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How to Play Volleyball

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In the market for a sport that requires a positive team relationship, communication skills, upper body strength, an unlawful amount of fun, quick reflexes, knee pads, and a net? Volleyball is definitely for you! Below is an overview of the ground rules of volleyball. At the end you'll be ready to set, serve, and spike!

Steps

1. Get your equipment. The minimum you will need is a volleyball, a net, knee pads, good tennis shoes, and also a water bottle in case you get tired. Any store that carries sporting goods should have these. Many nets come with lines to mark the boundaries, or you can use shoes or other objects to indicate the corners of the court. Each half of a beach volleyball court should be 8 meters by 8 meters, though for a backyard game you don't necessarily have to be exact.
2. Have a basic idea of how to play volleyball. The objective is to
   • Serve the ball from behind the line.
   • Return the ball
   • Don't let the ball hit the ground on your side
   • Don't hit a ball that is out of bounds
   • Don't hit the ball out of bounds
   • Don't touch the net.
   • Don't let your whole foot go under the net.
   • And some simple rules will come naturally for most people.
3. Get your players. You need at least six on a team for a true game, but for backyard games any number will do. Just try not to get it too high because the court will be too crowded. The person in the back right corner (you set up three in front, three at the back) is the server.
4. Practice your serve. One of the main points in volleyball is serving--managing to get your ball on the other side of the net by hitting it. You can try an overhand serve (recommended for larger, more experienced players), or an underhand serve (easier, suggested for beginners). There are articles on wikiHow specifying how to do this.
5. Know how to return, or "bump" as it as called. You lay your left hand out flat, then you place your right hand directly over your left. Both must be flat. Then fold in your thumbs so they are side by side but not crossed or they could break. Let the ball bounce off of your bump when your arms are directly in front of you. You kind of shurg to get the ball up, but don't swing your arms. To make the ball go where you want it to, angle your forearms in the direction you want it to go.
6. Practice setting. Hold your hands in the air and hit the ball with your fingertips. If you slap it with the palm of your hand, in a real game, that will be called out for "lifting," like you actually caught the ball and just lifted it back up. Typically, you don't set the serve. The only instance you set is when the ball is above your head and near the net. Make your hands like a bowl and keep them above your head and push with your legs when you set. You want the ball to make the shape of a rainbow.
7. When you see the ball coming towards you, put your hands together and keep your thumbs down and hit the ball on your wrist (not your hands) and move your shoulders up. Don't bring your whole body up. When you see the ball coming, get in postion quicky
8. Know how to spike. This is not necessary for beginners unless your coach tells you to. But if you want to learn how, don't be misled by seeing athletes on TV. Anyone can spike. You don't have to be tall or have big muscles. Spiking can be as simple as holding up one hand and smacking the ball across the net, no problem. Larger athletes can do a "jump spike" by jumping up and slapping the ball down over the net. The idea of a spike is that it's more difficult to return. When you spike the ball, go with this method: right left right, then right left together, and spike the ball. If you're left-handed, go left right, then left right together. Keep a strong wrist or you could hurt yourself.
9. Have fun! Join in on what the rest of the world is enjoying!

Tips

• Always practice all aspects of volleyball because in a game you may be rotated. If you are horrible at serving, when your chance to serve comes, you will be bad at it if you don't practice.
• There only needs to be one "setter" for each team, but it's a good idea to know how to set just in case.
• In a real volleyball game, there may be some rules you didn't know about or didn't practice, like only having 5 seconds to serve the ball, a certain line you have to serve from, etc. Be careful!
• You need to practice in order to get good at volleyball. Camps are good for learning technique, but they don't put as much pressure on you as a game situation would.
• If you don't have a coin to flip to decide the initial serving team, you can also "volley for serve." To do this, have a player in the front row gently toss the ball just over the net to a player on the opposing team (in the front row). Continue the volley, and the team that wins the volley takes first serve.

Warnings

• Don't go right for the overhand serve if you are a beginner.
• Stretch before playing, or you may pull a muscle.
• Don't try to kill the ball when you bump it, because if you hit it too hard it can bounce in the wrong direction or out of bounds.
• Above all, do not be afraid to have fun

Things You'll Need

• A volleyball
• A net
• 6+ players

Sources and Citations

• FIVB.ch International Volleyball Federation
• USAVolleyball.org Official governing body of volleyball in the U.S.

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