📖 Rulebook
Every major rule of international (FIVB) volleyball, in plain language — with visuals. Search in your own words, like “can I touch the net?”
A serve that scores directly — the receivers cannot keep it in play or don’t touch it at all.
The striped rod above each sideline that marks the edge of the crossing space. Touching it is a fault.
The run-up before a spike, usually 3 or 4 accelerating steps.
The line 3 m from the centre line that separates the front zone from the back zone. Also called the 3 m or 10-foot line.
A set delivered behind the setter, usually to the opposite hitter.
Front-row players jumping at the net with arms raised to stop or deflect an attack.
Informal name for the forearm pass.
Slang for a ball that drops between several players who all watch it fall.
A sharply angled cross-court attack landing near the attack line.
Successfully passing a hard-driven attack.
A player touching the ball twice in a row (outside the allowed exceptions). A fault.
A setter attacking the ball on the second contact, usually softly.
A system with one setter and five hitters/defenders.
An easy ball sent over without an attack; the receiving team calls "free!" and transitions to offence.
Two opponents touching the ball simultaneously above the net.
An attack that scores a point directly.
A back-row defensive specialist in a contrasting jersey who can replace any back-row player.
A ball that is held or thrown instead of hit cleanly. Called a "catch" fault.
A ball that crosses the net on the first or second contact unintentionally, giving the opponent an easy attack.
A positional fault: players out of rotation order at the moment of serve.
A dig made by sliding the flat hand along the floor so the ball rebounds off its back.
An attacker who hits from either antenna (outside or opposite).
A back-row attack from the middle of the court (zone 6).
A low, fast set to a middle hitter who is already jumping (a "1", "A" or "31").
An off-speed attack with topspin that loops over the block.
The clockwise movement of players by one position after winning the right to serve.
The space between two passers or two blockers.
A badly mis-hit pass that flies off in the wrong direction.
Winning a rally as the receiving team, which earns the serve.
A one-footed attack by a middle who runs behind the setter along the net.
A block that sends the ball straight down into the attacker’s court for a point.
A soft attack pushed with the fingertips into open space.
Hitting the ball off the block so it goes out of bounds — a point for the attacker. Also "wipe-off".
Switching from defence to offence (or vice versa) during a rally.
A classic two-person warm-up: pass, set, hit, repeat.
The back-row setter running forward to the net to set. Also: reaching over the net on a block.