
Resources: Guide to Volleyball Basics eBook
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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