How do I play volleyball?

Answer 1

Volleyball basics:

-the goal of the game is to not let the volleyball hit the ground on your side of the court

-a team is only allowed to touch the ball 3 times before having to send the ball back over the net to the other team

-indoor volleyball typically has 6 players on each team, on the court, at a time

-there are 6 positions on a court

-the players can be described as back row or front row players

-front row players consist of: the outside hitter, middle blocker, and either a right side hitter or setter

-back row players consist of: the libero, the defensive specialist or setter, and backrow hitter

-serving the volleyball over the net (or an attempt to do so during a game) will start the game

-the three main components to playing volleyball are: bumping, setting, and hitting the volleyball

bumping - is using both arms or one arm to keep the ball in the air

setting - is using two hands or one arm to put the volleyball in position for someone to hit it

hitting - hitting the ball in a targeted direction

a fourth component is serving the ball- when one team sends the volleyball over the net to the other team to start a game

Proper stance to bump a volleyball with the forearms is to bend the knees, lean forward slightly, and allow the ball to hit the forearms. Fingers should NOT be laced together, but rather left hand over the right hand or vice versa with palms up and thumbs together side by side.

Answer 2

Also bumping is another term that is the same as pass. If you hear someone say anything about Pass then they mean Bump. Also if someone is receiving they are passing. The three ways of contact is Pass-Set-Hit. You are allowed to use any part of your body so long as you don't touch the ball twice. So you can kick it up knee it up the back side of your hand basically. If you cup the ball/hold the ball to long then that's a problem since its not allowed. There are exception such as tipping or "off speed". Where you bring your hand up like your giving a high five and you slide your hand upwards. This would look like your trying to slide up as the ball comes towards you. Official Volleyball is more complicated but casual Volleyball have rotation of spots meaning everyone will be setting (the middle setter) at one point. Good training is practicing Pepper which means you do a cycle of Pass (connect your hand left hand over the right hand or the other way around, palms up and thumbs together side by side evenly. arms outstretched. You want the ball to hit your arms not pass through. The less gap there is between your connected clasped arms the better. If elbows touch that even better. if its low try to pass if its high you set) Set (you want your two hands to be above your head kinda doing a triangle, right foot slightly ahead of your left with legs slightly spread. During contact you completely stretch your arm out like a chest pass but your not holding and you keep that triangle like position above your head. Calculate how much power you estimate is needed and make sure to move forward, little spin to no spin is considered a perfect set make sure not to find yourself moving back when you set) Hit ( this is a little more complicated. Footwork is usually Left right left jump hit. Or right left right. This is hard to explain so I'll do a video soon. But arm rotation and when you connect really matter. usually the ball should be close to you not behind or far ahead since this can cause terrible injury and discomfort. So basically Pepper (Pass-Set-Hit)

there's a lot more but Laurel J said some really clear points for how to play.