Volleyball Rules

Name: PARCO, Zander J.

Yr. & Sec: BSIE 2-1

VOLLEY BALL RULES

Players in the Team:

* Team has 6 players on the court.

* 3 players are front row players and 3 of them are back row players.

* Team is allowed to use a libero player (back row player, defensive specialist) who wears different color shirt.

Contacts:

* Each team is allowed to have maximum of three touches before hitting the ball over the net. (EXCEPTION: block does not count as a touch)

* Same player can not hit the ball twice in a row (EXCEPTION I: block doesn’t count a touch.)

Back Row Attack:

* Back row players can not attack the ball front row. If they attack, they have to perform the jump behind the attack line (10 feet line, 3 meter line).

IMPORTANT! The ball has to be completely above the net for it to be an illegal attack

Antennas:

* It is ALLOWED to play the ball off the net. It is a fault, if the ball contacts net outside antennas.

* The ball has to travel between the antennas (or the imagined extensions of them) when flying to the other side of the net.

In or Out?

* Referee calls the ball “IN”, if any part of it hits the lines. (Imagine the ball is painted. If the ball left a mark that touches the lines, the ball is judged IN)

* Ball is ruled OUT, if

the ball lands outside the boundary lines (without touching the opponent)

The ball hits the antenna

any of the net or cables outside the antennas

a referee stand or poles or the ceiling (EXPECTION: in high school, club or college volleyball in United States it is allowed to play after ball hits the ceiling)

Let Serve:

* Let serve is allowed. In other words the ball can touch the net on the serve. 

Points:

* A point is followed after each serve. (Earlier you had a chance to get a point only after your own serve).

Libero:

* One of the back row players can be substituted to a libero who is a back row specialist with unlimited subs. The libero can enter and exit the game...