Volleyball is a sport which is played indoors and on the beach. Beach Volleyball applies different rules to the game, which makes it quite challenging. In the indoor side of this sport, it is played on a wooden court, which usually has springs or some sort of absorbent under it. Don't get this wrong though, it's still mighty hard if you land wrongly on the timber. The indoor version of this sport usually has 6 people on court at one time, and in between 1 to 5 people on the bench, as backups. These are often subbed on at various times of the game, depending on strategies that happen.
There are normally 3 people who stand at the front who hit the balls at the opponents, and a setter. The job of a setter is to take the second ball, and set it up for a spike onto the other court. He may do this by passing it to the back of the court, or various sides of the front court. There are a huge number of spike techniques, which are known by different names across the globe. In Australia the names are different to that of New Zealand and America.
Volleyball is a great sport, one of which I have personally played a considerable amount of. Usually taller people become the setters and spikers, and the smaller people play defense at the back. In saying this, many small people can jump extremely high and as a result are able to play both positions. In this sport, the players rotate clockwise after winning a point back from the opponent. The person serving will continue serving unless they lose the point and then win again. Like every sport, there are a lot of technical rules which are learned along the way.
Each set is played up to 25 points, and a team has to win by two points or it keeps going. One side of the team wins a point if they win, regardless of whether they were serving or not. In professional volleyball its best out of 5 sets, but if you're playing in high school or lower levels then it may only be best out of 3 sets. The games can go for a few hours, but usually are over within an hour or so.
There are normally 3 people who stand at the front who hit the balls at the opponents, and a setter. The job of a setter is to take the second ball, and set it up for a spike onto the other court. He may do this by passing it to the back of the court, or various sides of the front court. There are a huge number of spike techniques, which are known by different names across the globe. In Australia the names are different to that of New Zealand and America.
Volleyball is a great sport, one of which I have personally played a considerable amount of. Usually taller people become the setters and spikers, and the smaller people play defense at the back. In saying this, many small people can jump extremely high and as a result are able to play both positions. In this sport, the players rotate clockwise after winning a point back from the opponent. The person serving will continue serving unless they lose the point and then win again. Like every sport, there are a lot of technical rules which are learned along the way.
Each set is played up to 25 points, and a team has to win by two points or it keeps going. One side of the team wins a point if they win, regardless of whether they were serving or not. In professional volleyball its best out of 5 sets, but if you're playing in high school or lower levels then it may only be best out of 3 sets. The games can go for a few hours, but usually are over within an hour or so.
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