Vas's Volleyball Page

I've been playing volleyball for about 30 years and during that time I co-founded the volleyball club at Aberystwyth University, co-founded the Welsh Open Volleyball Tournament and became a grade IV National Referee and Level I National Coach.

Main parts on this site:

• Clickable map of volleyball clubs in the UK
• Aberystwyth University Volleyball Club alumni
• The Welsh Open
• Simplified Volleyball Rules should take between 10 to 20 minutes to understand and include just enough of the rules to let you start playing & enjoying (The full rules would take many hours of studying)
• Volleyball Injuries & their prevention

Downloads

• For coaches: single sheet showing a volleyball court from above in PDF format or in Word6 format*
• For coaches: single sheet showing 6 volleyball courts in PDF format or in Word6 format*
• For coaches: single sheet showing 2 half courts in PDF format or in Word6 format*
• For coaches: single sheet showing 6 half courts in PDF format or in Word6 format*

[*If these do not download properly try right clicking on the link and choosing 'Save Target As'(Internet Explorer) or 'Save Link As' (Firefox)]

Welsh Volleyball Scene

After many years of not having a governing body, a national team or a national league, in early 2009 Volleyball Wales was formed. Although it is the new governing body for volleyball in Wales, at this time it is still very new and operating as an informal association.

The 2nd Cardiff Open Volleyball Tournament was on the 12th & 13th of September 2009
The 2008 Welsh Open Volleyball Tournament was on the the 16th & 17th of February
The 2008 Tenby Beach Volleyball Tournament was on the 28th and 29th of June

New Rules

For those that haven't played volleyball since the last century, the new rules suggest that the new game is going to be very different.

• Only one attempt at service.
• The ball can touch the net on service.
• Any part of the body can be used to 'hit' the ball - that's right, you can even kick it!
• A set is played to 25 points with rally scoring and the winner needing 2 clear points.
• The server can serve from anywhere along the back line and does not take part in the starting rotation.

New New Rules: 2009-

• Can now have 2 liberos per team
• Most, BUT NOT ALL net touches are no longer faults
• ...... the details can be found on the FIVB web site.

Despite all these changes, in practice, the structure of the game is very much as it was.

On a personal note, I believe the easing of net touch rules will lead to attacking players and blockers jumping further into their opponents court thus leading to significantly more ankle injuries.