Wiltshire Volleyball Association
www.vball.org.uk
Featuring local volleyball clubs, an introducion to the game, safety aspects, blocks, rules, techniques and more..

English Volleyball Association
www.volleyballengland.org
This is the Official Site for Volleyball in England, and carries information regarding all Volleyball Events, News from around the Country and Links to approved English Volleyball Websites and International Sites

Volleyball
Volleyball is played by two teams of six on an 18m by 9m (60ft by 30ft) indoor court. The teams are divided by a net that stands 2.43m (96in) high for men and 2.24m (88in) for women.

The object of the game is to hit the ball over the net to land in the other team’s half of the court. Players normally use their hands to try to keep the ball in the air and set up point-winning plays, although the ball can be played by any part of the body.

Each team is allowed three touches of the ball before it must cross back over the net. Matches are the best of five sets, with 25 points needed to win a set (15 in the decider).

Beach Volleyball
Beach Volleyball is based on the same idea as the indoor game. It is played on an outdoor sand court by teams of two players, who each need to show amazing agility and exceptionally sharp reflexes. Matches are the best of three sets, with 21 points needed to win a set (15 in the decider).

Facts about Volleyball
A five-a-side game, similar to Volleyball, was played in the Middle Ages.
The famous ‘set and spike’ play was invented in the Philippines, and originally known as ‘the Philippino Bomb’.
A Volleyball ball weighs between 260g and 280g. It is made of rubber or synthetic leather.

Jargon buster
Spike: To smash the ball overarm into the opponent's court.
Dig: The act of passing the ball underarm, normally on service receive and back court defence.
Setter: a specialist player who acts as the link between the passer and the attacking hitters.
Libero: a specialist back court player for service reception and retrievals from opposition attacks.
Block: preventing the attacking ball to come over the net by forming a ‘wall’ of hands at the net.
Wipe: where players intentionally hit the ball into the opposition block so that it goes out of play to win a point for the attackers.
Shoot: a very fast attack where the setter plays the ball out to the wing attacker as fast as possible to beat the opposition blockers.
Tomahawk: an emergency defensive play used in Beach Volleyball where both hands contact the ball above head height.