Volleyball is a game where players hit a ball back and forth across a net with their hands or

arms. It is a team sport played by two teams of 6 players each on a playing court divided by a
net. William J. Morgan, a Physical Education instructor in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, invented
volleyball (mintonette) in 1895. He combined the main features of tennis with a ball of the
basketball type. The name of this net game was derived from the word volley, a term used in
tennis meaning to hit the ball on fly. Indoor volleyball became an official sport of the Olympic
Games in 1964. More than150 nations belong to the International Volleyball Federation, an
organization that sponsors annual tournament.
EQUIPMENT AND MEASUREMENTS:
1. ball
- round and made of leather
- 20 cm. in diameter and weighs 250 grams / not more than 262 grams
2. net
- 1 meter wide, 9 meters long with side markers placed at the extremities which are movable and
are made of white materials
- height is 2.43 for men and 2.24 for women
3. court
- 18 meters long, 9 meters wide
- divided by a center line
- attack line is 3 meters away from the center line
- service area is 3 meters
TERMINOLOGIES:
1. attack condition of the offensive team in attempting to score
2. block to hinder a defensive play used to intercept a hard driven spike
3. dead ball the ball is not in play
4. double foul when both teams commit a foul on the same play
5. dribbling when a player touches the ball more than once at the same time with whatever part of his
body

6. foul a violation of the rules

7. game if one team reaches 25 points
8. holding when the ball comes to rest momentarily on the hands or arms of the player
9. pass to pass the ball to a teammate
10. point a score made by the serving team
11. service act of putting the ball in play
12. side-out loss of serve, failure of the serving team to score
FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
1. SERVICE
underhand, overhand, sidearm
2. PASS
underhand
3. SPIKE
- letting the ball go over the net with a strong force or smash that the ball falls in a
downward direction
running spike, standing spike
hand spike / strong spike
soft spike
4. BLOCK
- the effort of the defensive team to stop a spike
- done by putting up the fingers and hands above the net and in front of the ball
- needs proper timing in order to stop the incoming ball from the offensive team
RULES and REGULATIONS:
1. The game starts with a toss coin.
2. Winner of the toss selects either the court or the right to serve first.
3. The ball is put into play by a service.
4. When the serving team commits a fault, a side-out is called by the referee and service
changes side.
5. The ball must be clearly hit. Holding and dribbling shall be considered as faults.
6. The first team who reaches the twenty-five points will be declared as the winner of the set.
The best of five sets is the winner.

I. Identification.
____________________1. He invented the game volleyball.
____________________2. It is a net game with the players hitting the ball back and forth across a
net with their hands or arms.
____________________3. Where did volleyball originate?
____________________4. The term used in tennis meaning to hit the ball in play.
____________________5. When did volleyball become an official sport in the Olympic Games?
____________________6. An act of putting the ball in play.
____________________7. The effort of the defensive team to stop the spike.
____________________8. To transfer the ball to another player.
____________________9. Hitting the ball over the net with any strong force or smash.
____________________10. The equipment that measures 1m. wide and 9 m. long with side markers
placed at the extremities.
II. Label the volleyball court. Identify the measurements.

III. Matching Type.

A.
_1. the condition of the offensive team in attempting to score
_2. a violation of rules
_3. a loss of serve, failure of the serving team to serve
_4. a score made by the serving team
_5. when a player touches the ball more than once at the same time in
whatever part of his body
_6. when the ball is not in play
_7. one team reaches 25 points
_8.when the ball comes to rest momentarily in the hands or arms of the
player
_9. to pass the ball to a teammate
_10. a team committing a foul at the same time

B.
a. dribbling
b. game
c. attack
d. block
e. pass
f. side-out
g. point
h. service
i. double foul
j. dead ball
k. foul
l. holding