The ball shall be a rubber bladder covered with leather or canvas. It shall measure not less than 25 inches, nor more than 27 inches in circumference, and shall weigh not less than nine ounces nor more than twelve ounces.
Server and Service. The server shall stand with one foot on the back line. The ball must be batted with the hand. In a service, the ball must be batted at least 10 feet, no dribbling allowed. Each good service unreturned or ball in play unreturned by the side receiving counts one score for the side serving.
A side only scores when serving, as a failure to return, counting for the opposite side. The ball hitting the net on the first service shall be called dead, and counts as a trial. Net Ball. A play, which hits the net, aside from the first service, is called a net ball, and is equivalent to a failure to return, counting for the opposite side. The ball hitting the net on first service shall be called dead, and counts as a trial. Line Ball.
A line ball is a ball that strikes the boundary line. It is equivalent to one out of court, and counts as such. Play and Players.
Any number of players may participate that is convenient to the place. A player should be able to cover about 10 by 10 feet. Should any player during play touch the net, it puts the ball out of play and counts against his side.
Should any player catch or hold for an instant the ball, it is out of play and counts for the opposite side. Should the ball strike any object other than the floor and bound back into play, it is still in play. Dribbling line was eliminated. Length of game was changed to 21 points. Court size became 35 X 60 feet. Official ball was designated as 26 inches in circumference and was to weigh between 7 and 9 ounces.
Number of players on a side was established at six. Teams required to rotate prior to serving. Losing team served in each subsequent game. Official timer was included. Two out of three games determined the winner of a match. The ball could be struck with the feet.
The net height was raised to eight feet. The weight of the ball was changed to range from 8 to 10 ounces. Each man rotated in order and served in turn. A serve that hit the net or any outside object was out of bounds. The ball could not come to rest in the hands. The ball could not be touched a second time unless another player had played it. The court size was changed to 30 feet by 60 feet. The ball could only be played three times by each team on its side of the court. A back position player was prohibited from spiking when playing a back position.
The double foul was written in the rules. The centerline was added as well as a scorer. It was necessary for one team to score two consecutive points to win if the score was tied at Six players constituted a team and 12, a squad. Players were numbered. The team receiving the serve rotated clockwise. The right back player served. An umpire was added. The ball had to cross the net over the sidelines. A team was permitted two times out per game. A tie game was won by a team having a two-point advantage instead of 2 consecutive points.
The net length was placed at 32 feet. A team that was reduced to less than six players would forfeit the game. Although the last three sets of rules were changed many times and had interest and support from various groups, the official rules are the only ones covered. No changes occurred from to A tape was put on the net over the sidelines. Times out were limited to one minute.
A player could not interchange positions or move outside his understood playing area. A player could go outside his court to make a play. All players were required to wear numbers on their suits.
It became a foul to deliberately screen an opponent from the server. Players could not leave their court unless the ball was on their side of the net. At this time spikers would stand outside their court and wait till the ball was set to the outside of the court and come running in with a one-leg take-off spike.
Any touching of the net was a foul. A play was not complete unless a player resumed normal control on the floor. Deliberate shouting and stomping the feet at an opponent was deemed unsportsmanlike. A player could re-enter a game once. A substitute was no longer restricted from talking to his teammate until the ball was put into play. Multiple contacts were allowed in receiving a hard drive spike.
Blocking was defined as impeding the ball at the net. A one or two-man block was permitted, providing the blockers played in adjacent positions. The score of a forfeited game would be Blocking was defined and the service area stipulated as being the right third of the back line. Points made from wrong server were cancelled. Simultaneous hits by two players constituted one hit. Time out for rest was one minute.
Time out for injury was five minutes. Time out between games was three minutes. The winner was to have a point advantage after expiration of time or 15 points, whichever came first. A timekeeper was included as one of the officials.
Time-out period for injury was reduced to three minutes. A three-man block was made legal, provided they were front line players. A backcourt spiker was allowed to spike the ball provided he remained in the back court. A 7-foot line drawn back and parallel to the net as a restraining line for back court players blocking at the net. The restriction was lifted on players leaving their position to perform any play except the back line spiker.
A defensive player, when blocking, must indicate whether or not he touched the ball. The server was allowed to serve the ball from anywhere back of the service line. Teams were allowed to warm up during time out for rest or for injury. The coach, captain, or manager was allowed to call time out. A substitute was allowed to re-enter the game twice instead of once. Players were allowed to use any part of the body to play the ball.
The whole format of the rules was changed and each rule items was numbered from 1 to 75 under 8 major headings. Errors and fouls were defined. A set of co-ed rules was adopted. An attempt to draft a standard set of rules failed due to the different styles of play used by various groups. Screening the serve was allowed. A back line player was allowed to take-off from in front of the 7-foot line but had to alight behind the line.
Movement during a screen was allowed. Teams automatically changed courts during the third game of a match when one team reached 8 points or 4 minutes of playtime expired. Using a higher net. Twenty-one and fifty point games. Playing the ball off obstacles. Playing all underhand balls with the fist. The umpire was given the authority to call ball-handling errors and to keep time between games. Teams were to alternate the initial serve of each succeeding game in a match.
A player could cross the assumed extension if he did not attempt to play the ball. Screening was made illegal. Ceiling minimum height was raised to 26 feet.
Lines depicting the foot serving area were added to the court. The server was required to toss the ball into the air when initiating the serve. The spiking line was moved from 7 feet to 10 feet back from the net. Blockers were allowed to reach across the net as long as they did not contact the ball until after the attacker had contacted it. One player from the rear could block but at no time could there be more than three players deployed in position to block.
Back line spikers were allowed to land in front of the spiking line as long as they left the ground behind it. The ball could not be played with any part of the body below the waist. A team was limited to 12 substitutions per game. The centerline was widened from 2 inches to 4 inches.
Upon request by the referee, the umpire can call all violations not viable to the referee. The ball on the serve does not have to be tossed in the air before it is struck. When a player is injured, a substitute shall be put in without undue delay. Once a team has received the signal to take the court, the lineup cannot be changed. Metric measurements introduced. The first U. Open was held the same year, with non-YMCA squads invited to participate. Then, finally national volleyball referees were approved and recognized in Commence many decades of amazing action and countless legends battling it out on the sand.
In , indoor volleyball was deemed an Olympic sport by the International Olympic Committee, and in , it was introduced at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Just two years later, the inaugural World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Suitably, those Games were hosted in Los Angeles. This milestone in American sports history set off a period of heightened popularity for indoor volleyball in the U. In , the Olympics took place in the U.
Today, there are more than million volleyball players worldwide. Though both indoor and beach were born in America, just 46 million of those million players are in the U. To circle back to the Olympics, as we continuously find ourselves doing ahead of Tokyo , beach volleyball is still going strong 33 years after debuting in Atlanta. With athletes around the world competing for coveted spots at the Games right up through June , this is a battle that will go down to the wire.
As for top notch beach volleyball in the U. She becomes the third American woman to achieve that mark.
They join Mike and Patty Dodd, who accomplished the feat four times in , but each time in different locations. She reached this total in just tournaments — winning The marathon set the record for the longest match in rally scoring, men or women, in domestic or international play. China placed in both Silver and Bronze categories. Research shows volleyball is one of the top 3 most popular sports for women to play in high school.
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