The court is divided into two equal parts by the center line, which runs the width of the court under the net. The two halves of the court are 29.5 feet long and wide each. There are attack lines on each side of the net which run from sideline to sideline. These are also referred to as the 3 meter lines or 10 foot line. This line divides the court into "back row" and "front row" areas.
The net is over the center line of the court and is a made of mesh and is a minimum of 32 feet long and 39 inches wide with a two inch canvas band at the top. For men, the top of the net is 7' 11 5/8" high; for women, it is 7' 4 1/8" high. The height of the net at the sidelines can be no more than 3/4" higher than the official height. The top and the bottom of the net are fastened to the posts to remain taut. An antenna is placed on each side of the net perpendicular to the sideline and is a vertical extension of the side boundary of the court. A ball passing over the net must pass completely between the antennae without contacting them. This is true even when the ball is pass over extremely high the ball must not go over the antenna or outside the antenna this is considered to be “out” it must cross inside between the antennas’s to be considered “in”.
The ball must be spherical, made of leather or synthetic leather, traditionally consist of eighteen nearly rectangular panels arranged in six identical sections of the three panels each, wrapped around a bladder. The standard indoor ball have a circumference of 25.5-26.5 inches, a weight of 9.2-9.9 ounces and an inside pressure of 4.3-4.6psi. Most governing bodies have similar regulations.
The court is divided into six equal areas, starting with right back as zone one and continuing through zone six in rotational order. This enables the score keepers to keep track of who is serving and in what order. If the player is starting in zone one that means he/she is the first server and zone two is the second server and so on until zone six is the last server in the rotation and then the cycle begins again. When you are the server you rotate back to right back and right to left on the back row and left to right on the front row. Here is an example of rotation order:
The net is divided into nine zones from sideline to sideline. This enables the setter to call out plays or what the attacker is hitting in any given rotation. Zone 7 is usually the setter’s zone. Here is an example of the zones on the net.
Volleyball Net
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Volleyball Zones
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Volleyball Zones
Who do you think would hit from position 1 on the net the most?
Who do you think would hit from position 9 the most?
How do setters tell the attackers what they are hitting?
Do you think the setter ever hits when he/she is front row? If yes, when and where?
Do you think the setter ever hits when he/she is front row? If yes, when and where?
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