2.9 Volleyball

• Overarm serve in volleyball
• Serving the ball using the overarm serve over a net
• Volleying skill (overhead pass)
• Junior volleyball rules in a mini game: rotation, three hits, rally scoring, safety

• identify the overarm serve in a volleyball game
• serve the ball using overarm serve over a net
• perform the volleying skill in volleyball
• appraise others efforts when applying serving and volleying skills in volleyball

“How does the volley pass make the volleyball game interesting?”

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1. Junior volleyball and the two skills
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Name volleyball as a net game with junior rules, and map the overarm serve and the volley as this sub-strand.
2. Identifying the overarm serve
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Recognise an overarm serve from an underarm scoop by the toss and the contact above the head.
3. Stance, grip and toss
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Stand behind the end line with a staggered stance and toss the ball into a still hitting window.
4. Overarm contact and follow-through
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Strike the back of the ball with the heel of an open hand and follow through toward a target.
5. Serving over the net
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Put a legal overarm serve over a net or rope and into court, with collectors safe.
6. Why the volley makes the game interesting
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Explain the volley as the overhead pass that keeps a rally alive, unlike a catch that kills it.
7. Ready position for volleying
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Move the feet so the ball arrives at a forehead window, hands up early, with a clear call.
8. Volley hand shape
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Form a triangle window above the forehead and volley off the finger pads without holding the ball.
9. Partner volleying
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Volley high to a partner and count consecutive clean passes that keep the ball alive.
10. Serve then volley
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Link a legal overarm serve to a first volley so both skills live in one rally.
11. Mini game with junior rules
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Play 4 v 4 (or 6 v 6) applying serve and volley, rotation, three-hit law, rally scoring and safety.
12. Appraising serve and volley
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Play a closing mini match and appraise others with skill language, valuing effort as well as success.