Students will work on volleyball skills and the following: Offer quality, quantity, variety and equity in sporting activities Encourage participation and skill development by everyone Promote enjoyable and satisfying competition while discouraging the “win at all costs” attitude Promote fair play and good sporting behavior involved Establish a sound foundation for activity throughout life and for higher level of sport.

Issuer:

Northside Afterschool Enrichment Programs

Evidence:

Badge Type: skill

Expected Duration: 6 weeks

Critera

1. [required] Serving Skills: LIFT - palm flat and facing up, ball stays on hand until contact
2. [required] Serving Skills: Step – small, natural step with opposite foot (right-handers: step with left) taken as arm begins backward motion
3. [required] Serving Skills : Hand Contact - contact with closed fist under ball
4. [required] Setting Skills : Hand position on ball - form a triangle on ball with thumbs and index fingers, then spread apart so that hands wrap around sides of ball
5. [required] Setting Skills: Ball contact - hands should be up at forehead when contacting ball , ALWAYS set from near the forehead
6. [required] Passing Skills: Base - feet at least shoulder width or a bit wider. bend at knees, not at waist to keep body and platform beneath the ball
7. [required] Passing Skills: Shuffle to ball - in moving to where the ball is, shuffle your feet, keeping knees bent and hips/head in a straight, vertical line
8. [required] Teamwork: Players communicate effectively with each other positively and follow player’s code of behavior