Resources: Guide to Volleyball Basics eBook

Dick Moss, Editor, Physical Education Update.com

If you're looking for a volleyball primer for the students in your volleyball unit, check out the eBook, Guide to Volleyball Basics. It was produced by USA Volleyball and is a free download on their website.

This 23-page eBook covers the history of volleyball; basic rules; volleyball variations (beach, wallyball, co-ed, etc); the fundamentals of the game; techniques; tactics; referee signals; and volleyball websites.

It would make an excellent - and free - textbook for physical education students.

You can download the eBook from the USA Volleyball website at:
http://www.usavolleyball.org/Education/publications.asp

Or download it immediately by clicking on this link:
http://www.usavolleyball.org/Media/Education/guidetovbbasics.pdf

Here's the Table of Contents:

Welcome to the Game of Volleyball
History of Volleyball
Evolution of USA Volleyball
The Olympic Pinnacle is Reached in 1964
The Court
Poles, Net & Standards
The Ball
Apparel
Volleyball Variations: Newcomb, Recreational, Four-a-Side, Wallyball, Doubles, Co-ed, Beach
Volleyball Fundamentals: Passing, Setting, Hitting, Serving
Individual Defense: Digging, Blocking
Rules of Volleyball
Referee's Signals
Basic Offense
Basic Defense
Volleyball Glossary
Game Situations
Volleyball Web Sites

Reference: Dick Moss, Editor, Physical Education Update.com, July 2008.

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