Essential Volleyball Skills and Official Court Rules

Volleyball Techniques

• Set Pass: Pase de Dedos
• Forearm Pass: Pase de Antebrazos
• Service: Overhand or Underhand (Saques)
• Spike and Tip: Remate y Dejada
• Block: Bloqueo

Player Positions

The court positions are numbered as follows:

• Front-row: Positions 4 (front-left), 3 (front-centre), and 2 (front-right).
• Back-row: Positions 5 (back-left), 6 (back-centre), and 1 (back-right).

Basic Volleyball Rules

1. Service: The server must not touch the court or the end line during the service.
2. Back-row Attack: A back-row player must not jump in the front-row area to pass the ball toward the opponent's court.
3. Net Violation: Players must not touch the net.
4. Rotational Fault: A fault is committed when the service is not made according to the correct rotational order.
5. Ball In/Out: The ball is “in” if it touches the court or boundary lines. It is “out” if it lands completely outside the boundary lines, touches an object outside the court, the ceiling, a person out of play, the antennae, ropes, posts, or crosses under the net.
6. Invasion: A player commits an invasion if any part of their body crosses the mid-line or the space between the line and the net.
7. Double Contact: A player hits the ball twice in succession or the ball contacts various parts of their body in succession.
8. Team Hits: A team is entitled to a maximum of three hits (excluding blocking) to return the ball. A “four hits” fault occurs if more are used. Simultaneous touches by teammates count as multiple hits, except during blocking.
9. Blocking and Screening: Blocking an opponent's service is forbidden. The serving team must not use individual or collective screening to prevent opponents from seeing the server or the ball's flight path.