Indoor and beach volleyball

Volleyball, explained clearly

The rules in plain words with their official numbers, every position, rotations you can click through and technique on clear diagrams. For players, parents and coaches.

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Rotations, step by step

Pick a system and click through all six rotations: who stands where at the serve, where everyone goes after it, and how the position rule works. Rotations confuse most beginners for longer than anything else, so we made them clickable.

5-1

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Indoor and beach

Same game, different rules

Six players or two, wood or sand. Start with the rules of the game you play, then see what changes on the other surface.

Indoor rulesThe 15 rules that decide most rallies, each with its FIVB rule number.Open →Beach volleyballTwo players, no substitutes, block counts as a hit, and the hand signals.Open →Indoor vs beachEvery rule difference that matters, side by side.Open →

Who does what

Positions

Setter, outside hitter, opposite, middle blocker, libero: what each one does, where they stand in the rotation and which rules apply only to them.

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How to play it

Technique

Serve, pass, set, attack, block and dig on clear diagrams, with the most common mistakes and one drill each to take to training.

Learn the skills → Drills for practice →

For players, parents and coaches

The rotations cheat sheet

All six rotations of the 5-1 system on one printable page: who stands where at the serve, where everyone switches after it, and the position rule with its rule numbers.

Six rotations at the serve and after it
The position rule in four lines
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