world today, exceeded only by soccer.Fact 10:The longest recorded volleyball game was in Kingston, North Carolina. It took 75 hours and 30 minutes.