BADMINTON UNIT: HISTORY, SKILLS AND RULES

BADMINTON UNIT

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Volleyball Unit - Vocabulary, Rules and Skills

VOLLEYBALL UNIT : VOCABULARY

SERVE: SERVICIO (SAQUE)

RECEPTION: RECEPCIÓN 

BLOCK: BLOQUEO

SET: COLOCACIÓN / COLOCAR (TOQUE DE DEDOS)

BUMP (FOREARM): GOLPEO DE ANTEBRAZOS

DEFENSE: DEFENSA

SPIKE / SMASH: REMATE
DIG: CAÍDAS
TIP / DINK: DEJADA

MATCH: PARTIDO

POINT: PUNTO

COURT: PISTA/CAMPO

LINE: LÍNEA

BALL: BALÓN

NET: RED

BENCH: BANQUILLO

REFEREE: ÁRBITRO

TIME OUT: TIEMPO MUERTO
FAULT: FALTA
SIDE-OUT: CAMBIO DE SERVICIO
RALLY: DURACIÓN DE UN PUNTO
SIDE LINE: LÍNEA DE BANDA
END LINE: LÍNEA DE FONDO
ATTACK ZONE: ZONA DE ATAQUE
BACK ZONE: ZONA DE DEFENSA
DRAW: EMPATE

ROTATION: ROTACIÓN

SETTER: COLOCADOR

OUTSIDE HITTER: ATACANTE / REMATADOR

MIDDLE BLOCKER: DEFENSA CENTRAL

Volleyball is a game played by two 6-player teams. 

The teams line up on opposite sides of a net, and the object is to send the volleyball over the net within the court boundary lines so that the opposing team is unable to return it before it hits the ground. 

Any part of the body above the waist can be used to hit the ball.

Volleyball court dimensions: The court is rectangular in shape with boundary lines marked. The ball must be completely outside of the line to be considered out of bounds.

There are 6 rotational positions on the court. Before the ball is served, players must line up in two rows with 3 players in each row.

Once the ball is served, players may move anywhere on their own side of the net.

When there is a change of service, team members on the serving team rotate one position clockwise before serving. 

The order of rotation must stay constant for each set, but it may be changed before a new set begins. 

Before each serve, players on both sides of the net line up in each of the 6 rotational positions. Once the serve is in the air, players are free to move into their specific player positions

There are 5 player positions:

1. Setter – Runs the team's offense. Tries to make second contact with the ball and set it high in the air for the attackers to get a good, strong hit. Line up on the right front or right back of court.
2. Libero – Specialized defensive player whose job is to return spikes and serves. Subs in for anyone in the back row and must remain in the back row without rotating like the rest of the players.
3. Middle blocker (middle hitter) – Primary blocker and decoy hitter. Plays in the middle, front row.
4. Outside hitter (power hitter) – Most dependable hitters on the team that receive more sets than other players. Line up on left side of the court on the front and back row.
5. Opposite hitter (offside hitter) – Defensive blocker and backup setter. Plays on the right side of the net on the front row.

The referee blows a whistle to signal the time to serve. The serve may be either underhanded or overhanded, and this one can be also done as a jump serve.

Overhand serve:

Underhand serve:

Jump serve:

The player in the back right-hand corner of the serving team puts the ball into play by standing in the service area (anywhere behind the end line) and striking the ball with her hand or any part of her arm to send it over the net into the opponent's court. 

A service fault occurs if the ball:

• touches a member of the serving team.
• lands outside of the opponent's court.
• fails to go over the net.

A player keeps serving until his team commits a fault and a "side-out" is called. Then the other team gets to serve.
If a team fails to return the ball correctly over the net, a fault is recorded against it. If the team is serving, it loses the service. This is called "side-out."

SCORING

Points can be scored by either team and points are awarded after every fault. 

A set is won when a team reaches 25 points, but the team has to win by at least 2 points. If the game is tied at 24-24, play continues until one team has a 2-point lead. 

A match is the best-of-five sets. (Usually, if a fifth set is necessary, it's usually played to 15 points.) High school teams and younger often play the best-of-three sets to 25.