Volleyball Rotations: Understand What're The Rotations In Volleyball
Volleyball rotations: A rally winning team gets one point, the right to serve and one rotation clockwise before the next server gets to serve to start a rally.
If during a game, your team wins a rally then you've won three things
- Point for your team.
- One rotation for your team.
- The right to serve for your team.
Volleyball Rotations
Understanding The Volleyball Rotation
- On each half the court there are six invisible zones with corresponding numbers which help dictate which way each of the six players need to rotate after they've earned the right to serve.
Middle front area is Zone 3.
Left back area is Zone 5.
Right back area is Zone 1
Volleyball Rotations
Rotation Rules
- After a team wins the right to serve, the volleyball rotation rules state they have to rotate clockwise so the same player does not serve twice.
Zone 5 player moves up to the left front area on the court rotating up to the front row in Zone 4...
Zone 4 player moves to their right rotating over to Zone 3 the middle front area of the court...
Zone 3 player moves over to their right rotating over to the right front area of the court to Zone 2...
Volleyball Game Rules
Stay in the Court
- Players on both sides must be inside the court at the point of service (when the ball is served)
- Players cannot touch any part of the endline while serving the ball. They can step over the endline once they've contacted the ball in their attempt to send it over the net into the opposing team's court.
- Players on a team must stay within their half court during reception of serve.
- Players can go off the court to retrieve a ball back into their court as long as they stay within the designated playing area.
Volleyball Basics:
Where Do You Go From Here?
Good times! Where do you need to go now? Here are three options:
- Learn more about Basics
- Follow the suggested reading on our Sitemap page Learning How To Play (Sitemap)
- Or visit the pages in the Volleyball Rules section in the drop down menu at the top of the page.
Learn more from these volleyball fundamentals on the pages below!
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3 Volleyball Forearm Pass Cues On What To Do With Arms, Feet And Hips
There are three volleyball forearm pass cues you should use to improve your passing skills, keep your arms together, feet grounded and hips behind the ball.
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Improve Your Volleyball Forearm Pass With My Five Ball Control Tips
Since passing and servinThese 5 volleyball forearm pass tips are 1) keep your elbows straight, 2) tracking the ball in the server's hands plus 3 more tips.
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Volleyball Block Training Learn 3 Ways Blockers Stay Ready At The Net
Volleyball Block Training: Learn 3 ways to block more balls by staying an arm's length away from the net, stay square to the net and how to take cross court.
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Defensive Volleyball Plays When Do You Dig A Ball Playing On Defense?
Defensive Volleyball Plays: The dig is the last line of defense for a team to keep an opposing team's attack from scoring points by keep the ball off the floor.
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The Volleyball Dig: What Is It, When To Do It and How To Dig A Ball
The volleyball dig or digging a volleyball up in defense means that you are able to keep an attacked ball by the opposing team off your court floor.
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A Volleyball Dig Technique We Use In Defense Is Called The Barrel Roll
To pick balls up in defense that are 3 - 4 feet away from you can use the barrel roll as the volleyball dig technique we teach in Boot Camp classes.
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Volleyball Platform How Do You Make A Platform With Your Arms To Dig
Make a volleyball platform with your forearms by clasping your thumbs together pointing them to the ground so ball contacts above the wrists and below elbows.
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Volleyball Court Measurements, Zones and Playing Areas on the Court
Learn the volleyball court measurements like the length and width of the court, the height and length of the net and learn the zones on the volleyball court.
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What's The Let Serve in Volleyball And More Serving Questions Answered
Learn basic let serve volleyball service rules and get your serving questions answered like can a libero serve? Where does a server serve from?
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Terms For Types of Volleyball Hits Like Kill, Spike, Hit, And Attack
These terms describe what its called when you hit a volleyball specifically the 'kill', 'spike', 'hit' and 'attack' which are 4 diff types of volleyball hits.
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