Volleyball basics
Volleyball rules: scoring, sets, touches and rotation
A practical guide to FIVB indoor volleyball: six players per team on court, rally-point scoring, the best-of-five set format, three team hits…
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Volleyball guides | Rules, scoring, rotations and positions
Clear evergreen guides to indoor volleyball rules, scoring and match structure, checked against current official FIVB sources.
Court and net
Volleyball court dimensions: net, lines and zones
A practical guide to the FIVB indoor volleyball court: the 18 x 9 m playing court, centre and attack lines, front and service zones, free zon…
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Volleyball positions and roles: rotation, front and back rows, and specialists
How the six FIVB court positions work, what changes when a team rotates, and how specialist roles such as setter, opposite, outside hitter, m…
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Volleyball rotation and service order
How FIVB rotation fixes court positions and the serving sequence, and what happens when a team serves out of order.
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Volleyball substitutions and Libero rules
How regular substitutions, Libero replacements and the 2026 FIVB substitution test fit together.
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Volleyball ball contacts and common faults
How the three-hit limit, legal contacts, blocking exception and common ball-handling faults work under current FIVB rules.
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Volleyball attack, block and back-row restrictions
How attack hits, the attack line, blocking eligibility, service-attack limits and Libero restrictions work under current FIVB rules.
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Volleyball statistics and box-score terms
How to read a volleyball match score, team and player statistics, attack efficiency, reception numbers and the common labels used in official…
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