How's it played?

Volleyball is a team sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net.

The object of the game of volleyball is for each team to send the ball over the net to ground it(let it fall) on the opponent's court, and to prevent the ball from being grounded on your team's own court. The ball is put into play by the player in the back and far right of the court, who serves the ball by hitting it over the net to the opponent's court. A team is allowed to hit the ball three times to return it to the opponent's court. A player is not allowed to hit the ball twice in a row, except when attempting a block. The rally(volley) continues until the ball touches the ground(floor), goes "out of bounds" or a team fails to return it to the opponent's court or commits a fault(error).

Got Points?

Ralley Points

The team that wins a rally, scores a point (Rally Point System). When the receiving team wins a rally, it gains a point and is able to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise.

Best of three or best of five games will win matches. Each non-deciding game will be won by the team that first scores 25 points with a minimum two-point advantage (no scoring cap). If there is a deciding game, it will be won by the team that first scores 15 points with a minimum two-point advantage (no scoring cap).

Sideout Points

Only the serving team may score a point, except in the deciding game when rally-point scoring is used. When the receiving team wins a rally, it gains the right to serve, and its players rotate one position clockwise. Rotatation ensures that players play at both the net(in front) and the back zone(in the back) of the court.


How Do We Win?

A team wins a game by scoring 25 points with a two-point advantage and wins the match by winning the best two out of three games. In the event of a 16-16 tie, the team scoring the 17th point wins a non-deciding game with only a one-point advantage. In a deciding game there is no point cap.

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