A volleyball rotation occurs when the receiving team wins a rally.
In order to have a new server on the serving team serve the ball, the entire team rotates one rotational position.
Scroll down to continue reading about the rotational positions on the court.
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On a volleyball court there are six areas sometimes called zones but most often called positions on the court that players rotate in and out of once your team wins a rally and the right to serve.
Starting in the back row and moving clockwise ...
When you rotate in volleyball your entire team moves clockwise, to one position or zone on the court.
If you're in the back row each player moves into the next rotational position on their left.
If you're in the front row each player moves into the next rotational position on their right.
How does the volleyball rotation from back row to front row work?
After the team on offense has won a rally and the right to serve...
The player in the LB position called P5, Position 5 or zone 5 would move up to the front row into the LF Position 4 on the court.
The teammate in volleyball rotation Position 2, also known as the RF, right front or zone 4, would now move back row to Rotational Position 1 to be the team's next server.
Once you are in a back row rotation you are a backrow player until you have rotated into Rotational Position 5, the left back position.
When your team in serve receive offense wins the rally while you are in P5, you would then rotate up to Rotational Position 4, to be in the front row.
Scroll below to see that I give you, the beginner player, a very basic idea of volleyball positions and rotations based on the position you specialize in.
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As you play more advanced volleyball there will be exceptions to these rules where coaches may place left side hitters middle back (MB in Position 6) and liberos in left back (LB, Position 5) so they can run a backrow attack.
Let's stick with the volleyball rotation basics for now.
Check out this video by Get the Pancake to learn more about the volleyball rotation and how it works on the court.
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