Post Season TOURNAMENT

We start our tournament tomorrow. Don't forget your job within your team. It will be fun and a good learning experience!

Practice

Here you are in class. Everyone seems to be improving your skills and you are getting better at keeping the ball in play. We'll continue to work on these skills while we get into our "season." Don't forget that we're trying to use our "Sports Education" model. Each of you have a responsibility to the team. So far, you've all done a great job. Keep it up!

Working on your skills!

Good Play and Good Team Bonding

Besides taking a look at the level of play with these classmates of yours (from last year), take a look at their "togetherness" after each point. They get together and give a little group hug and cheer before the next serve.

GOOD DEFENSE

Check out this cool "kick" assist from Punahou alum Erik Shoji during a Stanford volleyball match last season.



You can see how the team is determined to NOT let the ball hit the floor on their side.

BASIC PLAY AND RULES

Here are some of the basic rules/expectations:
*Maximum of three hits per side.
*Player may not hit the ball twice in succession (A block is not considered a hit).
*Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on serve.
*A ball touching a boundary line is good.
*A legal hit is contact with the ball by a player body above and including the waist which does not allow the ball to visibly come to a rest.
*If two or more players contact the ball simultaneously, it is considered one play and the players involved may not participate in the next play.
*A player must not block or attack a serve.
*Team will rotate each time they win the serve.
*Players shall rotate in a clockwise manner to serve.
*There shall be 4-6 players on each side.
*Rally scoring will be used.
*There will be a point scored on every score of the ball.
*Offense will score on a defense miss or out of bounds hit.
*Defense will score on an offensive miss, out of bounds hit, or serve into the net.
*Game will be played to 25 pts.
*Must win by 2 points.
*In our games we will require the server to call out the score before each serve.

SETTING

The second kind of pass we will discuss is an overhead pass or "set." The overhead pass is often the second pass on a side and it directs the ball to your teammate so s/he can hit (or spike) the ball over the net. A setter is important in volleyball, since s/he controls the offense and decides who will receive the ball for the big hit. Setting is done by placing your hands above your head a few inches with your thumbs underneath and fingers making a window. The ball is played with the fingers and an extension of the arms but the legs are equally important.

PASSING

Passing is usually done to set up a hit or spike for another player or just to keep the ball in play. There are two kinds of passing, the forearm pass and the overhand pass. The first pass after a serve is usually done with a forearm pass, also known as a "bump." A forearm pass has two basic hand positions:
1) The wrapped fist hand position is when you make a fist with one hand, then wrap it with the palm of your other hand.
2) The cupped palm position, where you bring the hands together in a cup form, then you lay your thumbs across the top.
Either of these two hand positions can be used but the bottom line is that you are making a flat platform with your forearms so that the ball will be passed under control.

The arms aren’t necessarily swung when passing. Swinging the arms will result in a less controlled pass. The technique for forearm passing is more of a total body movement, not an arm swing. When passing, the entire body should be moving forward with a shrug of the shoulders, knees bent in an athletic stance and you will push off with the legs when making contact with the ball.

SERVING

Serving - Two basic ways to serve are the overhand and underhand methods. The overhand serve is used most often in competitive volleyball. To serve overhanded, you toss the ball above your head a few feet, step slightly forward and then hit the ball with your hand. With an underhand serve you don't toss the ball but rather hit it off your hand with the other hand swinging pendulum-like. Check out the videos below...

Overhand Serve

Here's an idea of how to do an overhand serve.

Underhand Serve

Here's some ideas about how to serve an underhand volleyball serve.