Articles in the ‘Volleyball’ Category

London Gets Ready for Beach Volleyball with a Test Event



London will host a women’s beach volleyball tournament at Horse Guards Parade as a test event for the London Olympics.
Featuring 24 teams, the event is set to take place from August 9th to 14th.
Although the Olympic capacity is set at 15,000, for the test event, a temporary arena will be set up to [...]



Basic Skills In Volleyball



The game of Volleyball involves some basic skills that need to be mastered by the players in order to become competitive. These skills include attack, set, serve, pass, block and dig. There are specific techniques which are involved as a part of these basic skills. Acquiring these skills has been considered [...]



Standard Formations In Volleyball



There are three standard formations that are generally observed in the game of Volleyball. These formation patterns are ‘5-1’, ‘4-2’ and ‘6-2’. These formation patterns are actually indicative of the number of the hitters and setters respectively. The formation pattern that is used in most of the [...]